Greetings,
Today, Tim Smart and I birded around the towns of Holyoke and Haxtun in Phillips County after an hour or so a the Wray Fish Hatchery, which had one bird of interest: a modestly late Lazuli Bunting. We arrived in Holyoke and birded the Lyons Fishing Pond, finding exactly one species: American Goldfinch. The Holyoke sewage ponds had two species: Canada Goose and American Pipit. We did not have high hopes. We went to the nearby Holyoke Cemetery, and our first walk around revealed little beyond robins and grackles, but a wave of Yellow-rumped Warblers (nearly 100) arrived from the south and busily worked their way NORTH through the cemetery. This pattern continued, though with smaller flocks, for the next hour. While this was happening, Sandhill Cranes were flying southward overhead. This was the start of a most festive and birdy day. Holyoke Cemetery: TENNESSEE WARBLER Townsend's Warbler (a bit late and a bit east) Prairie Merlin White-throated Sparrow 2810 Sandhill Cranes (carefully tallied by Tim) Frenchman Creek SWA (between Holyoke and Haxton; see CFO County Birding Website): 750 southbound Sandhill Cranes SPARROWS 10 Spotted Towhee 30 American Tree Sparrows (a lot for so early?) 57 Chipping Sparrows 2 CC Sparrows 1 Brewer's Sparrow (a bit late?) 1 Field Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 RED FOX SPARROW (photographed) 16 Song Sparrows 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrows 8 dark-lored, presumed Eastern, WC Sparrows 316 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows 15 Dark-eyed Juncos including Pink-sided, Oregon, Slate-colored, and Cassiar's Town of Haxtun: 90 Sandhill Cranes (overhead) 1 Prairie Merlin 1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (juv) Good Birding Steven 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.
