It had been fairly slow in the Lamar area (Prowers) and Bent/Baca Counties Tues
thru Thursday of this week. Today was better.\
9October
Palm Warbler (1 western) Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar
Chestnut-collared Longspurs (heard) "
Indigo Bunting (1f) Riverside Cemetery in Lamar
Swamp Sparrow (3) Thurston Res (east end near outlet canal)
White-throated Sparrow (8) "
Least Sandpiper (55, good number, in with about 100 other shorebirds (mostly
LbDowitcher and Bairds Sandpipers, in nw corner of Thurston)
Egret sp. (suspect juvenile Cattle, black bill, legs and feet, humped
appearance, all white feathering, long ways off) nw corner of Thurston
Black-throated Blue Warbler (1f) Willow Creek Subdivision e of Willow Creek
Park, briefly at water bath
10October
Townsend's Warbler (1f) Lamar Community College
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1f) Riverside Cem
Otherwise, Lamar VERY slow
11October
Northern Cardinal (heard) Two Buttes Res below the dam (north of the road that
comes down the hill)
Osprey Two Buttes
Winter Wren " below the dam
Eastern Phoebe "
Major feeding frenzy in the Netleaf Hackberries due to hatch of 3 psyllid
species (yrwarblers, rckinglets, pine siskins, chip sps, ocwarbler, Townsends
Warbler, Mac Warbler)
Sparrow (suspect Henslow's, possbily Lincoln's) Turk's Pond SWA in Baca
County s of the town of Two Buttes
Merlin (f prairie) FOS north of town of Two Buttes
tarantulas (3) and Prairie Rattlesnake (1) - near Two Buttes Res
12October
Winter Wren (1) Tempel's Grove (Bent County)
Carolina Wren (1) "
House Wren (1) "
White-throated Sparrow 3+) "
Harris's Sparrow (1 imm.) "
Blue-headed Vireo (1) "
Red-eyed Vireo (1) "
Wilson's Warbler (1f) "
Townsend's Warbler (1f) "
Nashville Warbler (1) "
Tanager (got a 3 second glimpse, directly overhead, blotched red and orange,
suspect Summer, but possibly molting Scarlet?) "
Eastern Phoebe (2) "
Brown Creeper (1) "
Eastern Phoebe (1) Riverside Cemetery, Lamar
Nashville Warbler (1) "
Nashville Warbler (1) LCC
Townsend's Warbler (1f) "
Wilson's Warbler (1m) "
White-winged Dove 1st Street in Lamar north of Willow Creek Park
Swamp Sparrow (1) Arkansas River e of Lamar at CR13
Barn Swallow (40) "
It rained hard tonight in Lamar. Will be interesting to see what tomorrow
brings. Hackberries are the trees to check on the plains at present. Also
Russian-olives, ragweed, willows and anything else with aphids.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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