Starting a little before sunrise and birding for approximately three hours, I picked up 50 species along the newest and eastern-most portion of the First Creek Trail system.
*The Dunkirk Pond area* (previous spot for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron and Blackburnian Warbler) was reasonably slow. It did have the resident White-breasted Nuthatches, 3 Wood Ducks, a Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owls, Red-tailed and Swainson's Hawks, American Kestrel, and a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. A Cooper's Hawk was seen a little east of there. *The far western end of the trail, just east of Tower Rd* had Gray Catbird, Blue Grosbeak, Broad-tailed and Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Wilson's Warblers, Lark Sparrow, Cedar Waxwings, and Red-breasted Nuthatch. In between these two spots, *in the Willow and Cottonwood area north of the bike path behind the row of houses just east of First Creek Park* was were the fun was. In no particular order, I observed Common Nighthawk, Nashville Warbler, Western Tanager, Clay-colored and Brewer's Sparrow, both Cassin's and Red-eyed Vireo, Sage Thrasher and a Blue-gray Gnatchatcher. Annoying ID Alerts that you can ignore: A Warbling Vireo was around a week or two ago, so pay attention to the vireos with eyebrows if looking for the REVI. A MacGillavray's Warbler was seen yesterday, so the same advice applies for gray-headed yellow birds if you are looking for the Nashville. Also, even though I managed to not see a single one today, the juvenile Chipping Sparrows should be around, so the spizella IDs are interesting. I think that covers it. Have fun out there. John Breitsch Denver, Colorado http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ -- 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/af5d58f5-fa27-416e-9bb5-9ab1b3da0713n%40googlegroups.com.
