The last two summers, my visits to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins (west
terminus of Mountain Avenue, Larimer County) have focused on Broad-tailed
Hummingbird nests. In summer 2013 I knew of 5 nests. The earliest fledging
from any of these was June 15. The latest fledging was August 15.
On 6/25 in the early PM, a friend and I tried for the Blue-winged Warbler at
Welchester Tree Grant Park (northeast of Yank and W 8th, Lakewood, Jefferson) .
We ran into three other birders in the process of leaving who reported NOT
seeing the bird. Between 1 and 2PM, we did NOT see or hear
I went to Welchester Park yesterday to try and figure out the stick-and-stay
of the Blue-winged Warbler found and kindly reported weeks ago by Stephanie
Jones. In short, other than the area at the east end of the park and nearby
private land to the east appearing to fit their habitat
I just got back from a week in Lamar, primarily to run my two BBS routes
(Ninaview and Villegreen), which are mostly east and west of Highway 109,
respectively, well south of LaJunta near the little village of Kim. Both are
in the northeast quadrant of Las Animas County.
Highlights and
I got here last Thursday night (6/5/14). Except for the drive down, believe it
or not, it has been been cool, rainy, and windy pretty much the whole time.
Lamar and surrounding terrain is GREEN for the first time in several years.
That means in a few weeks there will probably be mosquitoes
Late this afternoon I stopped by the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area Trailhead
which is in the far northwest part of Fort Collins west of Overland Trail about
a mile south of Michaud Lane. This is the area where Bobolinks have been seen
for the last week or so. Today I would estimate at least 6
Glenn and Cathy (and maybe others) have posted to COBIRDS about the exciting
day at Crow Valley CG yesterday. The marquis species like Mourning Warbler
(male) and Summer Tanager (molting male, western race) were mentioned. Many
other great birds were also noted and photographed like Palm
There is a considerable showing by Bobolinks within the first 200 yards of the
trail west of the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area Trailhead/Parking Lot on the
west side of Fort Collins (Larimer). The parking lot is just west of Overland
Trail north of Lee Lake (i.e. about a mile north of Vine
No rarities today but a nice total of 42 species and interesting behaviors.
Highlights:
Cassin's Vireo (1)
Plumbeous Vireo (1) in the same tree as the Cassin's, with the gray one seeming
mildly annoyed at the green one
Black-headed Grosbeak (1)
Western Tanager (1) FOY for me in northern CO
There were a lot of birders (and birds) at Crow Valley Campground but since I
don't see any posts, here is my take on the proceedings. I would encourage
others who were out there to fill in the inevitable blanks in the following:
Highlights:
Blackpoll Warbler (at least 3 males (2 along the
Today's RBA has to be the mother of all RBA's, perhaps in its history. This
set of birds would be the envy on any state in the U.S. This seems like an
appropriate time to thank its compiler JOYCE TAKAMINE, and all the other folks
who have done this largely thankless job over the years,
Definitely a LOT of birds in survival mode today.
Weld County Road 17 (short spur north of SR14)
Large group of birds feeding on dandelion seeds:
Lark Sparrow (20+)
Chipping Sparrow (15)
Clay-colored Sparrow (5)
Vesper Sparrow (10)
House Finch (5)
Windsor Lake (town of Windsor), sw corner
Today, May 9, I visited Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins for the first time
in over two weeks. Lots of changes have occurred.
Biggest find was the Broad-tailed Hummingbird nest in the southeast corner had
a female on it. That makes 5 consecutive years of occupation AND SETS A NEW
WORLD
My two-week visit to Lamar ended today. Total species in the immediate Lamar
area: 126.
At LCC before heading north were several (7?) MacGillivray's Warblers, 2 Least
Flycatchers, a Black-headed Grosbeak, multiple courtship displays by male
Black-chinned Hummingbirds, two Northern
Very recently this morning, Janeal Thompson found a Worm-eating Warbler in the
big junipers in the southeast corner of the Lamar Community College Woods (i.e.
just north of the houses). She reported a big influx of birds since yesterday,
with yet another wave of Hermit Thrushes replacing the
We went to Tempel's Grove (Bent) first thing this morning to try for looks and
better photos of Swainson's Warbler seen yesterday. Bird is apparently gone.
However, that is one shy bird and other visitors in the very near future should
have it on their minds. As stated yesterday, best place
Finally it felt like a little turnover in Lamar today. 50ish in morning, 90+
in pm. Winds light (there is a Tooth Fairy) from the south.
