Greetings All
Sorry for the barrage of varied emails re: SE Colorado this weekend I won't duplicate my email re: Friday in Bent. I will repeat myself in giving a million thank you's to Duane Nelson for guiding us about on Friday and for the use of his binoculars, without which, this weekend would've not been possible for me. My binoculars also thank him for the much needed rest. So, Glenn Walbek gave an excellent listing of birds from Two Buttes. Note that the long list was of birds seen at Two Buttes SWA on Saturday morning. Yes, all of those birds at that location on just that morning (the shorter list at end is of birds seen elsewhere in SE Colorado). Glenn was unaware of the : BROAD-WINGED HAWK SUMMER TANAGER That we had at Two Buttes after he departed. Also, he inadvertently left out the RUSSET-BACKED (Swainson's) THRUSH (refer to your last issue of Colorado Birds), and VEERY that were also present that glorious morning. Also notable were a goodly 7 or so Common Poorwill that littered the ground there. Interestingly, on Saturday, landbirding was otherwise slow. Glenn gave me a report of but a few odds-and-ends at Lamar Community College, and David Dowell and I drove all of the way to Burchfield SWA in e. Baca County for only: 2 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS INDIGO BUNTING SUMMER TANAGER At Fairmont Cemetery in Lamar (Saturday as well), we had a BLACKPOLL WARBLER and a GRAY-HEADED JUNCO. In a temporarily flooded field near Wiley (n of Lamar) we had 3 WHIMBREL and a SB DOWITCHER At Neegronda Reservoir we had 4 BB PLOVER, 2 WHIMBREL, 29 SANDERLING Today, Sunday, David and I started at the Lamar Community College. There we had 2 N PARULA 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER 1 VIRGINIA'S WARBLER 1 WINTER WREN 1 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK At Tempel Grove, we had 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER 1 RUSSET-BACKED THRUSH Near Seibert, Kit Carson County, we had a BROAD-WINGED HAWK At Flagler SWA, we had a Bill Kaempfer. We also had 1 CASSIN'S KINGBIRD 1 VIRGINIA'S WARBLER 3 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 1 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK AND 5 tardy CACKLING GEESE At Last Chance, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 2 GRAY-HEADED JUNCOS It was an interesting weekend in other ways. Stuff was definitely off-schedule. Orioles were relatively scarce compared with the same weekend last year (about 1/4 number) but WC Sparrows and Spotted Towhees were off the charts, 10x as numerous. I get the feeling that for landbirds, we are having a spring (this pertains to regular migrants, not necessarily rarities) during which stuff has been rather late to depart and arrive. Makes sense giving the weather, but nonetheless somewhat notable. This is especially true as waterfowl, grebes, etc have not been tardy in departing compared with last year (at least as I've experienced such) but shorebirds were incredibly early. Enough musings and not enough sleep Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
