Chico Basin Ranch was very active yesterday, at the banding station in El Paso Co our group saw a Black & White Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Orange-crowned, Yellow, Wilson's, Yellow-breasted Chat. Large numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Audubon's being the larger percentage and females of both sub-species were more numerous than in the past couple weeks. Plumbeous Vireo, Ringed-necked Pheasant, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher and several headache-inducing Empids rounded out the morning. At Bell Grove was our first of the year Western Tanager.
On the way to Headquarters we heard and then saw Cassin's Sparrows (E from the banding station, turn right on the main road, between first and second cattle guards where the straw-colored grass thickens between the cholla) and Lark Buntings. The Headquarters Willows in Pueblo Co were dizzying with Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warblers, Townsend's Warbler, A vivid-colored Palm Warbler (seemed to have more yellow on the face, similar to Eastern but not as bright) foraging on the ground, Yellow, Wilsons, Common Yellowthroat, Virginia Rail, Sora, Brewer's and Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Great-tailed Grackle, Bewick's Wren, Clay-colored Sparrow, Bullock's Oriole, Dark-eyed Junco / Pink-sided which seemed late, Gray Catbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, Green-tailed, Canyon, and Spotted Towhees. One in our group saw what might have been female Hooded Warbler at the smaller pond but we couldn't verify or re-find it. HQ Pond and Rose Pond had some Long-billed Dowitchers, Semipalmated, Least, Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plover, both Yellowlegs, and Wilson's Phalaropes. We saw a Forster's Tern at each pond. After my three companions exited I circled back to the banding station and found two Cordilleran Flycatchers, the only Empids I could ID until I review photos, and a fairly high-up Virginia's Warbler. A very birdy day. Dan Stringer Larkspur, 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/aa905d29-3c9c-40db-95b9-3841def9fe6f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
