Hello, Birders. A few odds and ends from around Boulder County:
Sunday morning, Jan. 18, at Valmont Reservoir, Peter Burke and I saw 3 *Lesser Black-backed Gulls* and a distant large falcon that I think was a *Peregrine Falcon*; the bird didn't come close enough for us to see any plumage details. Sunday afternoon, Jan. 18, at Walden Ponds, Hannah and Andrew and I saw a close-up large falcon that was definitely a *Prairie Falcon*. Otherwise, we saw pretty much the same stuff reported earlier by the Boulder Audubon group. Yesterday, Monday, Jan. 19, *Bushtits* were singing at Greenlee Preserve. Spring has sprung! Today, Tues., Jan. 20, I saw a *White-throated Sparrow* near St. Paul's United Methodist Church. The bird is in exactly the same spot where David Gillilan, Catherine Labio, Christy Owens, and I saw one of the 12/14/2014 Boulder CBC; plus, it looks the same. No doubt the same bird, overwintering. The bird was in a tree at 39.9814609 North, 105.2435303 West. Look for the *Dark-eyed Juncos* and *Spotted Towhee* (just as when we saw the sparrow in December) and say, "pish, pish, pish, pish, pish," and the bird will come out. A *Bushtit* was singing nearby; the ongoing population explosion of Bushtits in the northern Front Range metro region continues to amaze me. There was a flyover flock of *Red Crossbills* here, too. Over at Valmont Reservoir, the long-staying *Tundra Swan* was present. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- 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/9e651fdc-3857-4892-bc6d-0fd20739c512%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
