Folks, Steve Larson and I birded our way east yesterday in the wind and rain and back today in wind. Highlights include:
Monday 05/20 Prewitt SWA nothing remarkable, some western migrants Swainson's Thrush 20+ Akron Golf Course Red-necked Phalarope (18) ALDER FLYCATCHER (silent, very green Trail's with complete thin eyering and long primary projection... no pics due to rain) Northern Waterthrush Baltimore Oriole (there for a week now) USDA Woods Red-headed Woodpecker Yuma Chimney Swift Orange-crowned Warbler Stalker Ponds Great Egret Stilt Sandpiper peep (sp) Red-headed Woodpecker Swainson's Thrush 10+ Western Tanager Northern Cardinal Orchard Oriole many Golden-winged Warbler 0, despite accurate directions from M. Peterson Bonny SWA Red-headed Woodpecker Great-crested Flycatcher 2 Swainson's Thrush 10+ Hermit Thrush Gray-cheeked Thrush Nashville Warbler Summer Tanager Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting 4 Lazuli Bunting PAINTED BUNTING female Northern Cardinal Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Tuesday 05/21 Hale Ponds SWA Red-headed Woodpecker 27 CAPE MAY WARBLER female Northern Waterthrush Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole We worked hard for the few goodies we found, walking many miles. Bonny SWA is still birdy despite the drained lake. It was very nice to see dozens of Red-headed Woodpeckers, Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, multiple buntings, tanagers, thrushes and kingbirds. Pics of Painted Bunting, Cape May Warbler and others can be seen here... http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2013_birds Amazing pics of eastern warblers and more can be seen here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/lochkilpatrick Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/F5AE4038F2E44E45B4BA323BD52F39A5%40gwalbekPC?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
