Cobirders, Sorry for the late post. This past weekend I headed down to Telluride to join Ted Floyd and The Nature Conservancy for a few field trips. Most of them were to TNC preserves, and you can find directions to them here: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/colorado/placesweprotect/index.htm
TNC's Tabeguache Preserve, Montrose County, north of Naturita, CO 6/27/15: I only spent about 45 minutes here on Saturday morning and never left the area around the parking lot. I'm sure there is more in the vicinity. Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) Western Wood-Pewee Empid Sp. Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Western Kingbird Plumbeous Vireo Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Canyon Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Black-throated Gray Warbler (across the street on Y11 Rd) Yellow Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Spotted Towhee Lark Sparrow Black-headed Grosbeak Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole Lesser Goldfinch East of Redvale, CO (I think San Miguel County) 6/27: Golden Eagle American Crow Common Raven Black-billed Magpie Eurasian Collared-Dove Bear Creek Preserve, Telluride, San Miguel County 6/27: Mallard Canada Goose Broad-tailed Hummingbird Cordilleran Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) Orange-crowned Warbler Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) Chipping Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Pine Siskin House Sparrow TNC's South Fork Preserve, San Miguel County 6/27: Red-tailed Hawk Williamson's Sapsucker MacGillivray's Warbler Song Sparrow Western Tanager Last Dollar Road, above Telluride, San Miguel 6/27: Stellar's Jay House Wren Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitare Green-tailed Towhee White-crowned Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lone Cone Road, near Norwood, San Miguel 6/27: Western Grebe Cinnamon Teal Killdeer American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Western Scrub-Jay Horned Lark Mountain Chickadee Savanna Sparrow Western Meadowlark Bridal Veil Falls, Telluride, San Miguel 6/28: Turkey Vulture Black Swift White-throated Swift Broad-tailed Hummingbird Dusky Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Violet-green Swallow American Robin Townsend's Solitare Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) Wilson's Warbler Brewer's Blackbird Pine Siskin Pine Grosbeak Cassin's Finch Galloping Goose Trail, Telluride 6/28: Red-tailed Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) Hairy Woodpecker Red-naped Sapsucker American Kestrel Common Raven American Crow Black-billed Magpie Stellar's Jay Tree Swallow Mountain Chickadee House Wren American Dipper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Mountain Bluebird Virginia's Warbler Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) Chipping Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Western Tanager Brown-headed Cowbird Private land above Telluride, San Miguel 6/28: Gray Flycatcher Vesper Sparrow Centennial SWA near Gunnison (?? County) 6/28: Sage Thrasher 4-mile Travel Management Area east of Buena Vista (?? County) 6/28: Common Poorwill singing Running out the door for work. Shoot me an email if you have questions about anything. I'm sure Ted has more species to add to the list for the trip. Bill Blackburn Broomfield, 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/766194c6-f5f4-4858-8dfa-f409e5e698ea%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
