Hello, Birders. Lots of birds this sunny Saturday morning, May 30, along the generally north-to-south transect from Gun Barrel Hill to Teller Farms, Boulder County, including:
2 *black-chinned hummingbirds* and 1 *gray flycatcher* in an intriguing patch of scrubby, rocky habitat near the southeast corner of Gun Barrel Hill. Looked like something out of Southeast Colorado. Thought I heard a distant canyon towhee in there, too, but hard to hear over all the spotted towhees. 1 *orchard oriole* and a territorial *willow flycatcher* near Boulder Creek. Audio of the song of the flycatcher: http://www.xeno-canto.org/246747 1 singing *Brewer sparrow* and 3 *grasshopper sparrows* near the southeast corner of Gun Barrel Hill. Audio of the grappers: http://www.xeno-canto.org/246743 and http://www.xeno-canto.org/246744 3 *bobolinks* and 1 *savannah sparrow* in the wet hayfields south of Teller Lake No. 5. Audio of the sparrow: http://www.xeno-canto.org/246745 2 territorial *eastern warbling vireos.* Audio: http://www.xeno-canto.org/246741 and http://www.xeno-canto.org/246742 singing *blue grosbeaks* and displaying *Wilson snipes* widely scattered as to migrants, a weakly singing *western tanager* and a lustily singing *Swainson thrush,* both near Teller Lake No. 5 *Western meadowlarks* galore. In this recording, you can hear four vocalization types: http://www.xeno-canto.org/246746 In the totally random department, a *Franklin gull* flying past. Here's the eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23707057 Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County -- 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/d8c7d6d5-2213-45e6-879b-7d2e36bf2991%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
