New plover habitat for next season--WCR 51/90 SW corner and .5m to
NE. Looks like a fire took place sometime a few weeks ago HUGE area
burned.
WCR 51/90 NE about .75m E on S
Mountain Plover - 1
WCR 33/100
Burrowing Owl - 14
WCR 90/43
Burrowing Owl - 2
WCR 92/43
Burrowing Owl - 6
Crow Valley C
Bodies of water visited: Lindies, Lonetree Water Treatment, WCR 59
(lots of ducks), Loloff (lots of ducks), Latham, Beebe Draw,
Arrowhead, Greeley gravel pits, Seeley, Neuman's, Neff, Woods, Angel,
Windsor, Drake (lots of gulls) and Crom)
Mallard, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Northern Pinta
I was not really birding today, but drove past Woods Lake just east of
Windsor and saw a yellow headed blackbird and a bobolink.
Rick Reeser
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Wilson's Warbler - 3 in our yard yesterday afternoon
Weld CR 59 (flooded field behind "oil cans")
Solitary Sandpiper - 3
Least Sandpiper - 2
Baird's Sandpiper - 2
"Peeps" - 6
Wilson's Snipe - 2
Virginia Rail
Greater Yellowlegs - 12
Loloff Reservoir
White-faced Ibis - 70+
Franklin's Gull -
Two Whimbrel currently at Beebe Draw. Bill Fink
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A rock wren stopped to feed Saturday morning on my back yard in Milliken.
It was on the ground in plain view for 15 minutes, plenty of time for
positive ID.
Rick Reeser,
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Common Grackle
Crom Lake
Golden Eagle
Weld Landfill (~500 on south of road in field, close, too)--Weld
Landfill tall fence/netting was blown down
Herring Gull - 2
Franklin's Gull - 13
Drake Lake
Song Sparrow
Franklin's Gull - 2
Great-tailed Grackle - 1
Severance
Great-tailed Grackle
Greetings All
Yesterday, Dave Ely and I managed to reach 100 species in Weld County without
setting out to do so
Indeed, our day started before dawn at Stewarts' Pond followed by Lower Latham.
Bird activity was much lower than a week before when Sean and I visited those
areas, and the temperat
Tom Whitten and I had a productive trip to Weld County, covering some
ground and emptying a full tank of gas. Most of the day was high-velocity,
cold winds.
We searched numerous spots for Sharp-tailed Grouse and found two on CR111
1/2 mile north of CR128 (thanks Dave Leatherman). We found a Moun
I drove by a pond at South 47th Avenue and 37th Street in Evans and saw a
couple of mute swans, about 10 snowy egrets, a couple of great egrets, and a
number of western grebes and one clarks grebe.
The day before, at Fossil Creek Reservour, on the far west end, I saw a
number of avocets, Wilsons Ph
North of Greeley along Hwy 392
My yard continues to be a surprise every day.
Purple Finch yesterday
Rose-breasted Grosbeak here for at least 4 days. Grackles interrupt his feeding.
Swainson's Thrush this AM
Dandelions going to seed and had many sparrows yesterday
Chipping
Clay-colored Sparrow
Li
Wow has my yard been good this year. Maybe I am seeing them because I am home
due to a fracture of the sacrum.
Anyway. Joe Himmel called me from his cell yesterday while sitting in the my
driveway in his car.
2 male Lazuli Bunting male
l female Lazuli female
also
Wilson's and Yellow Warbler
La
Greetings All,
Today I wandered about Weld County, encountering 127 species, including a
rarity or two, though no swarms of eastern warblers. For full disclosure, I
must admit dipping into Larimer a bit.
Highlights were
CROW VALLEY CAMPGROUND
2 Broad-winged Hawks (ad and imm)
1 Black-throat
Greetings All
Migration was sluggish today
At Crow Valley, the singular highlight was an AMERICAN REDSTART
There were no Empids, only one Swainson's Thrush, etc.
At a private ranch near Norma's Grove I had 2 WILSON'S WARBLER, which ebird
informs me is quite late
At Norma's Grove there was a
Crom Lake
Cozzens Lake
Common Loon
Latham Reservoir/Beebe Draw
Greater Yellowlegs
American Avocet
Sora
House Wren - 2
Downy Woodpecker
Wilson's Warbler - 5
Glenmere Park
Turkey Vulture - 2
Only some Snowy Egret and Cattle Egret remain
35th Ave Gravel Pit
Franklin's Gull - 114
Seeley Lake
Neuma
Greetings All,
Well, today started off much as yesterday ended, but with more wind and less
rain.
Nonetheless, it was a rather tough go.
BYO Playa still had shorebirds, but nothing new, with a golden-plover being the
best bird.
Given that water is no longer scarce on the Pawnee, passerines we
I walked along the Poudre Trail just north of Greeley and between 25th
Avenue and about 3/4 mile west of 35th Avenue. I saw:
Mute swans, pintails, wigeons, Redheads, lessor scaup, coots, bufflehead,
common goldeneye, lots of cackling geese, some Canada geese, 8 snow geese,
a spectacular bald eagle
Folks- my dad Jim & I enjoyed the cool weather today, birding around Lower
Latham/ Loloff/ Beebe Draw area in Weld County SE of Greeley. Like many who
were out today we had scads of first-of-year birds but I think both of us
especially enjoyed the 14 species of shorebirds that we found.
