Hello, Birders. Here's a summary of the Boulder Bird Club outing held earlier today, Sunday, June 19th. Seven of us birded from the Teller Farms, Boulder County, parking lot off Valmont Road north to around the high point overlooking White Rocks. Actually, we did it the other way around; we hoofed it out to White Rocks before sunrise, then birded our way back. Lots of nice birds, among them:
Wood Duck. 13 adults. Black-chinned Hummingbird. 1 adult male near Boulder Creek. Traill's Flycatcher. 1 silent individual near Boulder Creek. Was it a Willow? Hard to say; either species of Traill's Flycatcher (Willow, Alder) is unexpected in summer in Colorado away from the mountains. Eastern Warbling-Vireo. 1 singing loudly and unambiguously 1/4 mile south of Boulder Creek. It was accompanied by a non-singing bird who responded agitatedly to pishing; a mate perhaps? I note that the warbling-vireos at this site last year were identified as Western Warbling-Vireos; see http://tinyurl.com/3txksth. Assuming that ID was correct, what gives? What's up with the ongoing "invasion" this summer of glorious Boulder County by Eastern Warbling-Vireos? American Redstart. A singing third-calendar-year male also about 1/4 mile south of Boulder Creek. Cassin's Sparrow. At least 4 singing in the "high country" north of the creek. Ho hum, eh? No, it was wonderful to get leisurely, close-up study of these beautiful birds. Note: A small colony was detected in the same place exactly a year ago to date; see http://tinyurl.com/3txksth. Grasshopper Sparrow. At least 9 singing in the grassy areas north of the Boulder Creek floodplain. Great-tailed Grackle. 3 bushy-tailed males flew by. Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole. 1 adult male with the body of a Bullock's but the head more Baltimorish. We had 2 that got away: an apparent phoebe that darted around a bend on Boulder Creek, seen so briefly that we couldn't rule out Black Phoebe or maybe a poorly glimpsed wood-pewee; and a too-briefly-seen fly-over Passerina bunting that was probably an Indigo. And all the usual suspects: Red Junglefowl, Wilson's Snipe, Great Horned Owl, Say's Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, Horned Lark, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-breasted Chat, Vesper Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Black-head Grosbeak, Lesser Goldfinch, etc. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Blog: http://tinyurl.com/4n6qswt Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2ejzlzv Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/2wkvwxs ------------------------------- -- 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.
