Hi All! Glenn summed up the best birds well. First, conditions at both reservoirs. Prewitt has SOME shore closer to the inlet canal area. Campers are EVERYWHERE. Biting insects are not nearly as bad as previous years. Bring bug spray, but you won't need the whole can. Jackson Reservoir is very full and has very limited shoreline. What shoreline is present is loaded with holiday campers. Reservoir is slowing drawing down and it may be good in a week or two, fewer people, too.
Birds: Passerines were in short supply today (and the last several days). We had many big "misses". For example, no Catbird, Towhee, Chat, Grosbeaks of any kind, etc. We had to work hard to find things like Yellow and Wilson's Warblers. We DID have a number (perhaps 7 or so) American Redstarts. Best birds today: Blackburnian Warbler - 1 fall male at the trees along the outlet canal below the dam. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 fall plumaged bird in the trees along the inlet canal Townsend's Warbler - 1 female in the trees along the inlet canal Cassin's Vireo - 1 in the trees below the dam (about half way across the dam) Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 in the trees along the inlet canal Caspian Tern - 2 (maybe 3) Common Tern - 2 Forster's Tern - 12 Hopefully there will be more birds moving through in the next several days, in time for next week's DFO Fall Counts. Joey Kellner Littleton, Colorado -- 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.
