We enjoyed a fruitful Fall Count at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge yesterday (9/13). We counted 100 species, second highest of the 30 or so counts (we had 101 in 2008).
Most striking: a flood of Sage Thrashers -- they occupied most open areas on the refuge, in twos to tens. We counted 52 of them! eBird started objecting when we reached 20. Other notables: 36 Red-tailed Hawks; 1 White-faced Ibis, 1 Great Crested Flycatcher, and one out-of-place Williamson's Sapsucker. Compared to Chatfield & Audubon/Chatfield, we had 1 each Warbling & Red-eyed Vireo, 2 Yellow-breasted Chats, and 9 Common Yellowthroats. Not many sparrows although the list has 133 Vespers and 53 Chipping; 5 species. Hugh Kingery Franktown, 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/14fce1a2949-3c8b-38e03%40webprd-a20.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
