On the 15th I biked the Picketwire Canyon trail south of La Junta. Birds were mostly as expected with Black-throated Sparrows where the Wither's Canyon trail joins the main trail and fair numbers of Brewer's Sparrows and loads of Lark Sparrows along the ride. I also had Rufous-crowned Sparrow at several spots. Yellow Warbler was the only warbler noted. Flycatcher variety was good with Say's and Eastern Phoebe, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cassin's and Western Kingbirds. 25 Species total for 5.5 hours in the canyon. The road to the canyon from Highway 109 (is that right; runs south from La Junta) was filled with large flocks of Lark Buntings. They don't show up so much on the main roads through the state.
A trip to Two Buttes and the walk behind Lamar Community College had little in the way of migrants. The best brief stop of the day on the 16th was the Holly Rest Area on US 50 at the border with all three Orioles, all three expected mimic thrushes (catbird pair, multiple Brown Thrashers, and Northern Mockingbird) and a pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks that proved to be nest building. Kind of a neat end to the time in Colorado. I stopped at Cheraw Lake on the 14th. Quite a low water level from what I was used to on past trips years ago. I had two light colored small terns that could have been least but were so far off they were hard to sort out. Great Mexican food in Rocky Ford to top off the trip. Gregg Friesen -- Gregg & Joanna Fenton Friesen Newton, KS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
