Started at 7:30am while it was still cool, worked my way along the south creek bed from e to w, went n along west side, then out the gate into to the northeast, ended up at 11am just w of the Work Center, circled back. Ate lunch at the Picnic Pavilion, came home. Nothing rare but a nice mix of migrants is building up. Total of 39 species, including a quick perusal of downtown Briggsdale and the football field. Here are the highlights:
Red-eyed Vireo - (1) in elms in the sw corner Townsend's Warbler (2) FOY for me Orange-crowned Warbler (3-4) FOS at low elevation for me Yellow-rumped Warbler (1) very drab individual, FOS for me at low elevation Wilson's Warbler (at least 15) doing their best to consume mosquitoes Yellow Warbler (at least 2) Hermit Thrush (1) s of Picnic Pavilion Empid flycatcher (1) never got a good look but seemed pretty yellow like maybe a Cordilleran Western Wood-Pewee (3) Grosbeak (1) heard squeak Pine Siskin (total of maybe 15) fairly regular overhead, going n to s Blue Grosbeak (1 f or I) Vesper Sparrow (3i) in trees, live and dead, near the cattle pond n of the Group Area in the nw corner Clay-colored Sparrow (1) FOS for me Chipping Sparrow (maybe a total of 10) mostly flying n to s Lincoln's Sparrow (1) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (heard 2) Hairy Woodpecker (1f eastern) Gray Catbird (2) Killdeer (family of 6) Briggsdale HS football field Creekbed is essentially dry, with a few pools and puddles, some leftover from spring, some from recent rain. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB360304308EB36637061B020FC1BE0%40CY4PR0601MB3603.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.
