Hi all – my wife Kristin and I did a whirlwind tour of SE Colorado this weekend. Below is a pretty complete list of what we saw – LOTS of Western kingbirds, lark buntings, horned larks, and Mississippi kites. Thanks to Dave and Diane (didn’t get their last names) fresh from the CFO convention who helped us w/flycatcher identification in Cottonwood Canyon!
5/19 Bent County Las Animas – Mississippi kite Fort Lyons – Red-headed woodpecker, turkey vulture Van’s Grove – Blue grosbeak, Western meadowlark, Eastern and Western kingbirds, red-winged blackbird, European Starling, common grackle, Swainson’s thrush, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, Bullock’s oriole, Northern harrier, Northern mockingbird, mourning dove, Eurasian Collared dove, osprey Tempel Grove – Western wood pewee, Say’s phoebe, brown-headed cowbird, house finch, house sparrow, kestrel, Canada geese, barn and tree swallows, American robin, Swainson’s thrush, magpie, horned lark Prowers County Lamar – great-horned owl, great blue heron 5/20 Prowers County Lamar Community College – Hooded warbler, chimney swift, Eurasian collared dove, mourning dove, European starling, American robin, tree swallows, barn swallows, house wren, Western kingbird, red-winged blackbird, wood duck, common grackle, Swainson’s thrush, Mississippi kite, turkey vulture, Wilson’s warbler, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, brown thrasher downy woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker, red- bellied woodpecker, Northern cardinal, catbird, belted kingfisher, killdeer, house finch, western meadowlark, Northern mockingbird, Swainson’s hawk Baca County Two Buttes – Lark bunting, Chihuahuan raven, horned lark, loggerhead shrike, Western grebe, eared grebe, American coot, Wilson’s phalarope, American coot, Say’s phoebe, spotted sandpiper, cliff swallow, Western wood pewee, red-tailed hawk, American Kestrel Pritchett – Great-tailed grackle Carrizo Canyon – Northern flicker, Bullock’s oriole, lark sparrow, burrowing owls Cottonwood Canyon – Greater roadrunner, brown-headed cowbird, prairie falcon, blue grosbeak, Eastern phoebe, ash-throated flycatcher, Cassin’s kingbird, golden eagle, possible great-crested flycatcher Huerfano County Exit 42 – Rouse Rd and west – NO hepatic tanager! Violet-green swallow, blue-gray gnatcatcher, Bullock’s oriole Bryan and Kristin Arnold Jefferson County 5,500’ -- 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.
