"Strauss Cabin" gravel ponds on the north side of E Horsetooth Rd east of Ziegler (Fort Collins, Larimer): White-rumped Sandpiper (4) Least Sandpiper (at least 1) Semipalmated Sandpiper (approximately 7)
Windsor Lake (Weld): Black Tern (2) Forster's Tern (several, no Arctic that I could see) no kittiwake, although it could have been there Plumbeous Vireo (1) ornamental ash tree in the southwest corner just w of the playground area The vireo and a steady wind out of the east made me go to Crow Valley, when I wasn't really planning on it. Crow Valley Campground/Briggsdale (11am-2:30pm): apparently a major exodus of birds occurred overnight Black-throated Gray Warbler (1 bedraggled male) Ovenbird (2) Plumbeous Vireo (1) Red-headed Woodpecker (1) Orchard Oriole (1 pair) Yellow-breasted Chat (1) Swainson's Thrush (about 10) Lesser Goldfinch (few) Western Wood-Pewee (several) Least Flycatcher (5+) Dusky Flycatcher (2+) Traill's Flycatcher (1, probably Willow) Cassin's Sparrow (1, on fence south of the Briggsdale School athletic field) Total of 57 species GR96 (aka Murphy's Pasture Road between 77 and 51): very few longspurs, all McCown's not much else except a very photogenic nighthawk, Lark Buntings, and Brewer's Sparrows Dave Leatherman 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.
