Hello, Birders. Nothing of great significance here, just some notes of local interest. Boulder County, Oct. 18.
Walden Ponds had an animated *eastern screech-owl <http://www.xeno-canto.org/285404>* and a glorious sunrise <http://tinyurl.com/WaPo-2015-10-18>. The *Plegadis ibis* <http://tinyurl.com/Plegadis-2015-10-18>, reported earlier by Peter Burke and David Waltman, was present. Also at Walden Ponds: 11 *wood ducks*, my FOS *lesser scaup*, 3 *Virginia rails*, 1 *greater yellowlegs*, 3 *great horned owls*, a *marsh wren* singing its head off, an *orange-crowned warbler*, and a big flight at sunrise of *common grackles* (at least 1,000). eBird checklist here <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25464591>. Nearby Teller Lake No. 5 had 70+ *American white pelicans <http://tinyurl.com/AWPE-2015-10-18>* and my FOS *buffleheads*. The weedy fields near the parking area off Valmont Road provided nice comparative studies of *lesser goldfinches <http://tinyurl.com/LeGo-2015-10-18>*, *American goldfinches <http://tinyurl.com/AmGo-2015-10-18>*, and *pine siskins*. *Gambel white-crowned sparrows* were legion, and many were singing <http://www.xeno-canto.org/285405>. Also at Teller were a few *yellow-rumped warblers*, a *Lincoln sparrow*, and a saffron-winged meadowhawk <http://tinyurl.com/SWMe-2015-10-18>. eBird checklist here <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25464764>. Back in Lafayette, Hannah Floyd and I saw and heard several flocks of *sandhill crane*s hurrying south. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County -- 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/a4daf72a-44e1-4334-83d6-8592620415c4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
