Hello All,
Michael Kiessig, Rob Raker and I birded Bear Creek Lake Park (BCLP)
yesterday morning. As reported by others in various other locations,
we had mixed flocks of warblers (nothing rare) including large numbers
of Yellow-rumped Warblers. The flocks included Audubon's and Myrtle,
both male and female, adult and first year birds, as well as Orange-
crowned and Wilson's Warblers. The most common sparrows were White-
crowned Sparrows (Gambel's), although we did have a few Chipping and
Clay-colored mixed in. We also started the morning with two skulky
Lincoln's Sparrows at Pelican Point. We birded the Pelican Point
area, the area around Fitness #1, the Boat Launch area and then walked
form Pelican Point around the lake on the south side to the SE corner
of the lake and found mixed flocks of migrant birds in every area.
As we headed back to Pelican Point from the SE corner of the lake a
small group of 4 Say's Phoebes caught our eye near the edge of the
large prairie dog town south of the lake. While walking through what
seemed to be a dry and barren prairie dog town, to our surprise we
encountered a Burrowing Owl (they don't breed in the park), 2 Rock
Wren's,. and 3 Sage Thrashers.
Mike Henwood
Morrison
Jefferson County
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