[cobirds] Weld County Today
I took a rather easy day wandering around the Greely area today. Water it's number were decent and ring-billed gulls were around in very high numbers but many winter species, like Herring Gull were difficult to find. The lower Latham area had thousands of ring-billed gulls between behren's reservoir and and lower Latham itself. Pintail, green-winged teal and redhead were best represented. A very good number of Canada and Cackling geese remain. Two Greater White-fronted Geese were at Loloff. The best bird was a female Mexican x Mallard also at Loloff. My only Herring gull of the day was at Lower Latham in flight. Eaton and Evans Cemetery had little diversity but both had Brown Creeper and Eaton had a single Golden-crowned Kinglet. Wind hit me at Wood's Lake and a huge number of purely ring-billed gulls and good number of ducks were around there and a Windsor lake. But the late afternoon heat waves and real waves led me to miss a lot. A nice day out in the sun. Nick Moore Boulder -- 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/3F25E4D3-F183-48A8-BCA2-B0F09A29027A%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Weld County Today
Greetings All Today I birded SW Weld County Union Reservoir 7 tardy Western Grebes Nearly 2000 Common Mergs Firestone Gravel Pits One tardy Western Grebe Imm KRIDERS REDTAIL Weld Co Rd 11 s of 119 Hybrid G WF Goose x Cackling Goose G WF Goose Frederick Rec Area GREEN TAILED TOWHEE GRAY HEADED JUNCO Ross's Goose and Snow Goose LUNA RESERVOIR Late Eared Grebe Greater Scaup Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO Sent from my iPhone -- 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/24D22C23-AF1F-4AE3-BC3C-100EAA711C09%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Weld County today
Windsor Reservoir was astonishingly packed with birds. At least 50k Cackling Geese, maybe 100k. Nearly 10k Common Mergs. A couple thousand gulls. Due to numbers and distance, hard to sort thru. 7 LBB Gulls and 5 THAYER'S the rarest Glenmere Park was a potpourri of more montane birds, the highlight being a flock of 21 Red Crossbills, mixed type 3 and 5. Also Mtn Chicks and nearly 20 RB Nuts Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont CO Sent from my iPhone -- 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/72496F78-45FF-49C6-9184-19465B373BD0%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Weld County Today
Greetings All Today I wandered around SW Weld County The biggest highlight was an apparent YELLOW PALM WARBLER at Eaton Cemetery (which is just SE of town). The bird was hanging out deep within the cover of conifers, and eventually flew across the street to a private residence. Photos to be posted in a day or two. Also at Eaton Cemetery was a MONTANE DOWNY WOODPECKER with only two white spots on its wing coverts, and a Mountain Chickadee At Linn Grove Cemetery, a MISSISSIPPI KITE soared southward on thermals. Also there were 2 Mountain Chickadees and a GC Kinglet. Other highlights included a RN Phalarope at Lower Latham, a THAYER'S GULL at Windsor Reservoir (note that Windsor Lake is nearly birdless), a MEXICAN DUCK female and hybrid male at Stewarts' Pond, and 2 late Cattle Egrets at Union Reservoir. Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO Sent from my iPhone -- 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/98571C47-6653-4054-9B84-5EB580754BEF%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: [cobirds] Weld County Today
Steve et al, You always seem to shake a few apples from the trees, even when the farmers and calendar told us they've been picked over. Beating a dead horse, re the Palm Warbler at Eaton, I would wager it was inside the spruce seeking out hackberry psyllid adults moving from the myriad hackberries nearby to overwinter within the spruce crowns. Your description sounds exactly like what the Grandview Cemetery Cape May Warbler did within spruce near hackberries last October here in Fort Collins. I would remind everyone Linn Grove Cemetery is in Greeley a couple miles east of Highway 85 off E. 18th Street. Seems to be a definite dispersal of good numbers of Mountain Chickadees (and perhaps Golden-crowned Kinglets) from the mountains to the plains this autumn. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins Subject: [cobirds] Weld County Today From: cobirds@googlegroups.com Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:29:19 -0600 To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Greetings All Today I wandered around SW Weld County The biggest highlight was an apparent YELLOW PALM WARBLER at Eaton Cemetery (which is just SE of town). The bird was hanging out deep within the cover of conifers, and eventually flew across the street to a private residence. Photos to be posted in a day or two. Also at Eaton Cemetery was a MONTANE DOWNY WOODPECKER with only two white spots on its wing coverts, and a Mountain Chickadee At Linn Grove Cemetery, a MISSISSIPPI KITE soared southward on thermals. Also there were 2 Mountain Chickadees and a GC Kinglet. Other highlights included a RN Phalarope at Lower Latham, a THAYER'S GULL at Windsor Reservoir (note that Windsor Lake is nearly birdless), a MEXICAN DUCK female and hybrid male at Stewarts' Pond, and 2 late Cattle Egrets at Union Reservoir. Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO Sent from my iPhone -- 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/98571C47-6653-4054-9B84-5EB580754BEF%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/SNT148-W68E233BBAD500545BBD464C1A90%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Weld County today (technically yesterday)
