16 August 2015 with Pat O'Driscoll Tamarack SWA, Red Lion SWA, and Jumbo Reservoir 0700-1300
There were only a few areas of standing water at Red Lion, Jumbo reservoir water level was high, with only a little shorebird habitat on the edges, and the west side of Tamarack was blocked from driving in by a barbed wire fencing placed across the road. Some of the notable birds: - Northern Bobwhite and Wild Turkey (TAM) - Red-bellied Woodpecker (TAM), Northern Flickers-yellow shafted (TAM, RL, JR), and Red-headed Woodpeckers (TA<m RLm JR). The Red-headed total was a count of 50 across all three areas. There was also a probably Hairy, just to round out the group - Loggerhead Shrike (TAM) - Both Eastern and Western Kingbirds, Eastern and Western Wood-pewees (TAM), and an Olive-sided Flycatcher (TAM) - Too many Yellow Warblers and American Kestrels to count - Lark and Lazuli Buntings (along 385 at TAM for the Laz) - Cedar Waxwings, Belted Kingfisher, Brown Thrasher and an unidentified vireo, all at Tamarack Pond - Orchard and Baltimore Oriole (RL) - Black and Forster's Terns (JR) - Least, Western, Baird's, Semipalmated, and Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer, and Wilson's Phalaropes. (phalaropes at RL, Killdeer and Spotted Sandpiper everywhere, the rest at JR), Low total numbers of shorebirds due to the limited habitat. - Grasshopper Sparrow (385 at TAM) Noted juvenile or young birds: Wild Turkey, Red-headed Woodpecker, Grasshopper Sparrow, Wilson's Phalarope, Cedar Waxwing, and some of the terns and gulls. John Breitsch Denver, CO https://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ -- 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/1866c56e-7faf-4d04-ae8e-44f7d887d80e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
