Hello, Birders. Bob Zilly and I found some nice birds around Hygiene, Boulder County, earlier this morning, Saturday, June 25th.
At Pella Crossing, we audio-recorded an EASTERN WARBLING-VIREO. We also saw a Cedar Waxwing building a nest, and we heard and saw several Common Mergansers flying over. A fly-by hummingbird was probably a Black-chinned, and a Gray Catbird was singing its head off. Bobolinks and Savannah Sparrows were in their usual spot east of 75th Street, and the Great Blue Herons were at their rookery along the raging St. Vrain River. Where the St. Vrain River crosses 61st/63rd Street, we heard a RED-EYED VIREO and we heard and saw an after-second-calendar-year male AMERICAN REDSTART; we obtained sound recordings of both. Bobolinks and Savannah Sparrows were just north of the river crossing. At the north end of 75th Street, i.e. due east of Rabbit Mountain, we heard one or two CASSIN'S SPARROWS and we saw and heard a CASSIN'S KINGBIRD. Also present were Lark Sparrows and Vesper Sparrows, plus Golden Eagles at a distant nest. We saw two Bullock's Orioles out on the prairie here; these were perhaps early "fall" migrants, as Bullock's Orioles seem to be our earliest molt migrants. ------------------------------- 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.
