Had an Eastern Kingbird at Manitou Lake in Teller Co yesterday evening. Hawking insects over the beaver ponds to the south of the lake. I have two other records of this species here: 8/19/2012 and 9/2/2009.
Other FOS for the lake: . Cattle Egret - only one other record from 4/23/2012 . House Wren . Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Pretty sure I had northern waterthrush and orange-crowned warbler based on calls/songs; but could never find them and they wouldn't call again. 35 species in all. Also of note: pair of magpies putting finishing touches on their nest in my neighbor's yard. I presume the same pair that successfully fledged 3 young last year out of a nearby nest that, once fledged, took up residence in my Canada Cherry tree outside my bedroom and office window. The racket was non-stop for about a month until they finally moved on. It was from this pair last year that I got to witness the magpies actively hunting my feeder birds (pinning evening grosbeaks to the ground and pecking them in the head). Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 0, Annual: 4, World Annual: 1 Species: 35 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 36 Total Records: 36 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Anas strepera American Wigeon Anas americana Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Common Merganser Mergus merganser Cattle Egret [a] Bubulcus ibis Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura American Coot Fulica americana Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata California Gull Larus californicus Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Eastern Kingbird [a*] Tyrannus tyrannus Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Common Raven Corvus corax Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea House Wren [a] Troglodytes aedon Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [a] Polioptila caerulea American Robin Turdus migratorius Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) coronata Setophaga coronata coronata Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) auduboni Setophaga coronata auduboni Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/17/2013 -- 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.
