CObirders, This morning three of us birded Cottonwood Marsh and the ponds along the northern edge of Sawhill/ southern part of Walden, but never made it back to Boulder Creek in three hours because of the incredible fall-out of tanagers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, and certain sparrow species:
THE HIGHLIGHT: Dozens of male Western Tanagers -- one in nearly every tree (they were tame!) around Cottonwood Marsh. One group of children, each with binoculars, was standing about 15 feet away from a foraging tanager, unable to move away from the sight! This is the second time in 40 years that I have seen such a fall-out of these beautiful birds. The Caspian Tern was still on a small gravel bar near the north side of Cottonwood Marsh with a few Forster's Terns Least Tern (1) Wilson's Phalaropes - several in NW corner of Cottonwood Marsh Hundreds of swallows of most species (not sure of Bank) flying low over Cottonwood Marsh) Western Wood-Pewee (1) Eastern Kingbird (1) Swainson's Thrush (1) Marsh Wrens (at least two males) Probably at least a hundred Yellow-rumped Warblers, both Myrtle and Audubon's Many singing and fighting male Yellow Warblers in the trees by Cottonwood Marsh, females also present Common Yellowthroat (1) Warbling Vireo (1) The ground just west of Cottonwood Marsh was covered with two sparrow species: Dozens of Lark Sparrows Dozens of Chipping Sparrows, singing I suspect we missed a lot of species, which may have been represented by one quiet bird! Paula Hansley Louisville -- 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.
