Birders, I went looking for the Connecticut Warbler today w/o any luck on it. There are some other birds to report however. I didn't get there until 9:10 am (my fault of course) and walked the inlet canal for several hours until there wasn't any action at all at about noon. The birds were few and far between.
I then went up to the dam and though I was pooped from the heat, it looked interesting enough to take a walk out into the desert that remains of the lakebed. Inlet Canal: Cassin's Vireo Red-eyed Vireo (at least 2) Warbling Vireo (at least 2 acting as if they are on territory) Blackburnian Warbler (near the east end of the inlet) Wilson's Warbler Yellowthroat Red-breasted Nuthatch Downy Woodpecker Hammond's Flyc (when I first got there near the tree laying across the inlet) Great-crested Flyc (same place) Western Wood-Pewee (1 was very yellow and even had a yellow chin but no yellow eye-ring and too big for Yellow-bellied Flyc) Lincoln's Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Lakebed: I first scoped from above the parking lot by the dam and saw only what was big enough to be obvious: Long-billed Curlew -2 Whimbrel - 1 (good size comparison w/Long-billed as they were near each other) I could not see these when I was in the lakebed. With those 2 making me think there could be something good in the masses of shorebirds too far out to ID from the dam, I took a walk from the parking area west of where I had scoped from: Marbled Godwit - 2 BN Stilt Avocet Baird's ( lots and lots) Western Semi Sandpiper Least Stilt Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper (lots) Red-necked Phalarope Wilson's Phalarope There were many more shorebirds farther out but it was too hot and I was too pooped. Ira Sanders Golden, 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/004f01cea8fb%24898f2340%249cad69c0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
