Hello, Birders. Nothing of great significance here, just some notes of local interest. Boulder County, Oct. 18.
Walden Ponds had an animated *eastern screech-owl <http://www.xeno-canto.org/285404>* and a glorious sunrise <http://tinyurl.com/WaPo-2015-10-18>. The *Plegadis ibis* <http://tinyurl.com/Plegadis-2015-10-18>, reported earlier by Peter Burke and David Waltman, was present. Also at Walden Ponds: 11 *wood ducks*, my FOS *lesser scaup*, 3 *Virginia rails*, 1 *greater yellowlegs*, 3 *great horned owls*, a *marsh wren* singing its head off, an *orange-crowned warbler*, and a big flight at sunrise of *common grackles* (at least 1,000). eBird checklist here <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25464591>. Nearby Teller Lake No. 5 had 70+ *American white pelicans <http://tinyurl.com/AWPE-2015-10-18>* and my FOS *buffleheads*. The weedy fields near the parking area off Valmont Road provided nice comparative studies of *lesser goldfinches <http://tinyurl.com/LeGo-2015-10-18>*, *American goldfinches <http://tinyurl.com/AmGo-2015-10-18>*, and *pine siskins*. *Gambel white-crowned sparrows* were legion, and many were singing <http://www.xeno-canto.org/285405>. Also at Teller were a few *yellow-rumped warblers*, a *Lincoln sparrow*, and a saffron-winged meadowhawk <http://tinyurl.com/SWMe-2015-10-18>. eBird checklist here <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25464764>. Back in Lafayette, Hannah Floyd and I saw and heard several flocks of *sandhill crane*s hurrying south. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County -- 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/a4daf72a-44e1-4334-83d6-8592620415c4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
