I headed out this afternoon as the storm was winding down to check what might be in Boulder Valley. Baseline Reservoir was not particularly birdy, but Teller #5 was extremely so. The junipers by the parking area had Spotted Towhee, two Cassiar Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows and after an absence of about six weeks, Golden-crowned Sparrow! The blackbird/starling flock that kept moving from cottonwood crowns to feedlot had at least a dozen Brewer's Blackbirds mixed in.
The lake itself is starting to fill back in, but still had a large loafing flock of Ring-billed Gulls hanging out along with two striking pink-breasted, full alternate Franklin's Gulls. Neither Walden Ponds nor Sombrero Marsh produced any new spring birds (e.g. Cinnamon Teal or Eared Grebe or any non-Killdeer shorebird), but they were both full of ducks, preponderantly Redhead and American Wigeon. Twelve Tundra Swans remain at Walden. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
