According to Steve Jones in Boulder County Nature Association’s Fall newsletter, p. 7, here are some "who'd a thunk it" birds that bred in Boulder County in 2011:
“Unusually wet late spring and early summer conditions in northeastern Colorado, coupled with extreme drought in southeastern Colorado, may have contributed to the rash of uncommon birds nesting in Boulder County this year.” Eastern Phoebes, 4 nests Great-tailed Grackle, 2 nests Mountain Plover, 1 nest Red-headed Woodpecker, 2 nests Lewis’s Woodpecker, 1 nest Eastern Bluebirds, 1 nest Brown Thrasher, 1 nest Northern Mockingbirds, 1 nest Orchard Orioles, 2 nests American Bittern, 5 nests http://www.bcna.org/library/nwsfall11.pdf (BCNA is a great organization worth supporting.) Good birding, Tom Wilberding Boulder, 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.
