Hi all, Apologies for the delayed report, but while on a county-busting trip yesterday to Elbert County I had singing *Bobolinks* along Elbert Road, about 3 miles S of Kiowa. They were too far away to get easy visuals on, and as you may know that road is not the easiest to bird from. The same field also hosted displaying *Wild Turkeys*, with one in particular hosting a covey of about 6-7 females.
The Colorado County Birding site mentions this area as being reasonable for Dickcissels. That's actually what I was thinking I might find in those fields, but I wasn't able to turn up any. I also didn't find any Cassin's Sparrows amongst the yuccas along and around Bennett Road. A few other eyebrow-raising finds were made at the large pond just south of CO 86 about 8 miles east of Kiowa. It was surprisingly active and birdy with several duck species including many *Redhead* and a lone *Canvasback*, as well as both *American Avocet* and a single *Black-necked Stilt*. I also had a single *Great-tailed Grackle* there. ------- Eric DeFonso Westminster, 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFjVA_aECbHN4RgvpLns1tJaMZDTGZ3W3%3DM1oS8bt99GepG-Jw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
