Bookended my work day with stops at two Sterling parks. Really good fallout after torrential rain. In morning Overland Park, catbirds and Swainson's Thrush everywhere. Later in the afternoon at Pioneer Park added a nesting pair of Cooper's Hawks, and came around a corner face to face with another imm. Broad-winged Hawk, more Swainson's Thrushes, it was a big day for that species.
--Scott Severs, Longmont Location: Overland Park Recreation Area, Sterling, Logan County, Colorado Observation date: 5/25/11 Notes: Cool, windy, and overcast morning. Prior day- rained all afternoon and into early AM. N. Leopard Frog called in puddle outside motel. First dragonfly of year- newly emerged Variegated Meadowhawk. Number of species: 55 Western Grebe 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 1 adult Broad-winged Hawk 1 imm. American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Herring Gull 3 Rock Pigeon 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 (squeaky alternate call) Least Flycatcher 1 Dusky Flycatcher 2 Western Kingbird 2 Warbling Vireo (Western) 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 12 Cliff Swallow 7 House Wren 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 7 (likely more) American Robin 9 Gray Catbird 7 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 6 Tennessee Warbler 2 (flycatching together over Platte) Yellow Warbler 16 (likely more) Ovenbird 3 Northern Waterthrush 1 (sharing a fallen snag in the Platte with 3 Spotted Sandpipers). Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) 1 Western Tanager 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Orchard Oriole 1 Bullock's Oriole 5 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
