Late this afternoon I stopped by the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area Trailhead
which is in the far northwest part of Fort Collins west of Overland Trail about
a mile south of Michaud Lane. This is the area where Bobolinks have been seen
for the last week or so. Today I would estimate at least 6 males and a couple
females still working both sides of the east-west fenceline a couple hundred
yards west of the parking lot. The sound was amazing. Most of the Bobolink
activity is in the hayfield north of the e-w fenceline that parallels the
trail, but they occurred in the City-owned weedy fields south of the fence on
several occasions.
Other birds in this area today:
Blue Grosbeak (male) briefly perched on a fence post next to a post occupied by
a male Bobolink (the song "Blue On Black" by Kenny Wayne Shepherd came to mind)
Grasshopper Sparrow (1 heard on the City property south of the e-w fenceline)
Vesper Sparrow (multiples seen and heard)
Lark Sparrow (multiples seen and heard)
Western Kingbird (couple)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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