Not sure how interesting this is, but I haven't seen many common yellowthroat
in CO. This one was near the Platte River, small pond on the west side about
1/3 mile south of where the Platte crosses under Bowles Ave, just west of Santa
Fe in Littleton. The bird was singing in the reeds on the
The Northern Bobwhite continued this morning, although around 6:45am it was
actually at the north parking lot for the East Boulder Rec Center in the
landscaping. I got remarkable looks and excellent sound recordings of it
proudly singing his name for all who cared to listen.
Eric
On Wed, Jun
When I arrived at the Beech Open Space shelter at 7:45 this morning, Cheryl
Teuton and Dan Brooks were looking at the Eastern Meadowlark singing on the
ridge to the south. Later, the bird moved down closer to the shelter. It sang
both Eastern and Western songs. After 8:15, the bird became
This morning at about 7:00 I had a quick glance at a presumed Eastern
Meadowlark, then heard a bird sing the eastern song repeatedly. This was
shortly before David Waltman's visit to the spot produced better views. Then
just past noon, John Vanderpoel called with news that Christian Nunes had
Was out visiting Squirrel Creek Road Pond, Big Johnson Reservoir, and other
places this evening. Decided to visit the small pond located at the
intersection of CS Road and Silver Glen Drive, just south of Cross Creek
Park. In the SW corner of the pond is a concrete tunnel that runs under
the dirt
I went out to my garden today. Then 15 minutes later, I went out again. A
thin jute string that hadn't been there before, was hanging over the garden
gate, with the wrapper it came from loose on the ground. I followed the
string over 100'. It went on the ground, up through a lilac, then
I looked for the Northern Parula yesterday that was reported by Rich Miller
on Tuesday on the Canon City Riverwalk by Sell's parking area with no
success. That said, due to the residual smoke from the wildfire just west
of Canon City I only looked within a few hundred feet of the location he
