Greetings All,
Today Tim Smart and I started at the "BYO PLAYA," location previously given by Joe Roller and others Shorebird highlights were 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 1 DUNLIN Also present was a semi-late Stilt Sand, a Pec Sand, bunches of Killdeer, 2 Greater and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, a handful of Baird's and Least Sands each, 3 RN Phals, and 1 Wilson's Phal We started there first thing in the morning, when light was good. The numbers of sparrows/longspurs/larks/pipits was astonishing. Interestingly, we had far more CC Longspurs than McCown's this week. Vesper Sparrow numbers topped 300 and Sav Sparrows approached 100. One LAPLAND LONGSPUR added some extra spice to the mix. We then went to CROW VALLEY CAMPGROUND There we missed the Palm Warbler and we had fewer than 10 YR Warblers, but we did have the RB WOODPECKER (apparently first found by Loch Kilpatrick a few days ago), a RN SAPSUCKER, and a WT SPARROW. No Hairy Woodpeckers crossed our path. Tim and I then parted ways. At the west end of Jackson Lake SP, as passes the "west entrance" but before the toll-booth, there was a TENNESSEE WARBLER. Interestingly, the most numerous warbler of the day, for us, was Orange-crowned. I still have yet to run into a truly goodly flock or Yellow-rumpeds. I never did find a pulse of Warbling Vireos this fall, and Swainson's Thrushes also seemed to largely pass me by. Good Birding, Steve Mlodinow 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.
