Cobirds: Here are the results from the Boulder County Audubon Trip to Pawnee Grasslands. The weather was nasty, but that didn't stop the birds. Notes: there is NO gas station in Briggsdale. There is a new restroom facility at Grover in the city park. Several of the roads (especially Road 69 north south) have been turned into a mess of mud and construction - high clearance vechicles only!
Code: P - Pawnee Grasslands General, including farmhouses and ranches L - Lake on Road 124 U - Union Reservoir JH - Jim Hamm Park G - Grover and vicinity A - Ault and vicinity WL - Woods Lake CV - Crow Valley Campground and vicinity T - towns and suburbs Eared grebe - 4 - L Western grebe - 21, WL; 1 L; 40 U Pied billed grebe - 6 JH Clark's greve - 3 U American white pelican - 3 WL; 35 U; 4 JH Double created cormorant - 1 WL; 1 U American bittern - 1 WL Great blue heron - 1 WL; 1 P; 1 U Great egret - 1 JH White faced ibis - 6 P Canada goose - 2 P Green winged teal - 4 WL Mallard - 10 WL; 2 P; 4 U; 2 JH Blue winged teal - 15 WL; 1 U Cinnamon teal - 6 WL Northern shoveler - 10 WL, 6 L; 10 U Gadwall - 1 WL; 12 L American widgeon - 2 L Redhead - 10 L; 10 JH Ring necked duck - 1 L; 1 JH Lesser scaup - 4 L Bufflehead - 2 L; 2 JH Ruddy duck - 1 L; 5 JH; 1 U Swainson's hawk - 43 P - several on nests Red tailed hawk - 3 P, 1 CV Ferruginous hawk - 1 P Golden eagle - 3 P American kestrel - 8 P American coot - 1 WL; 6 L; 20 U; 10 JH Killdeer - 2 L; 1 WL; 6 P Mountain plover - 1 P American advocet - 4 G Spotted sandpiper - 2 WL Marbled godwit - 5 WL Baird's sandpiper - 1 WL Long billed dowitcher - 42 WL Wilson's phalarope - 10 WL; 15 L Forester's tern - 1 JH Rock pigeon - 100 T Mourning dove - 40 - CV; 200 P Eurasian collared dove - 15 CV; 30 T Great horned owl - 4 CV - two immature on nest plus two adults Burrowing owl - 5 P Common nighthawk - 1 CV - heard Downy woodpecker - 1 A; 2 CV Northern flicker (red shafted) - 6 CV, 2 G, 5 T Empid. flycather ssp: 12 (CV, T, G, P, JH) Say's phoebe - 9 P Western kingbird - 20 CV, 40 P, 25 T Eastern kingbird - 2 CV, 3 P, 1 JH, 1 U Horned lark - 450+ P Cliff swallow - 30 JH Barn swallow - 1 WL; 4 G; 2 L; 2 U Blue jay - 8 CV; 8 T; 6 P American crow - 1 L; 1 A Red breasted nuthatch - 1 CV White breasted nuthatch - 1 CV Rock wren - 2 P House wren - 7 CV; 8 T; 4 G; Marsh wren - 2 U Golden crowned kinglet - 1 CV - male, flaring crest, close looks Ruby crowned kinglet - 1 CV Blue gray gnatcatcher - 6 CV; 6 P; 2 G; 2 T Swainson's thrush - 9 CV; 2 P; 1 G American robin (aka; american thrush) - 45 CV; 100 P; 25 G; 20 T; 10 WL; 1 L; 6 JH Gray catbird - 1 CV; 1 JH Northern mockingbird - 4 CV; 1 P; Brown thrasher - 12 CV Loggerhead shrike - 1 CV; 9 P - including one nest site found European starling - 40 CV; 200 P; 150 T Orange crowned warbler - 15 CV; 10 P; 2 G Yellow warbler - 6 CV; 6 P Audubon's warbler - 19 CV; 11 P; 12 G; 2 L; 2 WL; 6 JH Myrtle warbler - 4 CV Common yellowthroat - 1 CV Wilson's warbler - 2 CV - both females Black headed grosbeak - 2 CV; 1 P Green tailed towhee - 2 CV Spotted towhee - 5 CV Chipping sparrow - 19 CV; 100 P; 20 T; 2 G Clay colored sparrow - 4 CV; 2 P; 6 JH Vesper sparrow - 18 P Lark sparrow - 104 P; 20 CV; 10 T; 6 G Lark bunting - 700+ P Savanah sparrow - 1 WL Song sparrow - 1 U Lincoln's sparrow - 3 CV; 1 G White crowned sparrow - 8 CV; 1 L Red winged blackbird - 8 P; 2 WL; 3 L; 10 U Western meadowlark - 200+ P Yellow headed blackbird - 15 WL; 10 U; 7 JH Common grackle - 300+ P, CV, T, A, G, U, JH Great tailed grackle - 20 WL; 1 JH Brown headed cowbird - 20 CV; 60 P Bullock's oriole - 6 CV; 6 G; 2 JH House finch - 1 A American goldfinch - 11 CV; 25 P; 10 T 4 G House sparrow - 30 T; 50 P; 30 A; 20 G Blue gray gnatcatcher - 7 CV; 4 P; Mammals: Proghorn antelope - 69 Swift fox - 2 Fox squirrel - 3 White tailed deer - 3 Badger - 1 Coyote - 1 Eastern cottontail - 4 Black tailed prairie dog - 55 13 Lined ground squirrel - 1 John T, Boulder County Audubon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.