Sorry, my post refers to NORTHEAST Park Co. not NW. David
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 8:46 PM, David Suddjian <[email protected]> wrote: > Saturday morning (5/23) I visited areas of Park County in the northwest > corner of Park County in the watershed of the North Fork of the South > Platte. Indeed, the most interesting birding was right along the North Fork > near the town of Shawnee where clumps of willows and cottonwoods amid > grassland attracted many migrants, including a number species that are rare > to encounter in Park. Along the river here I focused on two areas, one open > to public access (Pike NF Rocky Mountain Regional Specialty Packstring) and > one area of private land upstream of that accessed with permission (Boxwood > Gulch). Access to the former is from Hwy 285 immediately past CR 64. Watch > for the sign on the right. Follow the short road down over the river, park > in the lot, and work upstream and downstream via little pedestrian only > "gates", and along the entry road. > > These two areas collectively had the following. The species rare or rather > uncommon for Park included 1 *Ovenbird* (Packstring site), 1 *Gray > Flycatcher*, 1 *Cassin's Vireo*, 3 *Blue-gray Gnatcatchers*, 1 *Nashville > Warbler*, 1 *Yellow-breasted Chat*, and 1 *Lazuli Bunting*. Other > migrants included *Olive-sided Flycatcher* (1), *Western Wood-Pewee* (2), > *Dusky > Flycatcher* (10), *Willow Flycatcher* (3), *Warbling Vireo* (5), *Swainson's > Thrush *(5), *Gray Catbird* (1), *Orange-crowned Warbler* (1), *Yellow > Warbler *(13), *Myrtle Warbler *(3), *Wilson's Warbler *(51!), *MacGillivray's > Warbler *(4), *Common Yellowthroat *(3), *Mountain White-crowned Sparrow* > (18), and more. These areas had over 60 species, which is pretty high for a > small area in Park at sites with few waterbirds. > > A *Bullock's Oriole* along CR 68 was also a species rarely noted in Park. > Moderate numbers of Type 2 *Red Crossbills* in some areas, several > encounters with *Evening Grosbeak*. > > Always fun in Park, > > David Suddjian > Littleton, 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/CAGj6Roqk51hH101fJ-kUUNFXJEveauEKgvSK-Nk8eAvkiBiKoQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
