Nine of us explored the north central plains yesterday. The birding was still fairly slow, but there were a few goodies out there. Still many Empidonax flycatchers, catbirds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, etc. joined by a few Kinglets, Juncos and Townsend's Solitaires for a nice mix of birds during this transition time from summer to winter.
Private Lincoln County Ranch: Red-naped Sapsucker - 2m, 1f Plumbeous Vireo - 1 Cassin's Vireo - 1 Last Chance: Cassin's Vireo - 1 Cassin's Kingbird - 1 Akron (Washington County Golf Club park pond): BLUE-HEADED VIREO - 1 (Glenn Walbek took some nice pics of this bird which can be seen at: http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2011_birds This bird completed the single day "Solitairy Vireo Trifecta" for us. Gray Flycatcher - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 1 Prewitt Reservoir: The best selection of shorebirds I've seen this fall. Thirteen species of shorebird including Steve Mlodinow's: SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1 juv. Townsend's Warbler - 1 Ovenbird - 1 Jackson Reservoir: Cassin's Kingbird - 2 Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 Townsend's Warbler - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Andrick SWA (Morgan County Road 2, SW of Jackson Reservoir): Virginia Rail - 2 Sora - 1 American Bittern - 1 LEAST BITTERN - 1! (Found by Norm Erthal and seen VERY well, out in the open for perhaps 20 seconds. Unfortunately only half of the participants could see this bird before it ran into the cattails. :- ( This bird was just off MCR2 at the large southern most pond where the water goes under the road from the west and enters the pond on the east side of the road. Joey Kellner Littleton, 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.
