Hello folks (copying this to Naturenet just to cover all candidates): I'm wallowing in field season, doing birdcounts and exploring. I have one area that is a trail (lovely one called Picture Rock) going south from Lyons between the Old St Vrain Rd area and Heil Ranch (google Bldr Cnty Open Space to find it). Today I did a dry run of my BBS points along this corridor and ran into a warbler with a very familiar song that I thought would be easy to ID on the Net when I got home.
Alas. It never seems to work out that way. I just ran through ALL the eastern warbler songs and only the prairie warbler comes close. I did not get a visual on this bird (for multiple complicated reasons) so all I have to go on is the song. If anyone does feel like getting a good workout and having a hunt tomorrow, do tell me what you find. This bird was singing persistently from near the treetops in ponderosa pines about 3 miles from the trailhead on 84E (Bison Rd off Old St Vrain?). It is one of the "scratchy" songs: hoarsely, lightly, persistently going up the scale in tiny pulses (at least 5 different pitches); about one song a minute. It is not antsy but stays hidden in one spot for a while. Don't be distracted by Virginia's and lazulis if you go; they abound already. Or do send bird suggestions that occur to you... If I had thought it would be hard, I certainly would have made more of an effort to see this oiseau. The sandlilies spangle the sides of the trail in the first mile; and in mile two one climbs to a nice lookout (often hearing or seeing wild turkeys); in mile 3 there are several hairpin turns in gnatcatcher/hummer/grosbeak habitat. Last year I had a pair of RB grosbeaks there in May (today only black-headed). If you reach a fire road and big gate, you're 25 meters too far. This bird will not breed here, but doesn't know that yet. And I'm devoured by curiosity. Linda Andes-Georges Central Boulder County, Longmont CO PS forgot to mention: this trail is popular with bikers; get there early and you'll miss them -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/022601ce5429%24c1d7f0f0%244587d2d0%24%40net?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
