To follow-up on a post by phone. Camping at Lake Hasty Fri-Sun (a wonderful spot that we had all to ourselves), I happened upon a lifer I have been chasing for a long time. A Rusty Blackbird was vocalizing non-stop amongst the Russian Olive, Elm and other trees 100 yards north of the pay station along the road at Lake Hasty; Friday afternoon. I got great looks from mere feet away. It appeared to be a non-breeding adult female as pictured by Sibley; which oddly doesn't resemble any drawing in Natl Geo that much. I did not refind this bird either Sat or Sun.
Other highlights were: . Cedar Waxwings (~6) . Prairie Falcon . Roosting Harlan's Hawk . Loads of Marsh Wrens . Lots of serenading Great Horned Owls all night, every night Complete list below. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 1, Location: 1, Annual: 5, World Annual: 1 Species: 44 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 45 Total Records: 45 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Gadwall Anas strepera American Wigeon Anas americana Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Northern Pintail Anas acuta Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Loon [a] Gavia immer Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) Buteo jamaicensis harlani American Coot Fulica americana Sandhill Crane [a] Grus canadensis Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Rock Pigeon Columba livia Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus American Kestrel Falco sparverius Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Unknown Shrike Lanius Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Marsh Wren [a*] Cistothorus palustris Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi American Robin Turdus migratorius European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Cedar Waxwing [a] Bombycilla cedrorum Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) hyemalis Junco hyemalis hyemalis Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Rusty Blackbird [w] Euphagus carolinus American Goldfinch Spinus tristis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 11/4/2013 -- 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/049201ced996%244754e1b0%24d5fea510%24%40JonesTC.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