Riverside Cemetery (Maple Street e of Main, Lamar, Prowers)
Harris's Sparrow (at least 1, breeding adult) ne corner, probably same one
Brandon had last
It's been windy of late in Lamar, like everywhere else. But I'll put
southeastern CO up against anywhere for meteorological extremes. We need to
invent some new weather descriptors. Sunday the big, ominous cloud approaching
town from the west was the color of milk chocolate. The small
It was fairly birdy yesterday at Last Chance. On the waterhole side was a
Lincoln's Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Marsh Wren, House Wren, Loggerhead
Shrike, and a few Yellow-rumped Warblers. On the bombed out motel side across
the intersection to the northeast were a Virginia's Warbler, a
I have not been able to check the cemetery per my every-2-or-3-days schedule of
the last few years. Thus, having not been since 8April, it seemed quite
changed today.
Lots of trees and other plants have flowered/leafed out. The peonies are about
a foot tall, on average. Fox Squirrels were
While returning from Omaha, NE late yesterday afternoon, had two young
Rough-legged Hawks hovering along I-76 yesterday between the Julesburg
(Sedgwick) and Crook (Logan) Exits on 12April. Getting a bit late. Since
their irruption into Colorado was particularly pronounced this past winter, it
As many of you know, there is a historical Turkey Vulture roost in Fort Collins
(Larimer) on Mountain Avenue at the nw part of its intersection with
Washington. For reference, this is about a mile east of the entrance to
Grandview Cemetery and exactly two blocks east of Shields Street. This
Hello,
You may recall a recent post to COBIRDS from Tom Litteral in Steamboat Springs
describing the response of Bohemian Waxwings to insect hatches on the Yampa
River. I posed an unfair question to my aquatic insects expert buddy Dr. Boris
Kondratieff at CSU concerning what he guessed the
Tom Litteral posted this morning about flocks of Bohemian Waxwings feasting on
insects hatching from the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs, visible from
multiple vantages. I forwarded his COBIRDS message to my entomologist buddy
Dr. Boris Kondratieff at CSU. Boris has described for the first
In Laporte (Larimer) today were the following highlights:
residential neighborhood north of Laporte Pizza
*Merlin (either 'taiga' or 'Pacific' subspecies) - darkish merlin seen (not
well) diving thru the neighborhood trees in pursuit of a bird brunch
*Evening Grosbeak (at least 25) - feasting on
Convention has it that you spring forward 1 hour for DST at this time of year.
I fell backwards 3 days. My excuse - that I was glancing at an April calendar
- is lame. Today is the 10th. That should have been the date on my
Laporte/Grandview Cemetery post. I should have also mentioned that
Matthew Baker's report from Sloan's Lake reminded me that I failed to report at
least 4 Greater Scaup at North Poudre #3 (west side of Larimer CR11 north of
CR66) yesterday. There could have been more in water just out from the far
northwestern shore, but at those distances the other scaup
Not far north of Fort Collins along Route 1 (cottonwood w of mailbox for 4629)
just north of Terry Lake and the entrance to the Eagle Lake Subdivision, I had
a Merlin which I am fairly certain was a Pacific (aka black or sukleyi)
race. It perched high in a cottonwood against an overcast sky
As Steve Mlodinow posted a while back, Woods Lake (2 miles e of Severance on
CR74, Weld County) is a whir of activity at present. As the ice finishes it
most recent thaw, gulls are feasting on newly-available gizzard shad and
possibly other species of fish. I was there late this afternoon as
Southeastern CO is always interesting. The birds are, too.
Per usual, my recent 11-day visit concentrated on the Lamar area (Prowers),
with a few side trips to Lake Hasty (Bent) and one to Carrizo and Cottonwood
Canyons (Baca/LasAnimas).
Lamar Area Summary: Total of 67 species. This compares
As Tom Waits would say, it was colder than a grave digger's you-know-what
(let's say forehead) on 7Feb2014 at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins
(Larimer). Here are the highlights of a couple hour visit, with side trips
down an alley to the east and a check of Sheldon Lake at nearby City Park:
Glad nobody so far has brought up the breeding songs of Eurasian
Collared-Doves. The graffiti I constantly see them writing on train cars
forfeits their claim to be considered for this thread: some squiggle only
readable by dove gangs, followed by: for a good time, call 365 24 7 and lift
your
The Winter Wren first reported last December by Rob Sparks, and independently
found and reported to me by Janet Hardin, showed itself today nw of Martinez
Park along the south side of the Poudre River in northern Fort Collins
(Larimer). If one heads north on the bike trail leading out of the
I went up to Cameron Pass and Walden last Friday the 17th. In short, the road
construction delays in lower Poudre Canyon due to last summer's flooding and
fire erosion were not excessive. Dipper numbers seem down along the scoured
river but I did see one near milemarker 119 without much
In my recent post about Lamar (Prowers), I mentioned the Paulsen family. This
expands on that a bit. They are friends of mine and maybe some of you, too.
