Okay, so it was hot, but there were good birds and even better birding out there today in NE Colorado.
John Vanderpoel and I continued with our little group from Sterling first thing this morning by taking Logan County Road 93 south from I-76, the Red Lion exit. We didn't have too much (except Loggerhead Shrikes, there must have been 10+ along the road) until we got to the ranch about 6 miles south of the Interstate. Here we found very large numbers of sparrows, mainly Lark Buntings and Lark Sparrows but also Chipping, Brewer's, Clay-colored and Vesper. Once again, just south of this spot, along LCR 93 between LCR 44 and 46 there were Greater Prairie Chickens-at least 10 were counted crossing and along side the road. In Julesburg we had one Calliope and one Rufous Hummingbird as well as a Baltimore Oriole, two American Redstarts, a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches and a Warbling Vireo at the elementary school. But follow Norm's sadder but wiser tale and only visit on a weekend or holiday! The Lion's Rest Stop had a Cassin's Vireo, White-breasted Nuthatch and several Red-headed Woodpeckers. At Jumbo we had a Black-bellied Plover that was very unusually brown on its back, a Willet (both in Logan County) and a Common Tern in Sedgwick County. Multiple Bell's Vireo continue to sing below the Little Prewitt Dam. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- 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/F90B1155A81D474890D22EEFFFA7CAE510C930B83B%40EXC4.ad.colorado.edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
