Greetings - Well, with spring migration coming to a halt, I figured it would be a good time to try for some of the resident birds out on the Pawnee Grasslands and at Crow Valley Campground. I decided to camp overnight, so I wouldn't have to ride back the same day. Yesterday was a good day for biking and birding. Nice temps, and almost no wind. I saw most of my grassland targets, including mountain plover, burrowing owl, sage thrasher, lark bunting, and McCown's longspur. At Crow Valley CG, I added northern mockingbird, brown thrasher, orchard oriole and blue-gray gnatcatcher. The large numbers of Swainson's thrushes reported recently have dwindled - I saw two individuals. The bike ride back today was spent fighting a 20-30 mph crosswind (not in the forecast!), and I did not add any new birds on the ride back home.
My year total is now at 173 species. I think the rest of the year will consist of adding a new species here or there, but I don't anticipate any more big days. I continue to enjoy this project, and all of the good birds and exercise it is bringing. Rick Schroeder Fort Collins, 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/0992789d-4669-441d-bc63-5173010e35d2%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
