Glenn, Can you be a little more specific? Are you talking about Cherry Creek State Park? And, if so, where in the park?
Thanks, Gary Brower Englewood, CO On May 1, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Glenn and Laurie wrote: > Folks, > > There was a fallout of sparrows / longspurs at Cherry Creek today. Loch, I > and others found over 34+ McCown's Longspurs in various stages of plumage, a > few Chestnut Collared Longspurs along with hundreds of Vesper Sparrows and a > few Lark, Brewer's, Chipping and Savannah's mixed in. One of the longspurs > stood out, very buffy with a pale eyering, faint dark streaking and a median > crown stripe. We photographed the bird that shows some similarity to Smith's > Longspur 1st year / non-breeding plumage. I am not jazzed about the bill in > the photographed bird (for Smith's) and we did see some semi-buffy McCown's > longspurs with clearly McCown's Longspur tails but the photographed bird > looks buffy than any of those. Those birds also showed gray tones. Others > currently at Cherry Creek are seeing 2 buffy longspurs with tail patterns > that resemble Smith's. I have very little experience with Smith's Longspur > so any comments / insight is appreciated. Also there were 5 Common Terns and > I just got word there are 2 Purple Martins there now near the west end. > > Glenn Walbek > Castle Rock, CO > http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2013_birds > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
