CObirders, Gary Matthews, my wife Julie, and I had great birding in Endovalley in Rocky Mountain National Park today. We birded Sheep Lakes and took a walk on each side of the alluvial fan. Our total for the morning was 28 species.
Our best bird was a sage sparrow, first spotted by Gary south of the road a hundred yards or so west of the closure gate. It was the first time any of us had seen one in the Park. With it were vesper sparrows, sage thrashers, and a yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle). Later we found a chipping sparrow nearby. In the same area, three Williamson's sapsuckers, two females and a very harried male, showed up. We also saw red-naped sapsuckers near the stock ramp, where we first spotted tree swallows. A Cooper's hawk gave us a good look closer to Roaring River. We started at Sheep Lakes where saw dozens of sage thrashers. American pipits were there, as well, and we picked up our first loggerhead shrike of the year in the Park. It was great fun with lots of birds. Six species represented new early records and a couple of junco subspecies were new late records. Later in the day, Gary called to tell us that two broad-tailed hummers made an appearance at his home at 5:07 p.m. Time to put up the feeders! Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
