Thanks to Bill Blackburn for this excellent report. Here are photos and conversation from the weekend:
*http://tinyurl.com/Telluride-weekend* Just click on "Next" to scroll from image to image. Also: *Go to eBird* for 9 checklists. Search for San Miguel County, June 2015, and you should be set; there's not a lot more from San Miguel County... ;-) Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:02:16 AM UTC-6, Bill Blackburn wrote: > > 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/c4b856c9-f589-47e6-9ec8-80f7c29b2ec3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
