CO Birders :
Spent the last three days atlasing in Otero and Las Animas counties south
of La Junta and some of the highlights as follows :
Saturday 5/28 : Otero County : Picket Wire Canyon trail to the cemetery ,
singing first spring Summer Tanager ( coordinates N 38 deg 32' 26" , W 104 deg
27' 56" ) , Orchard Orioles ( family group , adult male , 1 first year male ,
adult female , ) , both these species in the riparian areas along the
Purgatoire River , Black-throated Sparrows , and all of the PJ specialities
except Gray Vireo and Scott's Oriole .
Sunday 5/29 ; Las Animas County : County Road 177.9 , Reed Canyon , 3-4
Hepatic Tanagers , County Road 177.9 just north of May Ranch , Long-billed
Curlew single adult feeding on grasshoppers in the very arid grasslands ,
County road 177.9 at Villegreen , Ferruginous Hawk with 3 fledglings almost
ready to fly although what the adults are finding in the area to feed them is a
mystery , dead cows ?? , County Road 197.6 bottom of Long Canyon 2 miles from
CO 109 , 2-3 Gray Vireos ( same location described by Duane Nelson as last year
) . Like Duane I am puzzled why the Gray vireos like this location and none of
my atlas blocks with very similar habitat.
In general all grassland species are scarce because of the severe drought ,
and PJ species are active early until around 10 AM when they shut up for the
rest of the day.
John Drummond
Monument
currently in La Junta.
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