Hey, all. Some odds and ends from around Boulder County this first week of June 2019:
June 1, near where the Fowler Trail and Goshawk Ridge Trail come together, above El Dorado Springs. Hannah Floyd and I audio-recorded at least two *ovenbirds* and likely a thirdling. June 2, Greenlee Preserve & environs, Lafayette. Massive turnout for the city's "Lafayette Birds!" public bird walk. Nice to see that initiative really taking off. Crowd-pleasers included *wood duck, hooded merganser, western grebe, sora, osprey,* and *bushtit.* June 3, South Teller Farms area, off Arapahoe Road. Two exuberant *eastern warbling vireos.* This is, I believe, a new location for me for the species. June 4, Mesa Trail parking area, opposite Doudy Draw. A ceaselessly chanting, totally invisible *American redstart.* The most amazing thing, though, is that I found a parking space. June 5, St. Vrain crossing, 61st/63rd streets, near Hygiene. Three singing *red-eyed vireos,* one singing *eastern warbling vireo,* and, in the field just north of the horse pasture, at least six, and probably a fair bit more, *bobolinks.* June 5, Crane Hollow crossing, St. Vrain River, Hygiene. An *eastern phoebe* singing upstream from the bridge a ways. June 6, Table Mesa Marsh, South Boulder. Two *red-eyed vireos* and an *eastern warbling vireo.* June 7, Boulder Creek at Jasper Flats, 109th Street, Erie. Two *orchard orioles,* a male and a female. As I'm sure everybody's noticed, all of eastern Boulder County is wet, wet, wet. Hannah Floyd found a marvelous western tiger salamander yesterday morning, June 6, at Waneka Lake, and managed to get half the city on it. One other thing. This morning, on a quick jaunt to the deck at Greenlee Preserve, I saw a *Virginia rail* and heard a *western tanager.* So the tanagers are still on the move. But the big show, of course, was back in May. Here's a little piece I did on the tanagers for The ABA Blog: http://blog.aba.org/2019/06/how-to-know-the-birds-no-9-what-birders-want-western-tanagers.html Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- 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/06602f44-28ef-4ca6-aec5-b73548162977%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
