Yesterday I led another "Chase Trip" for Denver Field Ornithologists to hunt for cool birds. Thanks to the great merry band of chasers that came along.
Our first stop was Warembourg Open Space in Louisville, where we heard and had brief glimpses of the Carolina Wren reported by Jack Bushong. Thanks Jack! It was in the cottonwood grove on the NW corner of the open space. Next we went north toward Crow Valley. We stopped at several ponds and lakes along WCR 74. Woods Lake and the pond north of the road had many Western Grebes, two Osprey, two Great Egrets, a Snipe, three Lesser Yellowlegs, Great-tailed Grackles, and more. The ponds at WCR 74 & 61 had Eared Grebes with chicks, Black-necked Stilts, both Yellowlegs, and lots of Wilson's Phalaropes. In Crow Valley we apparently missed the Blue-headed Vireo by less than a minute. There was moderate action in the NW corner including Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, plenty of Orange-crowned and Wilson's Warblers, and a Western Tanager. Thanks to Dave Leatherman for finding the BHVI even if we didn't see it! South we went to the playa south of Byers, where we saw the amazing, incredible, beautiful Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a lifer for about half of our group. Thanks Cheri! At a playa just NE of Byers we saw eight species of shorebirds to round out the day. All in all a really fun day of chasing. Looking forward to next time. Chris Rurik Denver 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/487cbb1d-e47e-4c27-b078-10b977672282%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
