Hi all Large contingent ventured out to Pawnee NG to look for fall migrants. A total of 83 species were seen on Saturday and I added 15 more species Sun and Mon for a grand total of 98 species for the weekend.
Photos: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/albums/view/117/pawnee-ng-trip-results-aug-31-sep-2 Highlights include: - 16 shorebird species - Caspian Tern (35th Ave gravel pit in Greeley) - Empid - Five swallow species - Good looks at both longspurs - Four warbler species - Seven sparrow species Full species list: Canada Goose Mute Swan Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Pied-billed Grebe Western Grebe Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Common Nighthawk American Coot Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Killdeer Marbled Godwit Stilt Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet (Weld CR 124 pond) Lesser Yellowlegs Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope (Weld CR 61/74 and Stewart's Pond) Franklin's Gull Ring-billed Gull California Gull Caspian Tern (35th Ave gravel pit, Greeley) Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Golden Eagle Great Horned Owl Burrowing Owl Belted Kingfisher Northern Flicker American Kestrel Prairie Falcon - 4 Western Wood-Pewee Empid Flycatcher (Weld CR 41 btw 100/102) Say's Phoebe Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Loggerhead Shrike Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee House Wren Marsh Wren American Robin European Starling House Sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld CR 45 btw 114/122) McCown's Longspur (Weld CR 45 btw 114/122) Orange-crowned Warbler (Weld CR 110 at Lone Tree Creek crossing) MacGillivray's Warbler (Weld CR 110 at Lone Tree Creek crossing) Yellow Warbler Wilson's Warbler (Weld CR 110 at Lone Tree Creek crossing) Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Lark Bunting Lincoln's Sparrow Blue Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Common Grackle Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/05532750-68d4-4b64-bce4-ebf43b2b8ff6%40googlegroups.com.