This weekend we went to Crow Valley campground to spend mothers day birding but since all the campsites were either reserved or taken we decided to bird a little then head out. The highlights include: 15-25 Western Kingbirds 1 Eastern Kingbird 3 Yellow Warblers 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 House Wrens 7 Gambles White-crowned Sparrows 12-17 Chipping Sparrows 1 Lark Sparrow 13 Brown Thrashers 1 Northern Mockingbird To me right now seems like a drought in the Pawnee area and in Crow Valley maybe because of the burn? But it was great for Brown Thrashers! They were everywhere.Also scattered Throughout the prairie were 6 Loggerhead Shrikes another big number. On the auto guided bird loop we saw: 4 Vesper Sparrows 3 Savannah Sparrows 7 Brewer's Sparrows And over corse the tons of McCown's Longspurs and Lark Buntings. So to camp we decided to head to Jackson Lake a new location for us. We saw: 1 Forester's Tern 60-80 Brown-headed Cowbirds 1 Great Egret 14 Clay-colored Sparrows 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Wild Turkey 2 Ring-necked Pheasants 15+ House Wrens 4 Great-horned Owls 1 American Bittern 1 Bullock's Oriole 17 Western Grebes 1 Eastern Phoebe Most of these birds except the Eastern Phoebe (which was on the bridge on the way in) were found in Pelican Campground (or also heard from Pelican Campground). Good birding Skyler Bol Ft. Collins
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