CO-birders: For May 11th, Sat. - mostly shrub-land areas along riparian corridors in Boulder Mountain Park. All sightings are within Boulder County.
Birds of special interest in CAPS Key: G = Gregory Canyon and feeder trails + lower Flagstaff Mt. Trail SK = Skunk Creek and feeder trails BC = Bear Creek and Bear Canyon trails SAW = Sawhills \ Walden Ponds LOU = Louisville Birds of note: Cooper's hawk - 4 - G, SK Turkey vulture - 6 - G Red tailed hawk - 1 - SK Great horned owl - 1 - BC - great horned owl nest site in Bear Canyon, previous site was a traditional prairie falcon nest site; 1 immature in nest site Broad tailed hummingbird - 40+ - G, SK, BC - all males, flight displays, chases Say's phoebe - 1- BC Plumbeous vireo - 1 - BC Scrub jay - 1 - SK - lower skunk creek, traditional area to see scrub jays year round Bushtit - 30+ - G, SK, BC - bushtits have become common throughout Boulder County year round House wren - 15 - G, SK, BC - not in numbers as high as last year; anyone else notice this? Bluegray gnatcatcher - 16 - G, SK, BC - high concentrations at skunk creek Gray catbird - 1 - SK Orange crowned warbler - 6 - G, SK, BC - almost always associated with blooming wild plum. Wild plum is already past peak bloom in most areas Virginia's warbler - 4 - G, SK, BC Audubon's warbler - 3 - SK, BC MacGillivray's warbler - 7 - G, SK, BC - all males Yellow warbler - 3 - SAW OVENBIRD - 1 - BC - male singing; traditional area up Bear Creek where the trail crosses over Bear Creek and heads uphill; mixed evergreen and shrub habitat; although not uncommon, its interesting to note certain sections along the Mesa Trail have singing ovenbirds from mid-May through the 1st week in August. Yellow breasted chat - 8 - G, SK, BC Spotted towhee - 55+ - G, SK, BC - all males; singing, chases, fights Green tailed towhee - 1 - SK Chipping sparrow - 100+ - LOU - migratory flocks Vesper sparrow - 10 - SK, LOU - mostly Louisville Lazuli bunting - 6 - SK, BC Bullock's oriole - 4 - G, SK - all males Red crossbill - 15 - BC Black headed grosbeak - 8 - G, SK, BC Other notes: Willet - 14 - in Louisville, flyover, Thursday evening Snowy egret - 1 - Louisville - 1st time I've seen one in Louisville - Warembourg Pond White faced ibis - 25 - Sawhills, flyover Sora - 1 - Sawhills - calling The funniest thing I saw today was a house wren attacking a MacGillivray's warbler. Or maybe not so funny for the warbler. For Boulder data counts: visuals on mule deer, raccoon, coyote, fox squirrel, pine squirrel, chipmunk ssp, black tailed prairie dog, eastern cottontail, bullsnake Wildflower bloom seems slow and stunted this year, probably due to the weather, which is limiting the insects, which is limiting the birds (?). A guess. I'm seeing less neo-tropicals this year compared to last year at the same time. Cheers, John Tumasonis (aka: John T), Louisville CO Wanna go for a hike? Contact me through Cobirds. -- 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/400aa6b8-db60-4337-a811-54f5f303ea5f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.