Woodland Park Yard Area, 8500 feet elevation Common Raven, nesting in early May Cordilleran Flycatcher, 5-30, FOS, singing Western Tanager, 5-17 FOS, at feeder area during snowstorm, 1M, feeding ion millet, calling on 5-24, singing on 5-30 Gray-headed Junco, 42 on 5-18 and also one interesting Gray-headed/Pink-sided hybrid, with rusty saddle on back and pink flanks, Green-tailed Towhee, 5-23, FOS singing thru end of month Warbling Vireo, 5-14, FOS, singing Robin, nesting early May House Wren, 5-6, FOS, singing, nesting mid-May Evening Grosbeak, some in yard area thru month Black-headed Grosbeak, FOS 5-9, singing all thru end of month, pair in yard area thru month Chipping Sparrow, occ. thru month Mourning Dove, occ. thru month Braod-tailed Hummingbird, courtship displays starting 5-10 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 on 5-8 Hermit Thrush, 5-9 FOS, calling Red-breasted Nuthatch, 5-9 Turkey Vulture, 5-4, FOS Downy Woodpecker 1 on 5-10, 5-19, 5-30 Barn Swallow, 5-12, FOS Violet-green Swallow, 5-1, FOS Red Crossbill, 5-10, FOS, Memorial Park Pine Siskin, a few around yard area Yellow-rumped Warbler, sining thru month American Kestrel, 5-20 House Finch Clark’s Nutcracker, 5-22, 5-28
Abert’s Squirrel, Fox/Abert’s hybrids typically look just like Fox but with black pelage. But on 5-16 had one with the big ear tassels and a rusty tinge to fur on body and tail. White Gulch Loop Trail on 5-6, most birds singing Yellow-rumped Warbler, 8+ Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2+ Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 12+ Brown Creeper, 8+ Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Clark’s Nutchracker, 2 Chipping Sparrow, 4 Wild Turkey, tracks Clark’s Nutcracker, 5-4, 5-28 Brown Creeper, 5-1, 5-4 Catamount Reservoirs Loop Trail, 5-21-17 Coopers Hawk, 2, calling Common Loon, 1 (South Catamount Res.) Ring-billed Gull, 1, FOS Trout Creek area near Westcreek, 5-5-17 Green-winged Teal Common Yellowthroat, FOS Wild Turkey Wilson’s Snipe Ruby-crowned Kinglet, singing Common Merganser Goose Creek and Hankins Pass Trails, west of Deckers, 5-22-17 Most birds singing Green-tailed Towhee, 5-22, 1, FOS Blue Grouse, 1 F Macgillivray’s Warbler, FOS Yellow-rumped Warbler Bald Eagle (along South Platte River near Lake George) Williamson’s Sapsucker Broad-tailed Hummingbird Chipping Sparrow Bullock’s Oriole, FOS, (along South Platte River near Lake George) Green Heron, (along South Platte River near Lake George, elevation about 8500 feet) South Ben Tyler Trail to Kenosha Peak (12,093 feet elev.), N of Tarryall, 5-30-17 Most birds singing Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 2 flying over alpine tundra at about 12,000 feet Williamson’s Sapsucker Hammond’s Flycatcher, FOS House Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Pipit, FOS, a bit of courtship displaying Wilson’s Warbler, FOS Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-headed Grosbeak, M singing around 11,400 feet seemed pretty high up for this species Lark Sparrow. FOS White-crowned Sparrow, FOS Lincoln’s Sparrow, FOS Parent’s House in Englewood on 5-13 Red-breasted Nuthatch House Wrens, nesting in a Flicker box... Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 2M Chipping Sparrow Bushtit Also on 5-12 a Ferruginous Hawk, soaring over I-25 and Lincoln, in south Denver Joe LaFleur Woodland Park, 8500 feet elevation, Teller 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/ad7fbe79-c121-444f-b4b0-2205717f1327%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
