I spent about 3 hours at Barr Lake today walking between the boat launch and below the dam in the riparian habitat. It was quite birdy in some areas. The large cottonwoods right at the boat launch area were very active first thing in the morning with Townsend's Warblers being the most abundant species. At one time I could see 7 in one tree! I estimated 25 TOWA in those trees alone (by far the most I personally had seen of this species at one time). Birds were actively flying between the trees and then down to feed on the sunflowers (either seeds or aphids, I'm not sure). A Black and White Warbler was also in those Cottonwoods. About 2/3 of the way down the trail towards the dam, is a field mostly filled with sunflowers, which had quite a few birds foraging. At this location, in fairly heavy cover, I had a bird that I believe was a Philadelphia Vireo, however it was moderately distant and I wasn't able to get my camera to focus on it at all due to the cover it was in, so I have left it on my checklist as WAVI/PHVI. Noticeable traits were dark lores and the yellow on the middle of the throat appeared brighter then the edges of the throat. I stayed in the area for 20 minutes hoping to get better looks and a photo or two, but it eventually flushed back towards the lake and I didn't see it again. Along the stream, below the dam, Wilson's Warblers were bouncing all over. A Tennessee Warbler was the best species I found below the dam. Despite much exposed shoreline, there was a noticeable lack of any shore birds (other than a few Killdeer) on this part of the lake today, but overall a very enjoyable morning. ebird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S73106188
Cathy Sheeter Aurora, 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/6c2a2029-6b11-46e9-9766-342ac6338afao%40googlegroups.com.
