Greetings All,
Today Tracy Clark and I birded Crow Valley Cmpgrnd, then went n. to the town of Grover, made a short jaunt to Carpenter, WY (just so we could say we did), and then hit Timnath Res on the way back. Crow Valley had a nice smattering of migrants, the best of which was a calling and photographed ALDER FLYCATCHER in the scrub along the streambed n. of the campground proper. Perhaps rarer was a ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAIRY WOODPECKER near the campground bathrooms. The bird was calling incessantly and moving about a lot, as if extremely unsettled. Also at Crow Valley was a RB x BH GROSBEAK and a INDIGO x LAZULI BUNTING. In the town of Grover, to the n. of Crow Valley, we had a nice little group of migrant Yellow and Wilson's Warblers plus a Willow Fly and two LESSER GOLDFINCHES, which I believe are still considered rare in this portion of CO. Timnath was packed full of birds, but we found no rarities, and left when the wind hit 40+ mph, sustained, and the sand started to peel the skin of the windward side of our faces. As a FYI: Yesterday, Lower Latham had a nice assortment of common shorebirds in modest numbers, but Weld CR 59 Ponds were nearly shorebird-free. Timnath had very few shorebirds, and despite much tasty looking habitat, we saw no shorebirds today at McIntosh (in Longmont). 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.