Greetings All Banner Lakes SWA was a bit slow on water-birding front but did have 3 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS At the wild animal reserve about 3 miles south of Banner (there is a sign for it off CO 52), about 50 gulls were lounging at the side of this narrow road, including a one-year old LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and at LUNA Reservoir there was a juv LAUGHING GULL- morning light sucks and heat shimmer can be an issue, so early to mid afternoon, when clouds first roll in but thunderstorms are distant threat, is best. Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- 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/EB69FF8B-F5DC-433E-AA94-25B806713F3D%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Weld County Today
Greetings All Loloff was packed with birds today, including a spiffy male Mexican Duck At Glenmere Park in Greeley, the herons of mostly hatched, no sign of that Mexican Duck, but there was a juv montane Hairy Woodpecker and a Broad-tailed Humm. At Duck Lake in Larimer County, there was a Shoveler x BW Teal male. Union had no birds beyond an abundance or Western/Clark's Grebes, Latham was birdless, and Ish looks fabulous but had relatively few birds Cheers Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- 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/E45A9847-5083-4E50-A5F8-E3DB8D49C868%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Weld County Today
Greetings All Today Cathy Sheeter and I had a lovely morning in w. Weld County There is a pond just e. of WCR 37 on WCR 46. 7 TUNDRA SWANS (2 imm, 5 ad) 1 GLAUCOUS GULL (first cycle) 1 THAYER'S GULL 1 LBB GULL 4 SANDHILL CRANE At Windsor Lake (not Reservoir): 200 Herring Gulls 1200 Common Mergs 10 THAYER'S GULLS 2 LBB Gulls Angel Lake (WCR 74, just w. of WCR 27) male MEXICAN DUCK hybrid ROSS'S x CANADA GOOSE hybrid SNOW x CANADA GOOSE Woods Lake (WCR 74 just e. of WCR 27) hybrid SNOW x CACKLING GOOSE 6000 Lesser Canada Geese THAYER'S GULL Neff Lake (CO 392 and WCR 31) SNOW x CANADA GOOSE Seeley Reservoir (WCR 66 between 33 and 37) 4 THAYER'S GULLS 1 LBB GULL 1300 COMMON MERG 50 RB MERG WCR 59 Ponds (WCR, just S of US 34, near Kersey) male EURASIAN WIGEON Truly, almost every place was packed with geese and ducks, and some other interesting stuff like a late N Shrike, a couple Say's Phoebes, etc. Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont, 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Weld County Today: Mtn Plover and RN Duck x Lesser Scaup
Greetings All, Well, today was mostly negative data gathering. The only migrant, beyond robins, grackles, and such, that I encountered at Crow Valley Campground was a Northern Mockingbird. BYO Playa was birdless. The Murphy's Pasture area had few birds, but a burn along Weld CR 96, about 2 miles west of Weld CR 69, had a Mountain Plover on it. The dairy water treatment ponds (anyone have a better title?) along Weld CR 51 north of Kersey (at intersection with Weld CR 62.5, on westside of 51) had 250 Lesser Scaup, 1 Greater Scaup, and one fine Lesser Scaup x Ring-necked Duck hybrid. The Weld CR 59 ponds, se. of Kersey, still had avocets and 13 LB Dowitchers, but no Dunlin or BN Stilt. There were plenty of birds at Loloff Reservoir, but nada of interest. The flooded areas near L Latham and Beebe Draw were nearly avian-free zones, excepting meadowlarks and blackbirds. Union Reservoir is starting to gather a nice flock of Clark's and Western Grebes, and has a few Eared and Horned Grebes, but little else. Good Birding Steven Mlodinow -- 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] Weld County today
Greetings All, Well, today started off much as yesterday ended, but with more wind and less rain. Nonetheless, it was a rather tough go. BYO Playa still had shorebirds, but nothing new, with a golden-plover being the best bird. Given that water is no longer scarce on the Pawnee, passerines were not drawn to this spot :o) Crow Valley Campground was quite birdy, though the birds were quite skulking. Highlights were 1 Eastern x Spotted Towhee (very much like Eastern in appearance) 1 Mountain WB Nuthatch 3 White-throated Sparrows 2 semi-late BG Gnatcatchers Windsor Lake is still dull I stopped at Kodak SWA on the way home, just south of Windsor on the s. side of the Poudre River. Egads, it was fun. Why? Because winds were light and the sun was out!!! It was fairly birdy, with 3 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS being the highlight. Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont CO -- 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] Weld County Today
Greetings All Migration was sluggish today At Crow Valley, the singular highlight was an AMERICAN REDSTART There were no Empids, only one Swainson's Thrush, etc. At a private ranch near Norma's Grove I had 2 WILSON'S WARBLER, which ebird informs me is quite late At Norma's Grove there was a tardy MOUNTAIN WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW At Lower Latham, along road, there was a late WILLET And at Loloff Res there was a slightly late SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER There are still lots of ibis in Beebe's Draw. Might have had a hybrid... an odd bird anyway. No clear Glossies. Best Wishes and Good Cheer Steven Mlodinow -- 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.
