Hey, folks. The City of Lafayette, Boulder County, will be offering its first-Sunday-of-the-month birding (and butterflying and dragonflying) outing this sultry *Sunday afternoon, July 5. Meet at 1pm* at the Greenlee Preserve observation deck in Lafayette.
Birds seen in the past week at Greenlee and environs have included *blue grosbeak* (arrived yesterday, singing like crazy this morning), *bald eagle, Osprey, Say phoebe, Swainson hawk, lesser goldfinch, bushtit, common raven, yellow-headed blackbird, chimney swift, black-chinned hummingbird, sora, American avocet, black-crowned night-heron, vesper sparrow,* and *gray catbird.* Also the *spotted towhee* with the cray-cray song; we will look for, or, I suppose, listen for, that bird too. Odes may include skimmers and meadowhawks (guaranteed), forktails and whitetails and whitefaces, darners and dashers and dancers (Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer!), bluets of course, and maybe even a good'n like an American rubyspot or halloween pennant. It will be sunny and hot, so bring a hat. We'll cover about 1.5 mi. in mostly open habitats. Bring binoculars if you have them. Bring a camera, keeping in mind that cellphone cameras are excellent for photos of many insects <https://www.facebook.com/groups/381476328587993/permalink/3019821904753409/> and some birds <https://www.facebook.com/groups/CFObirds/permalink/10157093184107038/>. We will watch birds and insects in small groups of 6 or fewer. Face masks and 6-ft. distancing mandatory. Hope to see some of you this afternoon! Again: 1pm, Greenlee observation deck, bring hat and face mask, practice social distancing. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1c938f7c-acee-4dff-959e-06a2f2bd66eeo%40googlegroups.com.
