[cobirds] Lamar area on 4/28
Continuing the inventory of the Lamar area (Thurston Res on the north, AT&T tower on US287 south of town on the south, Prowers CR13 on the east, Prowers Bridge over the Ark River (Bent CR34.5) on the west, roughly), I added the following birds to my trip list: House Wren (Fairmount Cemetery) Rock Wren (entrance wall at Fairmount Cemetery) Redhead (Thurston) Lesser Scaup (Thurston) Greater Yellowlegs (1, Thurston) American Avocet (30, Thurston) Willet (2, Thurston) Black-necked Stilt (1, Thurston) Marbled Godwit (1, Thurston) Least Sandpiper (6, Thurston) Semipalmated Sandpiper (1, Thurston) White-faced Ibis (about 10, Thurston, and a few in flooded field on CR13 n of SR196) Long-billed Dowitcher (60, Thurston) Wilson's Phalarope (30+, Thurston) Note: all the shorebirds at Thurston were basically in the northwest corner on a private road that leads to a silver pumphouse by the water off CR U (I asked permission). A few phalaropes were on the southeast marshy shore, visible from the boat ramp on the south side. Other birds of note today: Nashville Warbler (at LCC Woods ese of the library, perhaps the same individual seen on 4/26, but there has been a lot of turnover) Red-bellied Woodpecker (pair, male excavating nest cavity at south end of LCC Woods) Clark's Grebe (beautiful pair at close range at Thurston) Red-bellied Woodpecker (pair at Fairmount Cemetery) Wren sp. (House or Bewick's, in Russian-olive tangle at LCC, never could get a decent look at it) Monarchs everywhere. FOY odes (Green Darners and a bluet (probably Familiar) at Thurston). Lots of other common butterfly spp. Total for Lamar area 4/25-28: 87 species Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Lamar area on 4/28
Fairmount Cemetery, Lamar Nashville Warbler (1 adult male, I think a "western" race based on the grayish back and frequent tail-flicking, which makes it a different individual than the other two I've seen down here of late). Oriole (heard) - presumably it was a Bullock's, my FOS oriole, but when I finished with the Nashville, the oriole was nowhere to be found. Thurston Reservoir, north of Lamar (with Jane Stulp, Dottie Russell, and during the ibis observations by Mark Peterson and Brad Steger) Glossy Ibis (1 for sure, and a second individual that looked OK for glossy but not perfect) - on the south shore of the res a little ways southwest of the boat ramp, with several White-faced Ibis White-eyed Vireo (1) first spotted by Dottie, along the east side of the res, just west of the ditch road in cottonwoods, willows, currant clumps, and even down in dead kochia weed along the water (decent views and poor photos obtained) Cattle Egret (FOS for me, spotted by Mark) along the north shore of the res with, what else, horses Other Miscellaneous Observations: LCC was very quiet this afternoon. The only migrants I saw were Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler (5), Wilson's Warbler (1), and Orange-crowned Warbler. I did not see the Harris's Sparrows. I heard one cardinal, did not hear any Carolina Wrens. Mark and Brad reported seeing two Broad-winged Hawks over Willow Creek this morning, a MacGillivray's Warbler at the north end of LCC in the currant thicket near the creek. Jane had a FOS Yellow Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Cassin's Vireo, and another Northern Parula at her yard early this morning. I think Mark and Brad said they also saw the Nashville and a Cassin's Vireo at Fairmount. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
