Greetings - After reading all of the tantalizing posts coming from Phillips and Yuma Counties lately, Dick Schottler, Steve Larson, Allison Kondler, Paul Differding, Joey Kellner and I headed out that way at an unseemly early hour this morning to see what we could find.
Our first real stop was the Holyoke Cemetery where we met up with Steve Mlodinow and Christie who had arrived there a bit ahead of us. The place was crawling with birds. The best being: Singing Pine Warbler found first by Steve M. Nashville Warbler Eastern Towhee Eastern Meadowlark - seen and then IDed by call White-throated Sparrow The six of us moved on to the City Park which wasn't as lively, but still quite productive with: Nashville Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Purple Finch - seen and heard calling The final productive stop in Holyoke was the Courthouse with: Red-eyed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo (surprise surprise!) We next headed south to Wray where we birded Stalker Ponds SWA and the adjacent Wray State Fish Hatchery. The only notable bird at Stalker was a White-throated Sparrow, however we got a consolation prize with a baby Western Hog-nosed Snake :-) The Wray State Fish Hatchery proved more birdy with highlights being: Blue-headed Vireo (singing) Red-eyed Vireo Magnolia Warbler Eastern Phoebe Our final stop was the location formally known as Bonny State Park. It was getting late and the weather was intermittently nice and stormy. We only birded the former Wagon Wheel Campground on the south side and turned up a few good birds: Nashville Warbler Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Plumbeous Vireo Warbling Vireo Black-capped Chickadee Common Nighthawk I am certain I have missed some critical highlight, but it has been a long day and it is time to catch up on some sleep. A fantastic day out. Good birding, Kathy Mihm Dunning Denver -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
