I had a couple of hours to spare so I went to the western edge of the Pawnee Grasslands to look for Longspurs. I found 8-10 Chestnut-collared Longspurs along Weld County Road 114 between county roads 45 and 47 with at least 5 of these being males. I had the pleasant experience of watching a male on the ground at about 35 feet. I then found a small group of 3-4 Chestnut-collared Longspurs along Weld County Road 49 about 1/2 mile south of County Road 114. Three of these were also males and I watched another male on the ground at about 70 feet.
I did not find McCown's Longspur, but again I only had a couple of hours. I encountered numerous flocks of Vesper Sparrows along the route totaling about 50 birds. Joe Mammoser Fort Collins -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/be46caf6-5f20-42be-ab82-3a23554eeb6b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
