A friend from Virginia was out for the past 24 hours. We covered Manitou Lake, Fountain Creek Reg Park and Big Johnson Reservoir.
Highlights were: MANITOU LAKE: Willow Flycatchers - 7+, never seen that many at once in Teller County Lazuli Buntings - 20+ Black-crowned Night-heron - 1 Common Nighthawk - 1 BIG JOHNSON RESERVOIR Mississippi Kites - 2 adults (actually out over Grinnell Blvd near the reservoir) Baird's Sandpipers - 7 Clay-colored Sparrows - 5-10 (big flock in first 100 yards of bluestem trail; with many brewer's, chipping, Lark sparrows and lark buntings) Long-billed Curlews - 2 Wilson's Phalaropes - 2 California Gulls - 200+ (~50 ring-billed, no other gulls) FOUNTAIN CREEK REG PARK Green Heron - 2 Black-crowned Night-herons - 3 Eastern Kingbird Lesser Goldfinch Complete list (80 species) below. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 1, Location: 1, Annual: 11, World Annual: 11 Species: 80 - Subspecies: 0 - Forms: 80 Total Records: 111 NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME BIG JOHNSON RESEVOIR - 25 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Mississippi Kite [w] Ictinia mississippiensis Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos American Kestrel Falco sparverius American Coot Fulica americana Long-billed Curlew [a*] Numenius americanus Baird's Sandpiper [a*] Calidris bairdii Wilson's Phalarope [a*] Phalaropus tricolor Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis California Gull Larus californicus Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Clay-colored Sparrow [a*] Spizella pallida Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Lark Bunting [a*] Calamospiza melanocorys Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta FOUNTAIN CREEK REGIONAL PARK - 45 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wood Duck [a*] Aix sponsa Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Green Heron [a*] Butorides virescens Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus American Kestrel Falco sparverius American Coot Fulica americana Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Rock Pigeon Columba livia Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Eastern Kingbird [a*] Tyrannus tyrannus Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea House Wren Troglodytes aedon American Robin Turdus migratorius European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Lesser Goldfinch [a*] Spinus psaltria American Goldfinch Spinus tristis HOME - 2 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri MANITOU LAKE - 37 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax American Coot Fulica americana Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Willow Flycatcher [a*] Empidonax traillii American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus House Wren Troglodytes aedon Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana American Robin Turdus migratorius Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Pine Siskin Spinus pinus American Goldfinch Spinus tristis TROUT CREEK - RD 339 TO CAMPGROUND - 2 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 8/28/2011 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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