I am chagrined to say I've been corrected by several expert, well-known birders who informed me that in all probability I saw migrating Vesper Sparrows, not Sprague's Pipits. I concur with their assessment.
Sigh... Gene Ellis Boulder, Colorado On Oct 3, 8:02 am, Gene Ellis <ellis...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Saturday, October 1, my wife and I walked along this trail and quickly, > easily found three Sprague's Pipits. Or rather, they found us. > > We parked in a pullout on 66th just south of Marshall Road. We walked east > along the well-maintained trail, which first heads south then curves around > to the east and rises gently. At the curve in the trail a Sprague's Pipit was > sitting on a barbed-wire fence but quickly flew away. We continued east on > the trail and stopped when we reached the small bridge over the ditch (about > one quarter mile from the parking lot), where we were entertained by three > Sprague's Pipits (appeared to be a family group) who bounced along the trail, > sat on the fence, and investigated the trail-side bushes. They didn't call or > sing, nor did they conduct any display flights. We had excellent looks > at their bold white eye rings, somewhat scaly plumage on their backs, pink > legs, and clean white underparts with dark breast streaks. > > Gene Ellis > Boulder, Colorado -- 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.
