Today (Thursday, 20Oct) I checked Thurston Reservoir (Prowers) north of Lamar,
drove Prowers SS Road from 8 Road east to 13 Road (all Prowers), back to Lamar,
LCC Woods in Lamar (Prowers), and drove several county roads southwest of Lamar
(mostly Prowers Road X west to 34Road (Bent) north to the "town" of Prowers
(Bent).
HIGHLIGHTS:
Thurston Res
34 species, none of them unusual
SS east of 8
Northern Shrike (1) FOS
Chihuahuan Raven (2) seen and heard well
Ferruginous Hawk (at least 8, all of them at least near Black-tailed
Prairie-Dog towns)
Lamar CC Woods
Nashville Warbler (1, possibly 2, one at the north end wagging its tail
(western?), the other east of the tennis courts not wagging its tail (eastern?))
Townsend's Warbler (1f, late)
Orange-crowned Warbler (1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (1, not sure of age (beak was not like shown in Sibley
or Rising: mostly dark gray with basal portion of both mandibles yellowish))
northeast of tennis courts near the "south entrance" to the north part of the
woods (due east of the cafeteria, if you know which building that is), with
White-crowned Sparrows and 1 Lincoln's Sparrow (unable to get a picture of this
bird (the whole group was on the move southward, as best I could tell, with the
whole episode altered by a robin accipiter-alert)
Swainson's Thrush (1)
Northern Cardinal (1m, 1f) both eating Virginia Creeper berries
White-throated Sparrow (1a, 1i)
Road 34 south of Prowers
Merlin (1 male prairie)
Loggerhead Shrike (1)
Lots of American Pipits and Chestnut-collared Longspurs heard overhead, most of
today.
Total species for the Lamar area the last two days: 89
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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