I stopped at Lamar Woods this morning before leaving to return home but the winds were strong and gusty and if anything was singing they would need a megaphone to be heard. The only migrating birds I saw in a quick look were many Swainson Thrushes.
I also stopped by Temple Grove at the Ft Lyon Canal north of Lamar and the migrant machine was still spitting them out there . Now the winds were really bad but this not terribly wide grove of trees and shrubs made a very good shelter belt that allowed birds to forage in the more protected areas and closer to the ground. I refound the Hooded Warbler that I expect is the same one that Thomas Heinrich found on Monday. It sang some off and on though much less than the other day. It also foraged on or close to the ground instead of in the limbs of trees that were blowing about in the gusty winds. A Northern Waterthrush was walking on the canal road foraging on insects that were likely knocked off tree branches above (the canal was too full to forage there). I found a McGillivray's Warbler and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Several wood-pewees managed to sally about though they stayed out of the higher areas where the winds were worse. I also saw a Yellow-rumped, a Wilson's and a few Yellow Warblers. Mimids were very obvious with several Gray Catbirds, one Northern Mockingbird joined by 2 Brown Thrashers. And I was amazed that there were even more Swainson Thrushes than before--I counted over 50 in the hundred yards along the canal east of the county road. I have uploaded photos of the Northern Waterthrush and McGillivray's Warbler onto my Birds And Nature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> blog (but it was overcast and dark so pics suffered) I also found a Long-billed Curlew foraging in a dryland wheat field of all things and it was successful in getting some large looking prey. Photos of it flying are also posted on my blog. It's awful late so will post other birds I saw tomorrow. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- 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.