The father, Henry, recently passed away quite unexpectedly. He was a devoted
tree planter and the 5000+ woody plants he installed over
During the last few days of 2013, I came to this area for a funeral (Henry
Paulsen, whose widow Linda and daughters Isa and Emily (Isa drew cover of CFO
Journal in the 1990s) birders may know from visits to their farmstead north of
Lamar on Prowers CR SS). I spent the 1st over at Lake Hasty
After the Broncos went 3 and out for the third time in a row early in the
second half today, I decided birding a cold, gray cemetery would be better.
Although the Broncos eventually snapped out of it, the cemetery never has an
off-game (or quarter, even).
The highlight was a flock of about 20
I assume several people have probably checked on the Prothonotary Warbler at
Centennial Park since the cold snap hit. And I assume since there have been no
reports, the bird disappeared. Are these good assumptions? Negative data is
better than no data. But if buckthorn berries got that bird
I have been down here since last Tuesday and not done a lot of birding but:
White-fronted Goose - among a flock of the other four expected winter geese
(two white, two white-cheeked) in the gravel ponds east of Main Street/US287 at
north end of town north of the Cow Palace Motel and the bridge
Ted et al,
The existence of this Worm-eating Warbler is mentioned twice in the original
Two days left... post, so the total remains a robust 15, yes?
What I want to know is why the Worm-eating is sitting in the midst of
honeylocust pods. It might be getting adult Honeylocust Seed Weevils
With the recent additions of Chestnut-sided Warbler in the Denver area and
Worm-eating Warbler on the west side of Grand Junction, that elevates the CO
warbler species total for November to a phenomenal 15!
(Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped,
So we know the Centennial Park Prothonotary Warbler's version of cranberries
consists of European Buckthorn berries.
As for meat, excellent photos shared with me by Kris Petersen show a hairless
caterpiller in the beak of the Prothonotary. The bird found this morsel at the
base of
Nice find, Art Hudak, on the Prothonotary Warbler.
This is perhaps a cherry on top of the November warbler parade in Colorado,
which by my count now totals at least 13 species (Tennesee, Orange-crowned,
Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm, Bay-breasted,
Rob, et al,
Yes, European Buckthorn. I agree that is what all the pics people have been
sending seem to show the bird is eating. Yes, it is widely planted, and yes,
it escapes, gets spread, definitely deserves the moniker of invasive exotic.
Thanks to all who have sent me photos.
As Ira reported, the only warbler seen yesterday at the sacred Austrian Pine at
3005 Center Green Drive was a Northern Parula (appears to be a female, with
just a hint of orange on the chest). To the best of my knowledge in chatting
with the other birders present on and off Monday the 18th, it
Since my post this morning, I have been informed by Peter Gent, Bill Kaempfer,
and Nick Komar that the list of November warblers in CO should include:
Possible Pine Warbler in Fort Collins
Pine Warbler from Greenlee Preserve
Palm Warbler from CU East Campus
So, the amended list should read:
This is both a heads-up and a late report. Yesterday, November 14th, a friend
of mine, Georgia Doyle, checked on a commotion in her neighborhood involving
Blue Jays and many small passerines. The subject of their wrath was an Eastern
Screech-Owl. Two of the upset birds are noteworthy in
Evening Grosbeak (1 adult) Bingham Hill e of Claymore Lake, LaPorte
(Larimer), private residence
Eastern Bluebird (5-6)Crow Valley Campground (Weld) s of the dry creekbed
sw of main Picnic Shelter
White-breasted Nuthatch (at least 2)interior subspeciesCVCG sw corner
American
I wanted to correct something about the tree the Bay-breasted Warbler has been
in at 3005 Center Green Drive. It is an Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra), not a
Ponderosa Pine as I weakly stated the other day without giving it more than
half a minute's inspection. The little prickles on the cone
I made the pilgrimage down to Boulder's Bay-breasted Warbler, to see the bird,
of course, and to hopefully figure out the why of this event. The answer was
very straight forward: zillions of aphids in that pine tree closest to Center
Green Drive (essentially none, at least down low where one
Great bird, great detection and ID work Mr. Contreras and Mr. Nunes, great
photography Tom and Glenn. Can see why Pine was in the initial list of species
being considered and I agree with Brandon about those legs seeming atypical in
color. Bay on flank, shortish tail, and strength of wingbars
Made a quick run around some of the reservoirs in northern Larimer today.
