COBirders, I had until about noon to bird today so I decided to bird Flagler SWA. I knew there were supposed to be 20 MPH winds but from the south, southeast so thought there might be some birds get put down and usually you can find some areas that are not too windy.
I actually started at the golf course around 7 AM. It was 38 with 20+ MPH winds and not very pleasant. Even with the wind it was quite birdy. Here is the quick list: 35 Blue-winged Teal 1 Cinnamon Teal 1 Green-winged Teal 2 Redhead 8 Northern Shovelers 12 Ruddy Ducks 40 American Coots 1 SEDGE WREN (heard and seen in the marsh on the south side of the pond at the east end.) 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers (most came out of the weedy areas) 3 Orange-crowned Warblers 1 Swamp Sparrow 20+ White-crowned Sparrows 6 Song Sparrows 4 Lincoln's Sparrows At the SWA (just the birds of note, given the conditions it was extremely birdy): 1 American Golden-Plover 30 Killdeer 20 Long-billed Dowitchers 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (I got there just in time to see the shorebirds as the shooting started soon after I arrived and they all left and even by noon there were still 0) 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Warbling Vireo 1 American Crow (not something I see here often if ever, usually restricted to Burlington as far as Kit Carson county goes) 1 SEDGE WREN (heard only, below the dam) 4 Marsh Wrens 3 Eastern Bluebirds 8 Mountain Bluebirds 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 20+ Orange-crowned Warblers 2 Common Yellowthroats 1 Blackburnian Warbler 100+ Yellow-rumped Warblers 3 Wilson's Warlbers 4 Spotted Towhees 1 Field Sparrow 8 Lincoln's Sparrows 1 White-throated Sparrow 100+ White-crowned Sparrows 1 PURPLE FINCH (male) Other than a couple of minor breaks the wind only seemed to get worse. ----- 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/1381705285.91529.YahooMailNeo%40web121504.mail.ne1.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
