Hi all I believe Hereford Ranch is more geographically-aligned with Weld County ... :-)
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn Follow Me <http://www.twitter.com/ColoradoBirder_> | Colorado Birder <http://coloradobirder.ning.com/> | Pix <http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo> | Mobile Version <http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m> On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 1:05:58 PM UTC-6, Ted Floyd wrote: > > Totally fine to post from the Wyoming Hereford Ranch, but please note that > that site is legitimately claimed by Boulder County, not Larimer County: > > http://tinyurl.com/Okay-to-count-WHR > > Andrew Floyd and I were at the Wyoming Hereford Ranch the day before Dave > was there. We found some of the same birds he did. And we found a few > different ones. Figures. Here's our trip report, with pictures, audio, and > some insects: > > http://tinyurl.com/WHR-2016-09-03 > > On a Colorado note, on the drive back down from the Wyoming Hereford > Ranch, Andrew and I stopped off at Union Reservoir, Weld County[*], where > we saw a *sanderling.* > > [*]also claimed by Boulder County; see link above > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 7:54:28 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: >> >> Hopefully it is OK to post to COBIRDS about the Wyoming Hereford Ranch >> just east of Cheyenne, WY off Campstool Road Exit of I-80, as this >> definitely informs events at Crow Valley Campground (Weld) and other point >> south in CO. It is practically a Larimer County Colorado "Annex". >> >> >> I usually bird the ranch itself, then check the WHR Reservoir #2 to the >> east and then work back west on Campstool Road past the Visitor Entrance >> Road to WHR to the unnamed road that connects Campstool Road (SR209) with >> S. Industrial Road to the west, then follow S. Industrial Road northwest to >> WHR Reservoir #1. Google WHR and check the map to make sense of this. >> >> >> At the WHR itself, including the long, cottonwood topped lane leading to >> the visitor check-in bldg (first structure on the left as you come north on >> the entry road, and which has a guestbook and clean restroom), the various >> barns and ranch buildings, and the riparian area along Crow Creek to the >> north, I had 40 species, with the best being American Redstart male, >> Northern Waterthrush, Red-eyed Vireo, probable Calliope Hummingbird, a >> zillion (30+) Wilson's Warblers, 3-4 MacGillivray's Warblers, 2 >> Orange-crowned Warblers, a FOS at low elevation Ruby-crowned Kinglet, two >> "western" Warbling Vireos, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, 2 >> Dusky Flycatchers, 2 buntings that were probably Lazuli, a heard only >> grosbeak, Gray Catbird and 5 lingering Yellow Warblers. The habitat looks >> outstanding and I actually expected a rarity or two but it was not to be. >> Like Crow Valley Campground, the area has had high water earlier in the >> summer but is OK now. There is a wonderful boggy area just down the bank >> north of the Sale Barn that seems crafted for a Prothonotary, waterthrush >> (yes, that where the one was), Wood Thrush, stub-tailed wren, woodcock or >> rare Oporornis. Surprisingly, very few mosquitoes. >> >> >> WHR Reservoir #2 had several common waterfowl species plus Snowy Egret. >> >> >> The unnamed road connecting Campstool Road with S. Industrial Road had a >> Blue Grosbeak, a few Savannah Sparrows, a few Vesper Sparrows, and about >> half a dozen kingbirds, both Eastern and Western. >> >> >> WHR Reservoir #1 usually has good shoreline habitat but was pretty full >> today. Solitary Sandpiper and lingering Bank Swallows, plus an early >> Yellow-rumped Warbler were probably the best birds here. >> >> >> Total species for the entire WHR complex: 68 >> >> >> On the way home I got off I-25 at the Carr Exit, drove west on Larimer >> CR92 and then south along CR5 to Buckeye Road. Best bird was a Cassin's >> Kingbird in the Round Butte Valley Ranch yard. In general, however, very >> few birds on the fenceline or elsewhere on CR5. >> >> >> Dave Leatherman >> >> Fort Collins >> > -- 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/2fa434bb-841c-4141-b6d9-4745b1d44a94%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
