Happy Indigenous Peoples Day, everybody. Some recent observations from around eastern Boulder County:
Early this Monday morning, Oct. 10, I visited the Lake Park Open Space in Louisville, where I heard and saw a remarkable *Woodhouse scrub-jay.* The bird looked normal <http://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/37139951>, but wait till you get a load of its vocalizations <http://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/37139711>. *Wood duck* here too, and several *lesser goldfinches* hanging on. Continuing in a vocal vein, a *white-breasted nuthatch* at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, yesterday morning, Oct. 9, gave notes both singly <http://www.xeno-canto.org/337770> and in series <http://www.xeno-canto.org/337768> that were "eastern"/"Carolina"-like. But nuthatch guru Ed Pandolfino explains <http://www.xeno-canto.org/337748> why these are actually isolated song elements from a "Nelson's"/"Rocky Mountain" nuthatch. Over at nearby Waneka Lake, a tardy *snowy egret* was still hanging on. The whole Greenlee/Waneka complex was decently birdy <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31970619>. Yesterday afternoon, Oct. 9, Hannah Floyd and Andrew Floyd and I had some nice birds at Baseline Reservoir <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31970512> and a very nice bird at Valmont Reservoir <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31970033>. Baseline had several spiffy *Franklin gulls* and a high-flying flock of *sandhill cranes;* Valmont had a *laughing gull,* likely a second-year bird. And back on Saturday, Oct. 8, whilst at a soccer match at Summit Middle School <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31969717>, Andrew and I were visited by a *spotted towhee.* The reason I mention the prosaic towhee is that it gives me the opportunity to remind folks that this ain't your grandma's COBirds anymore. If you're not linking to and uploading media, you're not getting your money's worth out of COBirds. (Oh. Wait. COBirds is *free.* You don't have to pay anything. Thank you, Colorado Field Ornithologists <http://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership.aspx>, for providing this wonderful resource to the birding community.) Anyhow, we don't want CFO's Facebook page to have all the fun, so please post pix to COBirds, like this: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xpBXNqR5qEM/V_xCAYqebQI/AAAAAAAAV_g/-ByNpqn8K1E73MsMhWpihF6cgNefaQoRACLcB/s1600/Oct%2B08%2BSpTo.JPG> Spotted Towhee, Summit Middle School, Boulder County, Oct. 8, 2016. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ez8K-k1wh9s/V_xCQcTLqLI/AAAAAAAAV_k/GIlIAFdi5sci0TkUa7MzYlZ-LLofJ8BYgCLcB/s1600/Oct%2B09%2Bsnowy%2Begret%2B10-09-1712.png> Snowy Egret, Waneka Lake, Boulder County, Oct. 9, 2016. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yztFwWkfgzY/V_xCiID6zgI/AAAAAAAAV_o/-60l_o9RTfYui36ykpmQlgrrIflaJJVewCLcB/s1600/Oct%2B09%2Bkilldeer%2B10-09-1717.png> Killdeer, Waneka Lake, Boulder County, Oct. 9. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County -- 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/32e9e339-31c9-4f77-934e-0002dbc6db57%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
