I made a visit to Lyons on Friday the 6th to walk this stretch of road. When I got there, there were some new "NO PARKING" signs at the beginning of the road right where it turns off of Red Gulch Road. Apparently there have been some issues with too many people parking there, so the neighbors got the county to put up signs. Be careful about where you park, I spoke with one person who said that they are asking the sheriff to ticket people who park in that area now that signs are up.
Anyway, after I found a safe spot to park, I had a nice walk. At the beginning of the walk there were a couple of Bullock's Orioles, one of which was very vocal, and I spotted one American Dipper on the stream which quickly disappeared when a couple of mallards flew by. One canyon wren was out for a brief appearance, and vocalized a couple of times as well. Two house wrens were working on a nest at the top of a dead snag, and a couple of American Goldfinches were chirping merrily as I walked by. I didn't see any swifts, but there were around fifty swallows (mostly Violet-Green) flying around the cliffs on the north side of the canyon. There were a bunch of Cowbirds hanging around the corral with the horses in it, and a little further on I saw a Virginia's warbler working through a flowering bush. Looks like spring is here, and the little birds are back! Jeff Parks Boulder, 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/30dc631a-3ecb-4baf-9c30-ee6bd937e976%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
