Birders,
Sorry for this late note. I found and photographed a juvenile
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Van's Grove, Bent County CO on 9/14. This
bird had a yellow throat, yellow belly, complete eye-ring, round head,
short tail, medium-length primary projection, and looked more like a
Least or Hammond's Flycatcher than a Cordilleran. I did not report it
for the worst of all reasons. Van's Grove has become a "dumping ground".
The area around the very tree the flycatcher frequented was used as an
outhouse by dove hunters camping in the grove in the last week, and I
didn't have the bio-hazard equipment to clean up the site. I promise
I'll hold my nose and try to make it better as soon as I can stomach the
work.
I saw the Tricolored Heron on the west end of John Martin Reservoir on
9/14. Unlike most of eastern Colorado, we've had minimal rain in this
corner of the state. Multiple rainy days have measured only 0.9 inches
of rain in my gauge in Las Animas, and we wonder why we always seem to
be on the short end of the stick. However, we are benefiting from floods
upstream. Flood water from Fountain Creek finally reached Las Animas via
the Arkansas River today. I would expect that the limited amount of
shoreline frequented by the heron will be lost to rising water by
tomorrow. For those interested, Adobe Creek flowed for two days from
floods near its source near Karval, the first time this has happened in
over a decade. For a while, it surged at almost 600 cfs. It elevated the
reservoir level by about three feet, but the surge is almost over. Come
on rain!
For people that would like a hands-on experience helping endangered
birds, the US Army Corps of Engineers will be taking part in /National
Public Lands Day /on Saturday, September 28th. We will be hand-pulling
vegetation at the projected location where Piping Plovers have nested
due to similar actions the last several years. Please let me know if you
are interested.
Sincerely,
Duane Nelson
Las Animas, Bent County, 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/52365183.8080103%40centurytel.net.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
