I walked the Poudre River bike trail and social trails n of Prospect on the w side of the river today (5/28) in Fort Collins (Larimer). Highlights included:
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (eastern juvenile) - not seen all that well, but I did see it gliding very low thru a flooded woodland area. Grackles do not like this bird and they tipped me off to it. The bird appeared very dark and the only markings were the prominent buffy wing crescents near the tips of the wings. The area where it was first seen was just east of the Neenan Building (north of Prospect just west of the river), between the bike trail and the river in a semi-flooded area under big willows, with lots of little willows as understory. It flushed again just north of the Prospect Bridge, went south up over the Prospect, around to the west over the Sharp Point Drive feedlot pond, west over the business park, then north over Prospect (got poor looks at the overall shape (long-tailed, broad-winged) with several thin tail bands) to some trees north of the Orthopedic and Spine Clinic of the Rockies. I didn't pursue it. Olive-sided Flycatcher (1, sang a few times, e of the Cattail Chorus Natural Area east of the bike trail (the "Good Spot") Ovenbird (1, occasionally singing, east of Cattail Chorus Natural Area east of the bike trail (the "Good Spot") Orange-crowned Warbler (1 singing ne of the Neenan Building) Blue Grosbeak (1 FOY, male at Confluence Pond island) Plumbeous Vireo (1, the "Good Spot") Western Wood-Pewees (seemingly everywhere you looked) Least Flycatcher (1) Dusky Flycatcher (1 or 2) Western Tanager (1) Yellow-rumped Warbler (a surprising number still moving thru, mostly in cottonwoods) Clay-colored Sparrow (1 in rabbitbrush near the Cattail Chorus bench (where you can almost hear the cattail chorus beyond the new "No Access" sign)) Rock Wren (1 in the north part of the Cattail Chorus NA, west of the bike trail) Gray Catbird (1 in the "Good Spot") Northern Waterthrush (1 in little wet trickle nw of the Neenan Building) Total of 55 species -- 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.
