Finally - this morning (about 3-4 weeks late) I had 3 Hammond's Flycatchers singing in the ponderosa woodlands along FR 339 in Teller County - from hwy 67 to the creek. Easily found by listening for their song while walking (jogging in this case) along the road. Most vociferous in the morning hours. Usually silent during mid-day and then sparsely singing again in the evening.
Also - oddly, one singing Rock Wren in the woods, completely out of habitat. I have consistently seen, over the last couple weeks, a western scrub-jay hanging out with a group of 4-5 steller's jays at FR339 and Trout Creek. Doesn't seem to be any sign of a mix in this bird; but perhaps it could be part of a breeding pair going forward. Western wood-pewees have increased in number significantly in the past few days. I continue to have dozens of evening grosbeaks at my feeders continuously throughout the day. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 0, Annual: 1, World Annual: 1 Species: 31 - Subspecies: 1 - Forms: 31 Total Records: 31 DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS - 1 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos KITES, HAWKS & EAGLES - 1 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis HUMMINGBIRDS - 1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus WOODPECKERS - 1 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus TYRANT FLYCATCHERS - 2 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 3 singing males VIREOS, GREENLETS - 2 Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus CROWS, JAYS - 5 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Common Raven Corvus corax SWALLOWS, MARTINS - 3 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis NUTHATCHES - 1 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis WRENS - 2 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus calling along 339 in woods! House Wren Troglodytes aedon THRUSHES - 2 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana American Robin Turdus migratorius NEW WORLD WARBLERS - 2 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata BUNTINGS, NEW WORLD SPARROWS & ALLIES - 4 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus singing everywhere Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) caniceps Junco hyemalis caniceps GROSBEAKS, SALTATORS & ALLIES - 2 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus many OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES & BLACKBIRDS - 1 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater FINCHES - 1 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 6/8/2011 -- 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.
