Greetings All,
Today birding felt like a slog, with very low numbers of regular migrants (except Yellow Warblers and Swainson's Thrushes) and a fair bit of wind by mid-day. In the end, somehow, I wound up with a day list of 117 species, birding basically Crow Valley and Jackson Lake. 1- Norma's Grove: nearly birdless 2- Weld CR 59 Ponds: water levels relatively high. No migrant shorebirds except a handful of Wilson's Phals Crow Valley: Red-eyed Vireo Indigo Bunting American Redstart Gray Flycatcher Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole 2 Veery Mountain race Downy Woodpecker (same male there one month ago?) Jackson Lake State Park: Western Bluebird (near visitor center; photographed) Mountain race Hairy Woodpecker Ovenbird American Redstart Jackson Lake SWA: There is a little slough just east of main entrance road as it heads south to lake with a flock of shorebirds including 1 BB Plover 3 Marbled Godwits 8 Stilt Sandpipers 13 White-rumped Sandpipers I was standing at one spot at Crow Valley and heard an nighthawk. "Cool," I thought. Then I heard a Veery call from the same spot. "Wow !" I thought. Then an Ash-throated Flycatcher. "Holy Cow!!!" I thought. Neigh, it was a Holy Mockingbird, Batman. I should have known. Not even the best cow mimic can do that good of an Ash-throated Fly imitation. Steven Mlodinow Sleepless and delirious in Sterling, 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.
