On Saturday, October 1, my wife and I walked along this trail and quickly,
easily found three Sprague's Pipits. Or rather, they found us.
We parked in a pullout on 66th just south of Marshall Road. We walked east
along the well-maintained trail, which first heads south then curves around to
the east and rises gently. At the curve in the trail a Sprague's Pipit was
sitting on a barbed-wire fence but quickly flew away. We continued east on the
trail and stopped when we reached the small bridge over the ditch (about one
quarter mile from the parking lot), where we were entertained by three
Sprague's Pipits (appeared to be a family group) who bounced along the trail,
sat on the fence, and investigated the trail-side bushes. They didn't call or
sing, nor did they conduct any display flights. We had excellent looks at their
bold white eye rings, somewhat scaly plumage on their backs, pink legs, and
clean white underparts with dark breast streaks.
Gene Ellis
Boulder, Colorado
Gene Ellis
Boulder, Colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Ruprecht" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2011 8:07:39 PM
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Sprague's Pipits, Boulder Co
For anyone who is planning a trip to the Lake Mesa area, I should have been
more clear that I haven't seen potential pipits along that trail this fall; it
was last year. I still think it's a potentially good place to look.
-Peter
From: Peter Ruprecht <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Sprague's Pipits, Boulder Co
Another possible place to look for pipits would be the Mayhoffer trail
(trailhead on the E side of 66th, near the intersection with Marshall road.)
You can't leave the trail, but it goes right over the top of Lake Mesa, within
easy sight of the pipit site on Davidson Mesa.
http://bouldermountainbike.org/trail/mayhoffer-singletree-trail has more
details. I have seen birds along there that were tantalizingly like Sprague's
pipits, with the lark-then-freefall flight and "skweet" call ... but never well
enough to be totally convinced about.
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