Hello to all, Crow Valley Campground proved to be some of the best birding for one spot that I've had in a long long while on Saturday through to Sunday morning. I had 80 species of birds which I thought was spectacular for such a little oasis on the plains... After reading the posts I see that there were quite a few people that posted on their sightings at Crow Valley. I missed the Tennessee Warbler posted by Norm Lewis but got 11 warbler species of my own while there. The list of good birds are as follows:
-Virginia's Warbler-1 -Yellow Warbler-many -Common Yellowthroat-many including the most females I've ever seen -Yellow-breasted Chat-12- the most I've ever seen here -MacGillivray's Warbler- several. I tried so hard to make one of them Mourning Warbler but failed miserably. -American Redstart-at least 2 males and 2 females -Northern Parula-1 singing male -Ovenbirds-at least 3- 1 singing male and 2 silent ones in opposite ends of the campground. -Yellow-rumped warbler-many -Orange crowned Warbler- 2 -Wilson's Warbler- at least 4 Other birds of note: Orchard Oriole-1 male Least Flycatcher-at least 3 Willow Flycatcher-at least 2 Gray Flycatcher-1 for sure Dusky Flycatcher-2 for sure Olive-sided Flycatcher-1 Red-headed Woodpecker-1 Grasshopper Sparrow-1 Pine Siskin-1 -2 Upland Sandpipers when I showed up at 5am on Saturday morning engaging in flight calls -1-Wild Turkey when I got there calling -1-Western Bluebird -3 -Veery all calling -4-Northern Mockingbirds -Swainson's Thrushes-alot -Gray Catbirds-more than I've ever seen here -American Goldfinches-gabillions...I've never seen so many all over Northern Colorado All else the usual suspects. Notable misses---Downy Woodpecker, Black- capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Birds I saw on my way back to Ft. Collins... -2 - Red-headed Woodpecker between Weld CR 47 and 49 off of 102 -2 Canvasbacks and 4 Redheads still around. - 1 - Bobolink on CR 7 (i think) right between Smith Lake and Poudre No. 3 in Wellingtonj -5 Hooded Mergansers still hanging on that little inlet on the NE side toward the road. 2-Long-billed Dowitchers-CR 3 just north of CR64-LATE -1-Lesser Yellowlegs-CR3 just north of CR64-LATE -4-Golden Eagle-at least 2 hatchlings on nest -1-Blue Grosbeak female and male -Giant flock of Savannah Sparrows around Poudre #3 -1-Mountain Plover in the burn area off of 96 -Several McCown's Longspurs off of 96 -Several Burrowing Owls off of 96 -Great numbers of Lark Buntings and Brewer's Sparrows I ended up with 132 species including all the ducks and other usual suspects and I didn't even try! Maybe I should have considering I birded 21 hours total. Finally, migrations may have reached Northern Colorado. Good Birding y'all Josh Bruening Fort Collins -- 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.
