New additions at Lamar Community College Woods yesterday were:
Hermit Thrush (5)
Spotted Towhee (1m)
White-throated Sparrow (1) - may be an overwintering bird that I have been
missing in other visits
Broad-winged Hawk (1a)
The following birds persist: Orange-crowned Warbler, Northern Parula (f) in
flowering cottonwoods e of the library about mid-way along the road behind the
college just north of the road closure due to dorm construction (the bird is
high, small, mostly silent, very active, and tough to get onto).
Of course, Northern Cardinals (at least 4) and Red-bellied Woodpeckers (at
least 2) are present. Yellow-rump numbers are picking up.
Marbled Godwits, Long-billed Curlews, and Whimbrel are to be looked for in
flooded or flood-irrigated fields in the area. No Cassin's Sparrows that I
have detected yet but their arrival should be imminent. Swallow numbers and
diversity picking up.
The pond on US287 just north of its junction with US50 6 or so miles w of Lamar
is worth checking for waterfowl. That pond has had Eurasian Wigeon in the past
and yesterday hosted the only Ring-necked Duck I have seen this trip.
Best trees to check for migrant songbirds at present are flowering cottonwoods
(reddish, fat caterpillar-like catkins) and hackberry. Elms full of lime-green
waferlike seeds are good for siskins, goldfinches, sparrows, and maybe will
soon have buntings, grosbeaks, and tanagers.
List for Lamar "CBC" area over the last 8 days now stands at 96.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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