Greetings All
Well, last night's weather seemed to bring rarities hither and yon across NE Colorado. My major highlights were Prewitt Reservoir, Washington County: ALDER FLYCATCHER (2)- both calling, one of which was singing. Prolonged views as well LEAST FLYCATCHER (2)-- I know, they are really more uncommon than rare. OVENBIRD (2) SUMMER TANAGER (1) AMERICAN REDSTART (1) Glenmere Park, Greeley, Weld County: The "nature trail" heading west from the park had BROAD-WINGED HAWK (imm) MAGNOLIA WARBLER Fossil Creek Res, Larimer County: CASSIN'S KINGBIRD (at least I think this is pretty rare in Larimer; didn't trigger ebird flag, but from Colorado Birds, etc....) The town of Akron in Washington County was hot, windy, dusty, birdless... not that different from Akron, OH, except substitute smog for dust (joke... please no outraged offense from ex-Akronites, or is it Akronians?) Now, in addition to the list of rarities noted above, Prewitt held many passerine surprises. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised by some of these, but... Birds gone east: 1 RN Sapsucker 1 Cordilleran Flycatcher 3 Plumbeous Vireos Birds that seem a bit late: Ruby-crowned Kinglet Myrtle Warbler Pine Siskin Also, numbers of birds were superb. These counts are from travel on foot, not by car: 4 Olive-sided Flys 22 W Wood-Pewees 45 Western Kingbirds 29 Eastern Kingbirds (yes, the place was noisy) 13 Warbling Vireos 19 House Wrens 59 Yellow Warblers 7 Orchard, 12 Bullock's and one Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole I had 60 non-waterbird species there. Who knows what might have been found if I'd had a bit of help :o) Also, I stopped at the Weld Co Rd 59 ponds on my way out to Prewitt, and had 37 Stilt and 3 Baird's (late?) Sandpipers. Finally, the heron colony at Glenmere Pk, Greeley now contains Snowy and Cattle Egrets My nestestimates were: 26 BC Night-Heron nests, 23 Snowy Egret nests, and 5 Cattle Egret nests. There were, already, 3-6 fully fledged crisp-plumaged juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons hanging around the colony. Good Luck and Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont, CO -- 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.
