Hi, everybody. Hannah Floyd and I birded Stearns Lake, barely Boulder County, this frosty Saturday morning, Oct. 24.
Well, they're baa-ack... A couple hundred *great-tailed grackles* flew west over the lake and into Broomfield County. Most of them kept on going, but a few paused for a while on the Broomfield-Boulder line <http://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/20527701?__hstc=60209138.77d11575d3dd970a18bda76c95f27c37.1445544363683.1445560481596.1445707298852.6&__hssc=60209138.10.1445707298852&__hsfp=97844842> . One or two *swamp sparrows* had the sense to stay put in Boulder County; it or they were holed up in the cattails <http://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/20527761?__hstc=60209138.77d11575d3dd970a18bda76c95f27c37.1445544363683.1445560481596.1445707298852.6&__hssc=60209138.10.1445707298852&__hsfp=97844842> at the southwest corner of the lake. Other birds at Stearns were 3 drake *wood ducks*, seen-only; a chortling *virginia rail*; a no-nonsense, low-flying *merlin*; a flyover *American pipit*; *white-crowned sparrows* galore; and a *western meadowlark* singing as though it were spring. 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/2a59ab76-2fb1-430a-bd0b-9d27b43052c6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
