Hi all,
After pouring rain pounded the roof most of the night, the noise abated ... and we awoke to several inches of snow, freezing temperatures but mercifully no wind. In the yard today: Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow several Bullock's Oriole male Cassin's Finch several Gray-headed Junco Yellow-headed Blackbird several Black-chinned Hummingbird 1+males Pine Siskin 2 (FOY) Linda, Mary, Shep, Jennifer and I birded Spring Park reservoir, El Jebel.. Finally we have hundreds of Swallows, a mini fallout of shorebirds, and a decent fallout of American Pipits and Mountain Bluebirds Common Loon 3 alternate plumage Barrow's Goldeneye 2+ Common Merganser 2 females Long-billed Dowitcher 17 + 3 Willet 10 Western Sandpiper 4 Wilson's Phalarope 2 Wilson's Snipe heard Killdeer several Franklin's Gull 1 Great Horned Owl Peregrine Brewer's Blackbirds 20+ American Pipit 100+ Mountain Bluebird 100+ Tree Swallow - hundreds - this evening they were roosting on the stones on the islands near the dam and also this evening, new in.. Solitary Sandpiper 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Blue Lake El Jebel was back to old form - with a nice selection of common birds including Pied billed Grebe 1 Eared Grebe ca 50 - some were very obliging for the patient photographer Western Grebe 8 Bufflehead several Ring necked Duck 2 Lesser Scaup several Coot Mallard Gadwall Northern Shoveler 30+ Cinnamon Teal Green Winged Teal Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon Ruddy Duck Canada Geese Spotted Sandpiper 2 Savannah Sparrow 2+ American Pipit 2 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Apart from a fallout of Western Grebes in mid April, Blue Lake has been almost devoid of any birds all spring - until today. Nearby, on the treatment ponds by JR Drive, close to the El Jebel Fire Station Wilson's Phalarope 4 - first time I have ever seen anything other than Canada Geese or Mallard on there! Up-valley I was forwarded a photograph of a Lazuli Bunting at Woody Creek and I was told that there were scores of Vesper Sparrows on Maclean Flats, near Aspen Good birding all Dick Filby Carbondale, CO -- 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.
