Terrific report. What a great photo of the Golden-winged Warbler! I would have only see a fourth of what you did. I am amazed at what good birders are able to see and identify.
Sharon Kay Greeley On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 8:57:07 PM UTC-6 Dave Leatherman wrote: > *Poudre River in Fort Collins n of Prospect west side of river* > (8-9:30am): > 1 empid (Dusky?) > 1 Spotted Towhee (m) > Pair of Wood Ducks > That's it! > > *Lake Estes (Mathews-Reeser Sanctuary) during heavy wet snow * > (10:30a-1:45p): > Golden-winged Warbler first found by EJ Raynor persists at "Pine Point" > (eating a small species of midge that it finds on the ground amid small > branches and pine cones) FOY, only 5th or 6th for Larimer ever, beautiful! > > > Common Yellowthroat male (1) FOY > Yellow-rumped Warbler (3) > Loggerhead Shrike (1) > Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1) > Gray Catbird (2 - one initially seen in the talons of a male Sharp-shinned > Hawk which had its fresh prey stolen and promptly plucked by an American > Crow!) FOY > > > > Green-tailed Towhee (2) FOY > Lincoln's Sparrow (1) > Savannah Sparrow (1) > Western Bluebird (8) FOY > Swainson's Thrush (1) > Hermit Thrush (1) FOY > Broad-tailed Hummingbird (at least 2 males) > Bufflehead (2f) > Blue-winged Teal (10) > As best I could tell, everything eating midges. > > *Rigden Reservoir* (4-6:45p): > Sanderling (2 breeding f, 1 breeding m) FOY > > > Breeding f Sanderling (left), breeding m (right) > > Semipalmated Sandpiper (4) FOY > Least Sandpiper (10) > Semipalmated Plover (1) > Red-necked Phalarope (1f) > Wilson's Phalarope (15) > American Avocet (1) > Bobolink (3m) in weeds and in willow clump n of sw corner pumphouse about > 100 yards), FOY > Brewer's Sparrow (zillion) > Chipping Sparrow (1) > Savannah Sparrow (5+) > Warbling Vireo (1) ne corner along ditch, FOY > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/baf909bf-838b-48eb-b7df-293ce06190e9n%40googlegroups.com.