Highlights:
North Poudre #3 had a few Common Goldeneyes (FOS for me), a few White Pelicans,
but not a lot else of interest.
Tundra Swan (3) at an unnamed body of water a little over 1/2 mile w of the
intersection of CR
Blue Lake (aka Adobe Creek Res) hosted a nice assortment of birds today
including:
Bonaparte's Gull (1)
Dunlin (3)
Sanderling (1)
Least Sandpiper (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)
Black-bellied Plover (1)
Long-billed Dowitcher (8)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1a)
Sandhill Crane (few thousand flyovers)
Went back to Blue Lake today and was happy to find 2 female Black Scoters.
Duane Nelson, Norma Verhoff, and Janeal Thompson were able to see these birds.
Duane thinks they might be a first for Kiowa County. When we left this
afternoon, the birds were in the northeast part of the res.
Other
The situation at Two Buttes Reservoir is mixed.
I went east off US287 south of Lamar on Prowers County C/B.5 Road, then south
on a road (12 Road?, unmarked in the DeLorme Atlas) that ultimately becomes
29.5(?) and then angles se to 30 Road once one crosses into Baca County.
The reservoir
I have been down here since last Monday. The area has been interesting, as
always, but rarities have been hard to come by. Perhaps the most unusual birds
were two Steller's Jay seen at midweek at Fairmount Cemetery, and later in the
day at Lamar Community College. They are probably still
On a phone tip from Steve Mlodinow, I headed out to Timnath Reservoir this
afternoon. I did not see all the birds he verbally reported to me from his
morning visit but did see birds people may want to try for yet today.
Surf Scoter (6 immatures scattered about at medium range looking nw, n,
Many of you may have heard of the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis).
This is a borer in the family Buprestidae (which go by the common names of
metallic or flatheaded wood borers). It is Asian and was introduced into North
America via the St. Lawrence Seaway near Detroit in 2002. Like
Before I got to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins today, Nick Komar and Cole
Wild and perhaps others had a flyover Great Egret (!), Cassin's Finch, and
flyover group of about 8-10 Evening Grosbeaks. Mark Miller spied a Steller's
Jay (there is one seen at the cemetery about every other year).
Not sure what to say about the Cape May Warbler at Grandview Cemetery. One
observer from Denver says he saw the bird before any of the rest of about 15
people arrived to search for the bird. No photos were obtained but the
observer had no doubt about the ID and described it well. Many people
The CAPE MAY WARBLER is still present in a spruce tree near the hackberries in
the northeast corner of Section E. Several people searched this morning and
early afternoon for the Cape May Warbler WITHOUT SUCCESS, but I just got a
report from Josh Bruening that Derek Hill just refound the bird
Today I first checked the hackberry in the extreme ne corner of Section 1 at
Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins (Larimer). This has been the hot tree for
the last two weeks. Today, I heard only 1 Black-capped Chickadee in it. The
heat (i.e., psyllid hatch) has shifted to two hackberries in
*or still there but hiding, or dead.
I went over to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins this morning and found four
people, some of whom had come from as far away as Denver, hunting for the
Northern Parula in the hackberry in the ne corner of Section 1. It appears
certain the Northern Parula
Ted et al,
OK, I have another pondering. The summer resident Chimney Swifts that nest in
several of the brick chimneys in Old Town (i.e., downtown) Fort Collins appear
to leave every year in either late July or early August. During my walk down
there last night on 2October at 6:45 to enjoy
The Northern Parula male first reported on 9/26 at Grandview Cemetery in Fort
Collins was still present in the top of the same Northern Hackberry in the
extreme ne corner of Section 1 over the black Jensen headstone, still
feasting on adult psyllids, as of 5 this evening on 1 October. That
Crow Valley Campground was quite interesting this morning. My usual circuit
starts near the host station at the east entrance, proceeds straight south to
the southern fenceline, then west to the sw corner, then north along the west
edge, out into the northern outback north of the Group Picnic
So, is it just me or does it seem like Barn Swallows have been the last swallow
species standing for much longer this late summer-autumn than usual?
