Thanks to Bill Blackburn for this excellent report. Here are photos and conversation from the weekend:
*http://tinyurl.com/Telluride-weekend* Just click on "Next" to scroll from image to image. Also: *Go to eBird* for 9 checklists. Search for San Miguel County, June 2015, and you should be set; there's not a lot more from San Miguel County... ;-) Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:02:16 AM UTC-6, Bill Blackburn wrote: > > Cobirders, > > Sorry for the late post. This past weekend I headed down to Telluride to > join Ted Floyd and The Nature Conservancy for a few field trips. Most of > them were to TNC preserves, and you can find directions to them here: > http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/colorado/placesweprotect/index.htm > > TNC's Tabeguache Preserve, Montrose County, north of Naturita, CO 6/27/15: > I only spent about 45 minutes here on Saturday morning and never left the > area around the parking lot. I'm sure there is more in the vicinity. > Great Blue Heron > Turkey Vulture > Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) > Western Wood-Pewee > Empid Sp. > Black Phoebe > Say's Phoebe > Ash-throated Flycatcher > Western Kingbird > Plumbeous Vireo > Cliff Swallow > Barn Swallow > Northern Rough-winged Swallow > Canyon Wren > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher > Black-throated Gray Warbler (across the street on Y11 Rd) > Yellow Warbler > Yellow-breasted Chat > Spotted Towhee > Lark Sparrow > Black-headed Grosbeak > Brown-headed Cowbird > Bullock's Oriole > Lesser Goldfinch > > East of Redvale, CO (I think San Miguel County) 6/27: > Golden Eagle > American Crow > Common Raven > Black-billed Magpie > Eurasian Collared-Dove > > Bear Creek Preserve, Telluride, San Miguel County 6/27: > Mallard > Canada Goose > Broad-tailed Hummingbird > Cordilleran Flycatcher > Warbling Vireo > Tree Swallow > Violet-green Swallow > Ruby-crowned Kinglet > American Robin > Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) > Orange-crowned Warbler > Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) > Chipping Sparrow > Red-winged Blackbird > Brewer's Blackbird > Pine Siskin > House Sparrow > > TNC's South Fork Preserve, San Miguel County 6/27: > Red-tailed Hawk > Williamson's Sapsucker > MacGillivray's Warbler > Song Sparrow > Western Tanager > > Last Dollar Road, above Telluride, San Miguel 6/27: > Stellar's Jay > House Wren > Mountain Bluebird > Townsend's Solitare > Green-tailed Towhee > White-crowned Sparrow > Vesper Sparrow > > Lone Cone Road, near Norwood, San Miguel 6/27: > Western Grebe > Cinnamon Teal > Killdeer > American Kestrel > Peregrine Falcon > Western Scrub-Jay > Horned Lark > Mountain Chickadee > Savanna Sparrow > Western Meadowlark > > Bridal Veil Falls, Telluride, San Miguel 6/28: > Turkey Vulture > Black Swift > White-throated Swift > Broad-tailed Hummingbird > Dusky Flycatcher > Warbling Vireo > Violet-green Swallow > American Robin > Townsend's Solitare > Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) > Wilson's Warbler > Brewer's Blackbird > Pine Siskin > Pine Grosbeak > Cassin's Finch > > Galloping Goose Trail, Telluride 6/28: > Red-tailed Hawk > Spotted Sandpiper > Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) > Hairy Woodpecker > Red-naped Sapsucker > American Kestrel > Common Raven > American Crow > Black-billed Magpie > Stellar's Jay > Tree Swallow > Mountain Chickadee > House Wren > American Dipper > Ruby-crowned Kinglet > Mountain Bluebird > Virginia's Warbler > Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) > Chipping Sparrow > Lincoln's Sparrow > Western Tanager > Brown-headed Cowbird > > Private land above Telluride, San Miguel 6/28: > Gray Flycatcher > Vesper Sparrow > > Centennial SWA near Gunnison (?? County) 6/28: > Sage Thrasher > > 4-mile Travel Management Area east of Buena Vista (?? County) 6/28: > Common Poorwill singing > > Running out the door for work. Shoot me an email if you have questions > about anything. I'm sure Ted has more species to add to the list for the > trip. > > Bill Blackburn > Broomfield, 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/c4b856c9-f589-47e6-9ec8-80f7c29b2ec3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
