Hello, Birders. Twelve of us had a fine time at the Carpenter Ranch [PRIVATE], Routt County, yesterday, Saturday, June 29th. No rarities to speak of for us, but we pretty much cleaned up on all the expected specialty species of the ranch, finding:
5 Sandhill Cranes a minimum of 11 Willow Flycatcher (an outstanding, perhaps unprecedented, breeding-season count for Colorado) 2 Veeries 5 Swainson's Thrushes 8 Gray Catbirds 3 Fox Sparrows 5 Bobolinks Some other items of note: a male Red-naped Sapsucker with extreme red on the head; we wondered if this bird had some Red-breasted Sapsucker ancestry an unseen "Rufous-sided" Towhee with a funky, somewhat Eastern-ish song Lots of Common Mergansers, including one hen with 14 chicks Orange-crowned Warblers and Green-tailed Towhees singing on the dry hillsides beautiful Cedar Waxwings everywhere Thanks to the Carpenter Ranch and the Yampa River Birding Club for a great outing! Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- 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/BAY177-W36579F00EEDC35D21B2998C0700%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
