Hello, Birders. I checked out Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, during an early lunch break this morning, Thursday, April 21st. An interesting bird was an early PALM WARBLER, singing and calling quite a bit, but generally unforthcoming; I didn't get a great look at the bird, but I assume it was of the nominate, "Western" subspecies, palmarum. The bird was in that strip of dense vegetation that runs between the south side of Greenlee Reservoir and the north side of Waneka Lake. Other birds in there included 2 or 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1 SPOTTED TOWHEE, 1 VESPER SPARROW, and several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. Greenlee Reservoir currently has no water. Waneka Lake is low, with extensive mudflats; I saw and heard 3 WILLETS at Waneka Lake. Out on the water, there was a decent diversity of waterfowl, including BLUE-WINGED and CINNAMON TEALS, LESSER SCAUP, and WESTERN GREBE.
Over at nearby Prince Lake No. 2, the FRANKLIN'S GULL flock was reduced to 101 birds, but a nice BONAPARTE'S GULL was hanging out; it was constantly feeding just above the water's surface. Many of the Franklin's Gulls are casino pink; I guess the Peruvians were really spiking the shrimp with astaxanthin this past winter. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Blog: http://tinyurl.com/4n6qswt Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2ejzlzv Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/2wkvwxs ------------------------------- -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
