Hello, birders. Sorry for the late report.
I wanted to see what birds were using Pawnee's Crow Valley in the late fall so I paid a visit. A very vocal Cassin's Finch was present at the campground on Saturday morning. The call that it gave sounded to me a like hiccup with musical tones. Only once was I able to get on the bird and that was for a few seconds as it flew pretty high overhead. I think the Cassin's was perched for part of the time that I heard it but it was hard to locate and seemed to move around a lot. Some other birds that I had were Pine Siskin and Eastern Bluebird. I only had glimpses of many birds that morning so a lot of ID was by sound. On the way home I made a few stops along CR 61. The only birds were Horned Lark and one other species that I could never see but heard several times at 3 or 4 stops. A rattle and a "tew" were the calls that they gave. I am guessing Snow Bunting and/or Lapland Longspur. I hope to return soon to look for them when I have more time to search. Take care, Scott Baron Loveland, Colo. -- 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/CAKO-by9FvBRW_mfWxOJhgdWm%3De8gPv5cFFVi91y2UMhWLHc5Hw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
