Today I was accompanied by Lynne Miller and Dale Pate on a foray up to Clear Creek County. The Bard Creek Road area near the ponds, south of Empire, had a *Northern Waterthrush* (no other eBird records for the county; we were able to obtain a recording of the call), an *Eastern Kingbird* (eBird shows 2 spring migrant records for county, but none from fall migration), and many other species including scads of *Violet-greens* massed there in migration. Nearby Empire was quite birdy, with *Evening Grosbeaks*, *Cassin's Finches*, *Bullock's Oriole* (no other Aug records in eBird), *Green-tailed Towhee*, and of course, *Red Crossbills*. Crossbills of *Types 2 and 5* were widespread in small parties, with Type 2 more frequently encountered.
Waterbirds were few, as expected. At Bard we noted *Great Blue Heron*, *Green-winged Teal*, *Mallard, kingfisher, *and *Spotted Sandpiper*. Echo Lake had an eclipse male *Nor. Shoveler*, *Mallard*, and the continuing *Barrow's Goldeneye* female and brood, now reduced to 3 two-thirds-grown ducklings (I counted 5 young on 8/6). David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RoqgcTkhHDwSd13H9EtdQ3m_Smyp4qG%2B%3DeDEurVBbrP%2BjA%40mail.gmail.com.
