I went up to Horsetooth Reservoir today west of Ft. Collins with some friends and explored the South Bay area while they did all the beach & water activities. We parked at the Day Use Area (beach area) along the west shore.
I walked north along the shore for a ways and eventually turned left and headed up to the top of the small ridge west of the beach; right near the top I heard an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at about 1:15pm. I was eventually able to see the bird as it flew north along the ridge. I had left the camera in the car, of course, but I was able to record its call with my iPhone. The exact coordinates were 40.5205º, -105.156337º - altitude: 5,713 ft. I bushwhacked down to the car and retrieved the camera but didn't refind the bird; however, I did get some pix of a single BUSHTIT in one of the two draws that come down to the water just north of the beach. These draws lead up to where the flycatcher was, but the terrain is not easy to traverse if you go this way. Upon returning to Ft Collins I did a little research and found David Steingraeber's posts from this May and from previous years reporting Ash-throated Flycatcher from near his property just west of the South Bay area, so I probably found one of his birds. Other birds around included Yellow-breasted Chat, Mountain Bluebird, Western Tanager and a small flock of waxwings. Good birding- Andrew -- Andrew Core Tucson, AZ & Ft Collins, CO -- 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.
