Total of 41 species at Crow Valley (and nearby Briggsdale) yesterday.
Highlight was the constant overpass of cranes. I tallied it at 900, but there could have been a few hundred more. After a while, the sound of small flocks becomes background noise, despite my intent to try and count each one. Other birds of note: Eastern Phoebe (2, one adult out north over water pool, one young (yellowish) bird on the fence in left field at ball diamond) Cassin's Kingbird (1, flycatching from the dead branches of trees out north along Crow Creek n of the Mourning Dove Trail, on schedule) White-throated Sparrow (at least 4, all tan-striped immatures) Barn Swallow (2 getting out of "Dodge") Ruby-crowned Kinglet (17, eBird questioned this but I had 11 in view at one time) Hermit Thrush (3) Gray Catbird (2) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1) Spotted Towhee (3) Wilson's Snipe (1) Red and White-breasted Nuthatches (no Pygmies) Pine Siskin (flyover) Blue-winged Teal (16) lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers, mostly out north a few Orange-crowns one Wilson's Warbler couldn't buy any other warbler, try as I might no sapsuckers thought I would see hawks like the others are reporting, only did see one Red-tail, one harrier Western Tanager (4, all in Russian-olives) Hardly anything in the campground, proper, despite it looking very good for birds. Most birds were out north, from the Group Area to the Work Center along the trail beyond the gate. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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/SN1PR0601MB161560334EE391573B77DA00C1710%40SN1PR0601MB1615.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
