COBirders, I had a couple of hours this morning while down in Fremont county to do a little birding. For the most part it was very slow, I suspect the wind was partly to blame and partly do to the fact that I was in semi-desert habitat most of the time. South of Florence out on County Road 19 on the backside of the Federal Prison I was able to find a rather early (although I was not too surprised given all the other things that seem to be showing up a little early this year) BLACK-THROATED SPARROW. I MIGHT have heard a second but the wind was making it difficult to tell for sure.
The real surprise for me though, was a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR in the same location. I have been "birding" in Fremont county for 30+ years and that is the first one I have ever had in the county. It seemed to prefer to stay along the edge of the road only venturing a few yards at most on occasion. Other than a handful of PINE SISKINs and HORNED LARKs I had nothing else in the area while I was there. I also went by a couple of other spots that host Black-throated Sparrows but I was unable to locate any. -----Mark Peterson Colorado Springs -- 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/1816796849.4349906.1457411070391.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
