I visited Colorado and birded the areas around Grand Junction (Mesa County), Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park (Larimer County), and Pawnee Nat'l Grasslands (Weld County) from 6/5 - 6/8. This was my first time in Colorado, and it is a beautiful state. I saw many of the birds that I hoped to find, although I didn't spend as much time at Pawnee as I hoped to b/c of an issue with my airline. If anyone would like any specifics about the species list below, please feel free to email me.
(UC = Unaweep Canyon on 6/5; UNF = Uncompahgre National Forest (Divide Rd) on 6/5; LE = Land's End Road on 6/5; CNM = Colorado National Monument on 6/6; UB= Upper Beaver Meadows on 6/6; MO = Moraine Park area on 6/7; TR = Trail Ridge Road on 6/8; EN = Endovalley on 6/8; PNG = Pawnee National Grassland on 6/8; I did not list locations for common birds or birds that were seen in several locations) Canada Goose Mallard Ring-necked Duck (Sprague Lake in Larimer County) Gambel's Quail (LE) Ring-necked Pheasant (Route 257 in Weld County on 6/8) White-tailed Ptarmigan (TR @ Medicine Bow Curve) Turkey Vulture Swainson's Hawk (PNG) American Kestrel (PNG) Killdeer (PNG) Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove (in Palisade, Mesa County on 6/5) Mourning Dove Western Screech Owl (MO) Common Nighthawk (PNG) White-throated Swift (UNF; CNM) Black-chinned Hummingbird (CNM) Broad-tailed Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Williamson's Sapsucker (UNF; UB) Red-naped Sapsucker (MO; EN) American Three-toed Woodpecker (3 at TR) Northern Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher (TR) Western Wood-Pewee Hammond's Flycatcher (UNF) Dusky Flycatcher (MO) Say's Phoebe (UC; CNM) Ash-throated Flycatcher (LE) Western Kingbird Gray Vireo (UC; CNM) Plumbeous Vireo (UNF) Gray Jay (TR) Stellar's Jay (TR; MO) Western Scrub Jay (LE; CNM) Black-billed Magpie Clark's Nutcracker (TR) American Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Northern Rough-winged Swallow (PNG) Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Juniper Titmouse (CNM) Red-breasted Nuthatch (MO) Pygmy Nuthatch (UB; MO) Brown Creeper (TR) Rock Wren (UC; CNM) Canyon Wren (UC; CNM) Bewick's Wren (UC) House Wren American Dipper (EN) Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Western Bluebird (UB) Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire (MO; UB) American Robin Sage Thrasher (UNF) European Starling Virginia's Warbler (UNF; CNM) Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler (UNF; CNM) MacGillivray's Warbler (EN) Wilson's Warbler (MO; EN) Green-tailed Towhee (EN) Spotted Towhee (UC; UNF; CNM) Cassin's Sparrow (PNG) Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow (LE) Lark Sparrow (UC; LE) Black-throated Sparrow (UC; CNM) Lark Bunting (PNG) Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow (MO; UB; EN) White-crowned Sparrow (TR) Dark-eyed Junco McCown's Longspur (PNG) Western Tanager (UC; UNF) Blue Grosbeak (UC) Lazuli Bunting (CNM) Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole (Island Acres Campground in Mesa County on 6/6) Pine Grosbeak (Pair along TR w/ female carrying nesting material) House Finch Red Crossbill (TR) Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch (Island Acres Campground in Mesa County on 6/5) House Sparrow I also had poor looks at what I thought was a Mountain Plover and a Brown Thrasher when I was at PNG, but the birds flew very quickly and I did not see them well enough to be "countable" Adam Smith Easton, Pennsylvania -- 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.
