Greetings All
Today, Tracy Clark and I spent the first 5 hours of the day stomping about Prewitt Res, Washington Co side. One of the larger ponds, at Washington County end of dam, held an imm NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, which I managed to get some poor, but seemingly identifiable, photos of. The bird flew off when I attempted to get closer, finally heading towards the reservoir after circling the pond several times. Towards the Logan side of the handicapped parking area, but still in Washington County, we had an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL responding to my imitation, and as we were listening for it, a Type 5 (methinks) RED CROSSBILL (for sure) flew towards us, directly over our heads, towards the reservoir, apparently continuing over it. One of my least expected sightings in date and place. Other noteworthy birds included a likely migrant MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER and a GRAY CATBIRD (breeder?). We had 3 eastern WB Nuthatches, and I wonder how far west the taxon breeds.... On the NE side of Jackson Reservoir, a GREATER ROADRUNNER was running along side the road. The bird was on Road 5 just south of Road CC. The habitat at that precise spot did not look great, though a short distance away some pretty suitable habitat is present. Also at Jackson were 170 Franklin's Gulls (good number for July?). Good Luck and Good Birding Steven Mlodinow (and Tracy Clark) Longmont, CO -- 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.