In the way of example, in the northwest corner of Grandview Cemetery in Fort
Collins there is a bridge over a ditch that hosts nesting by both
Had I only birded one tree, the large Northern Hackberry in the extreme ne
corner of Section 1 (which is the in the southwestern corner of Grandview
Cemetery), I would have had 16 species of birds and 1 mammal (Fox Squirrel).
All were foraging on the sudden emergence of large numbers of adult
I was having trouble accessing my Birds of North American (BNA) account this
morning when I first posted about swallows. Apparently the reference I quoted
in lieu of BNA (Erlich's Birder's Handbook) about Cliff Swallows sometimes
having 2-3 broods per year is in error. The Birds of North
Crow Valley had a good variety of birds this morning but no rarities that I
found, nor were there lots of individuals. I had a total of 51 species, with
the best being:
Veery (1 heard, call only)
Cassin's Kingbird (2)
American Pipit (1 heard overhead)
Belted Kingfisher (heard, when was the
Just a heads-up that hackberry trees from now until the first hard frosts would
be worth checking closely for migrant passerines. During yesterday's Denver
Audubon field trip to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, we observed 8 species
of birds in one Northern Hackberry tree (house finches,
The Lamar Community College Woods were good early this morning 7:45-11am, at
which time the fog burned off, the sun came out, and the birds in large measure
disappeared, settling into more normal numbers and patterns.
Essentially all the birds early on were at the north end, and migration was
Janeal Thompson and I got to the north end of the Lamar Community College Woods
about 10am this morning and never got more than 100 yards to the south by
mid-afternoon. To say that it was hopping would be an understatement.
Highlights:
CANADA WARBLER (1f) hardest bird on the planet to
Cool and overcast all day. Small periods of rain. Not what I would call a
fall-out of birds around town but LCC was exciting.
Lamar Community College Woods (most of birds were in the woods between the
library (i.e. where the big loud AC unit is) and the tennis courts)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
I birded today with Janeal Thompson at both Fairmount Cemetery and the woods
behind Lamar Community College. We were joined in late afternoon by Duane
Nelson at LCC Woods.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Fairmount Cemetery
Great Crested Flycatcher (3)
Cassin's Vireo (1)
Lamar Community College Woods
SCARLET
I finally got out to Crow Valley Campground today at about 2:30pm and birded
until 5:30. There were only a few campers, the ground was wonderfully
uncrunchy due to the recent moisture, the air cool, and the place seemingly its
old self. I love that place under such conditions. It was more
This is not about doves. For the record, I think the dove-hunting discussion
should have been allowed to continue for as long as people had meaningful
things to say. That said, I do not want to be the moderator for this site and
very much appreciate the thankless job Todd and his predecessors
Cathy Sheeter mentioned in her post about Jackson Res and other sites, having
seen two Sabine's Gulls at Loloff Res (Weld). I should point out the first one
was cleverly picked out of the over 800 Franklin's Gulls present by David Hill.
While looking at that black-headed beauty with a
I was asked to post this notice of proposed activity below the dam at Two
Buttes Res for Linda Paulsen, landowner nw of Lamar. Depending on the extent
of the activity, this could be nothing or this could be significant in terms of
habitat. I know nothing of the specifics of what has been
Hi John et al,
Thanks for your post. I think goshawks probably have the highest % of mammals
in their diet of any accipiter. I did some reading and, interestingly, a study
in NY found that their two most common food items were red squirrels and crows.
Guess what the two most common predators
Ms. Molison,
Pesticide use is a serious matter, whenever, wherever. However, the material
used for the recent mosquito spraying in FC (resmethrin), and the manner in
which it was applied (fogging at night), make it very unlikely this is the
cause of House Finch deaths observed by Mary France
My two most recent run-ins with DPW (aka DOW) have both been in the same
southeastern CO town (starts with an L and ends in r) for the dastardly
activities of photographing bluebirds at Higbee SWA and collecting wasps along
the county road right-of-way within sight of a dried-up, mismanaged,
Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins (Larimer) is lush at present, like most of
the Front Range. The recent rains are responsible, as they were for a true
happening this evening. Soft soil in late summer often triggers mass emergence
of the winged stages of ants (female queens and males).
Hi Deb et al,
I came through Last Chance on July 30th. This is prior to the monster rains
you mention but the place had obviously received some moisture this summer.
