Cobirds: Been doing some quick surveys around the Boulder area the last few days. Here's a list of new arivals, and some spring nesting activity:
W/S - Walden Sawhills complex Teller Lake 1 - TL1 Teller Lake 5 - TL5 WR - White Rocks Trail BMP - Boulder Mt Park BC - Boulder County general S - Sombrero Marsh Pied-billed - several calling - W/S American white pelican - 12 - flying over WR Great egret - 1 - TL5 Great blue heron - BC - the heron rookery west of Cottonwood Marsh has been active for several weeks. Northern shoveler - 30 - S Gadwall - 40 - S Turkey vulture - 5 - BMP Osprey - several pairs, actively nesting - BC Red tailed hawk - actively nesting - BC Swainson's hawk - pair at 75th and Baseline have returned. American kestrel - actively nesting - BC Ring necked pheasant - 76th and South Boulder Rd. - several seen over a month - part of a feral remnant population that's been in the neighborhood for years. Ring necked pheasant - TL1 - one calling - remnant feral population that has inhabited this area for decades. Killdeer - throughout BC Greater yellowlegs - 1 at TL1 Wilson's snipe - 1 at W/S, 1 at South Boulder Rec Center Mourning dove - in scant numbers - BC - should be lots more Eurasian collared dove - lots, numbers increasing, active mating behavior, - BC Broad tailed hummingbird - 1 male - base of Flagstaff Mt Trail Northern flicker - actively drumming, and cavity building - BC Downy woodpecker - chases, drumming, mating behavior, - BC Tree swallow - groups moving through W/S Bushtit - pair - Twin Lakes area Ruby crowned kinglet - actively singing, 11 - BMP Brown creeper - 2 - actively singing - BMP Mountain bluebird - 1 - at NCAR American thrush (aka: robin) - on nests, lots - BC Myrtle warbler - 1 S/W, 1 TL5, 1 at Sombrero Marsh Audubon's warbler - 1 at Sombrero Marsh Spotted towhee - all males, singing - most at Gregory Canyon, and throughout BC, numbers increasing. White crowned sparrow - 6 at W/S Song sparrow - lots, actively singing - BC GOLDEN CROWED SPARROW - 1 still persists at the Teller Lake 5 parking lot Gray headed junco - actively singing - throughout BMP Western meadowlark - lots, actively singing - South Boulder Rec Center and BC Red winged blackbird - tons - active singing, chases, mating, territorial fights - drowning out the songs of other birds at Cottonwood Marsh early morning. Yellow headed blackbird - 2 at S/W - singing (if you can call it that) Great tailed grackle - at least 1 singing and callinng at Cottonwood Marsh Common grackle - starting to fill up in neiborhoods throughout BC House finch - actively singing and nest building for at least a month now. American goldfinch - lots, singing and chases - BC Blooming: spring beauties, pasque flowers, dandelion, domestic apple, wild plum (peak or past peak), chokecherry (just starting), hawthorn (just starting) oregon grape / holly grape (at peak), bladderpod, sand lillies, yellow violet, vetch ssp., bastard toadflax (native species), bedstraw, cranesbill, golden banner (just starting), false dandelion (native), mouse-eared chickweed, waterleaf, wyeth bisquitroot, desert parsley, skunkbush (just starting), red currant, golden currant, bluebells, among others. Birds are right on time; flowers are early. John T (Tumasonis), Louisville 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.