Greetings All,
I spent a lovely, though slightly drippy (but windless!!!) morning at Tamarack SWA yesterday. At sunrise, which was still fairly dark under cloud-laden skies, I had a repeated calling, then seen, LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER just w. of CO 55. After being stunned by that bird, not much else mattered. I did have 3 BELL'S VIREOS just w. of CO 55 as well. To the east, between CO 55 and the pond near the "manager's house," I had OVENBIRD, GREEN HERON, SUMMER TANAGER, RED-EYED VIREO and AMERICAN REDSTART. Between both sides at Tamarack, I had 6 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 1 BALTIMORE x BULLOCK's, just 2 Bullock's Orioles, and a number of unseen Balt/Bull types. Similarly, I had 2 Spotted Towhees but 3 EASTERN x SPOTTED TOWHEES, and no Eastern Towhees + 6 or so unseen birds. The hybrids looked much like Easterns but sounded much like weird Spotteds. There was also an INDIGO x LAZULI BUNTING, 12 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, 10 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, a CAROLINA WREN, 5 FIELD SPARROWS, and a couple N Cardinals. The PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was still in Holyoke, Yuma yesterday, at the e. end of Akron Street, but we couldn't find it today in the gale force winds. At JUMBO RES, in the Logan Co portion, on Co Rd 95 s. of Co Rd 70... I was able to access a little spot where water was spilling over from the lake into the field forming a little marsh. Here there were late CACKLING GEESE (5), SNOW GEESE (4), and ROSS'S GOOSE (1). Also about 20 Stilt Sandpipers. Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Temporarily of 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.