Sprouting from the bases of the charred Siberian Elms and Plains Cottonwoods is
impressive, a few to several feet tall, and
Today on the east side of Fort Collins I checked Kechter Pond (Larimer,
distantly viewable to the se from Strauss Cabin Road at a pulloff about a mile
south of Harmony), then moved east to Timnath Res (Larimer) and ended up at
Crow Valley (Weld).
Kechter Pond
*Caspian Tern (1, probably the
With some anxiety, today I dialed the number in my address book for Joe Himmel.
To my great joy the voice that answered was him. I asked how he was doing, he
laughed that rich laugh of his and uttered a German phrase learned from his
grandmother meaning still on two legs. He has a bit of
I have been down in Lamar for a week, mostly collecting insects for CSU,
somewhat hunting birds. Lamar is in the middle of a drought and has been for
the past several years. All times of year are good for birds pretty much
everywhere in CO, but some times and places are better than others.
Ted et al,
To back up your report here, Ted, for the first summer in the last several,
Chipping Sparrows did NOT breed at Grandview Cemetery in 2013. I heard my
first one since late spring there yesterday (the 19th). I also have had them
on the 17th and 18th in the High Park Fire area west of
Hi Mark and Chuck,
Steve Martin had these two species produce hybrid offspring on his property
near Wellington several years ago (mid-1990's, as I recall, see cover of CFO
Journal during that period for a pic), and I have had Mountains nest at
Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins a few times
In my yard about a mile east of the CSU campus in Fort Collins (Larimer), I had
both a Swainson's Thrush and a young male Rose-breasted Grosbeak today.
Evidence that birds are still on the move.
A major activity that Norm Lewis alluded to in Lakewood the other day that I am
also seeing in
I went up Rist Canyon (Larimer) west of Bellvue today and did a brief inventory
mostly by ear of birds at the old USFS Picnic Area (roughly MP13, I think, on
LCR52E). As you may know or remember from last summer's posts, this area
largely escaped the ravages of the High Park Fire.
Today at
Made two long visits to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins (Larimer) today. In
the there's still stuff going on category:
Found another Broad-tailed Hummingbird nest today, this one in the southwest
corner, probably the same female that has nested in that area the last couple
years. Unlike
I met a group of 15 eager, teenaged birders and their teacher Cree Bol this
morning at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins (Larimer). We had a great time.
Combining early morning scouting with our group time together, and perhaps
another productive visit this afternoon, the species total may
After dropping someone off at DIA late morning, I headed to Last Chance (got
there about 11:30 and stayed until 2:30), then went north to Riverside Cemetery
in Fort Morgan, Crow Valley CG in Briggsdale, and finished at Crom Lake w of
Pierce.
Last Chance Highlights:
Yellow Warbler (at least 15,
In response to what Ted Floyd and Nick Komar have already posted about the 2013
CFO Convention and its birds, I feel compelled to add some things. These are
grouped by category.
CFO and its Convention
We are an amazingly balanced organization. To be sure, various types of
listing dominate
There were 2 Glossy Ibis feeding within a flock of 27 White-faced Ibis at Crom
Lake (Weld CR31 about a half mile south of CR90 = 1 mile west of the town of
Pierce). Last seen at 2pm. Good scope views possible.
Norma's Grove on Weld CR100 e of Weld CR57 was fairly quiet with the most
Scott et al,
Yes, this feels like a strange spring in terms of budbreak on woody plants and
the arrival timing of various neotropical migrants. But we say that, in
respect to some aspect of it somewhere in CO, every year, don't we? The plant
people have their own listserv called PestAlert
Crow Valley CG today was birdy but not outstanding in terms of rarities.
Suffice it to say no Cerulean Warbler was seen despite a recently unvetted
eBird report, and lots of searching by several veteran Colorado birders.
Best birds that I saw at CVCG during a morning visit and a brief evening
A warm day with some dust and wind in the AM, hot and calmer winds in the PM.
HIGHLIGHTS
Fairmount Cemetery:
Scaled Quail (2 in lawn across Memorial Drive nw of cemetery entrance)
Black-and-white Warbler (1f on the move, off to the southeast and out of sight)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1f)
The neotropical migrant/rare bird dam appears to have finally broken, at least
somewhat, in Lamar (Prowers).
David Chartier (Hudsonian Godwit) and Dan Maynard/Mark Peterson (Blue-winged
Warbler) kicked things off over the recent weekend.
Today, the highlights were:
Lamar Community College:
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