All:
Oh lordy. Will it every end. The rain, the hail, *the mud.*
These are for May 22, 23, 23 for Boulder County.
*Species of note are listed in CAPS.*
Sawhills \ Walden - SWAINSON's THRUSH, western wood peewee, common
yellowthroat, and more American white pelicans. Some Audubon's warblers,
but numbers are dwindling. A wet sloppy day.
Skunk Creek Boulder Mt Park -
RED HEADED WOODPECKER - flew across the intersection of Skunk Creek and the
NCAR feeder trail. Good looks, flew up into a ponderosa. What makes this
so unusual, is that red-headed's have been in serious decline throughout
Boulder County for decades. And even more unusual - I've never seen one in
Boulder Mt Park, in a mixed ponderosa forest.
Also at skunk creek: lazuli buntings, bullock's orioles, yellow breasted
chats, spotted towhees, gray catbirds, lesser goldfinches, pine siskins,
yellow warblers, MacGillvray's warblers, green tailed towhee, western
tanagers, blue gray gnatcatcher, SWAINSON's THRUSH, cordilleran flycatcher,
scrub jay, and virgina's warbler. And mule deer and one coyote pup.
And mud - I sunk to my ankles in gooey sticky mud on upper skunk creek
trail.
Sombrero Marsh: Someone else already reported, but I saw 4 BLACK TERNS at
the marsh. Along with a GREAT TAILED GRACKLE. (Alex Cruz told me they were
roosted there).
Wild Basin RNMP: Boulder County: it started as a nice sunny day, and
ended up with hail, thunderstorms, and torrential rain. - golden crowned
kinglets, ruby crowned kinglets, brown creeper, American dipper, cooper's
hawk, Audubon's warblers (lots, singing), dusky grouse. I got stuck on a
ridge above Ouzel Lake, with storms moving in from every direction. Within
20 minutes it went from blue skies to searing flashes of lightning and
dark-as-midnight clouds. Pounding hail all the way back to the parking
lot. (Note: upper Wild Basin parking lot is now open. Bridge at Ouzel
Falls is still out, but you can cross if you have good balance and some
hiking poles).
Bear Creek Canyon: from the Bear Creek Neighborhood: the lower footbridge
is out; so is the upper footbridge. There are large sections of sucking,
oozing, mud.
OVENBIRD: at the upper creek crossing, (where the Mesa Trail
intersects) and another one about 400 yards south on the Mesa Trail. Both
singing.
RED EYED VIREO - Just above the upper creek crossing, singing and foraging
in douglas fir, aspen, and box elder.
Along with: gray catbirds, yellow breasted chats, MacGillvray's warbler
(7), Virginia's warbler (3), Yellow warbler (12), Audubon's warbler (1),
cordilleran flycatcher, western wood peewee, SWAINSON's THRUSH, blue gray
gnatcatcher, black headed grosbeak, warbler vireo, western tanager (7),
bullock's oriole, spotted towhee, green tailed towhee (6), lesser
goldfinch, pine siskin, and a golden eagle being pummeled by a common
raven.
I heard it might clear up by Wednesday, but I doubt it.
Backyard in Louisville: got some strange stuff coming in today: black
headed grosbeak, spotted towhee, and broad tailed hummingbird.
The Heatherwood Trail was opened, closed, opened, and now closed again.
I've pretty much had it with the rain. I'm going somewhere tropical
soon. ;)
John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville 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/a68e97b8-2e55-44c6-8e5d-7138fba9da8e%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
