My father and I spent most of the day birding around Lamar and
vicinity, including Hasty Campground, Willow Creek Park/Lamar CC
woods, the Lamar Cemetery, and then Tempel Grove. Some of the birds
we saw were the same as reported by Glenn Walbek, others were
different. The summary and highlights:
Hasty Campground this morning in strong wind: we saw nothing of
particular interest, just lots of low-flying swallows, Mourning and
Eurasian Collared Doves, and the usual blackbirds.
Willow Park/Lamar CC woods: Mississippi Kites, Great-Crested
Flycatcher (heard and seen near north end), Philadelphia Vireo and
probable female Nashville Warbler (both appeared at the same moment
and in the same binocular view at about midpoint of the woods, with
the vireo receiving most of my attention), and at least a pair of
Northern Cardinals (near south end).
Lamar Cemetery: nothing of particular interest.
Tempel Grove: after running into Glenn and Joey and friends who
notified us of the Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, and Black-
throated Blue warblers, we spent over 2 hours at the site and were
able to find all three of those warblers. (The Parula we heard
several times but did not see; the Black-throated Blue occupied quite
a good bit of our time there and we heard it many times, while seeing
it only twice; the Waterthrush we saw but did not hear). In addition,
we also saw a female Summer Tanager, singing Bell's Vireo, Blue
Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Hermit and Swainson's Thrushes, Chipping and
Lark Sparrows, a calling Least Flycatcher, and an unidentified empid,
among other less notable birds.
On the way home we stopped briefly at Neegronda and Neenoshe
reservoirs where we saw several species of waterfowl and a handful of
shorebird species, the highlight for me being a Baird's Sandpiper at
Neenoshe.
Notwithstanding seeing some very fine birds and many species, none of
the sites we visited today, or any other day this past week, had what
we would consider to be a plentiful or normal number of birds for this
week of May.
David & Hugh Gillilan
Denver & Salt Lake City
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