A broo
To add to Bill Schmoker's Weld county sightings, on 5/6, Peggy Wait and myself
saw most of what he saw, although we got out to the area mid afternoon.On WCR
48 across from Latham, were 5 Ibis. One looked to be a possible Glossy. The 5
ibis were going in and out amongst cattails and the viewi
I visited the Poudre Trail along 35th Avenue in north Greeley and found:
mute swans, coots, horned grebes, belted kingfishers, bald eagles, canada
geese (min & max), snow geese (no ross), redheads, mallards, gb herons,
ringed-billed gulls, american wigeon, ring-necked duck, common goldeneye,
northe
I drove from my place east of Firestone up to Lower Latham Reservoir today, via
mostly county roads. I did find an adult HARRIS'S SPARROW off of CR 52 going
in toward the reservoir and then my first WHITE-THROATED SPARROW of the winter
on CR 54. Both birds were in seperate flocks of white crow
Greetings All
Today Cathy Sheeter and I had a lovely morning in w. Weld County
There is a pond just e. of WCR 37 on WCR 46.
7 TUNDRA SWANS (2 imm, 5 ad)
1 GLAUCOUS GULL (first cycle)
1 THAYER'S GULL
1 LBB GULL
4 SANDHILL CRANE
At Windsor Lake (not Reservoir):
>200 Herring Gulls
>1200 Common
Trip route: WCR 108 (btw WCR 31/33) pond, Antelope Reservoir, Crom
Lake, WCR 31/84 marsh, Drake Lake, WCR 80/29 marsh, WCR 80/31 pond,
Cozzen Lake (dry), Neff Lake, Nueman's Lake, Seeley Lake, 35th Ave
gravel Ponds, Glenmere Park, Latham Reservoir marsh, Beebe Draw. WCR
= Weld County Road
Total
Folks,
I and apparently several other birders looked for Kellner's Golden-Plover at
Lower Latham, to no avail. I scoured the Latham / Beebe Draw area several
times but found only Marbled Godwit, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet(rare according
to ebird), Semipalmated Plover, Western Sandpiper, Semipal
Greetings All
Loloff was packed with birds today, including a spiffy male Mexican Duck
At Glenmere Park in Greeley, the herons of mostly hatched, no sign of that
Mexican Duck, but there was a juv montane Hairy Woodpecker and a Broad-tailed
Humm. At Duck Lake in Larimer County, there was a Shovel
Hi all,
Yesterday mid-morning at Union Reservoir there was a Red-necked Grebe among
others diving along the N shoreline. At Windsor Reservoir there were
impressive numbers of Cackling Geese, as well as 4 Greater White-fronted, 2
Ross's, and 2 Snow Geese. A couple of LBBG were present at Black Ho
Early Spring with one Avocet at Union Reservoir .Bob & Nancy Bierling
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Hi Nick and All,
The day I went up to Stewart's Pond, I actually found the GadwallxShoveler on a
smaller pond, just a bit east of Stewart's. I did get some decent photos. When
I record it on Ebird I will post the link so you can see it, if you'd like.
Susan Rosine
Thornton
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I'm way behind on my Ebird recordings, but here is an excellent site about the
hybrid, AND a recent picture of this specific bird!
http://birdhybrids.blogspot.com/2014/03/gadwall-x-northern-shoveler.html?m=1
Susan Rosine
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Hi all
Yesterday ...
Crom Lake
Marbled Godwit - 1
Willet - 14
Wilson's Phalarope - 2
Severance Pond (South of Bruce's)
White-faced Ibis - 6
Willet - 2
Windsor Lake
Forster's Tern - 5
O Street
Turkey Vulture - 2
Stewart's Pond and Marsh
Mute Swan - 1
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Caspian Tern - 1
Marble
My brother and I went to the west edge of Windsor to look for the Black
Phoebe
previously reported by Gary Lefko. It was calling and foraging about 60
yards
downstream from the bridge over the Poudre River along County Road 13 at
the Frank Wildlife area. It was in a small sapling over the rive
Greetings All
Today I birded SW Weld County
Union Reservoir
7 tardy Western Grebes
Nearly 2000 Common Mergs
Firestone Gravel Pits
One tardy Western Grebe
Imm KRIDERS REDTAIL
Weld Co Rd 11 s of 119
Hybrid G WF Goose x Cackling Goose
G WF Goose
Frederick Rec Area
GREEN TAILED TOWHEE
GRAY HEADED JU
I took a rather easy day wandering around the Greely area today. Water it's
number were decent and ring-billed gulls were around in very high numbers but
many winter species, like Herring Gull were difficult to find.
The lower Latham area had thousands of ring-billed gulls between behren's
res
Greetings All.
The NEOTROP CORMORANT was the only cormorant on the pond when I was there, and
it was swimming amongst an enormous flock of RB Mergansers (>200) and Common
Mergansers (nearly 100). That which caught my eye initially, as I was busy
tallying mergs, was that it was about the same s
Hi all,
Today I went up to Pawnee National Grassland and the surrounding area. At
Briggsdale there were 3 *Mountain Plovers *in the fields along Lee St. and
79. At Crow Valley a *Barn Owl *flushed from a stand of junipers, and there
was a *Broad-winged Hawk *circling. There was a *Virginia's Wa
Date: 9 July 2014
Time: 1030-1130
It took me a few days to chase down these birds, but I followed up on the
Mountain Plover sightings from Mark Chavez (I believe on the 6th or 7th of
July).
In the same area, I found 3 Mountain Plovers, and I also found and
photographed a McCown's Longspur j
Yesterday Greg Mulder and I birded Pawnee National Grasslands and Lower
Latham / Beebe Draw.
Crow Valley did not disappoint! 3 Short-eared owls on the far end of the
trail beyond the campground. Many Brown Thrashers, some yellow headed
blackbirds, and a black-crowned night-heron.
The grasslands
Crom Lake (east pond now 100% mud flat; west pond has lots of exposed
shoreline
- About 30 "peeps" recognized Baird's, Least, Western, Semipalmated
- Semipalmated Plover
- Killdeer - 82+
Weld CR 43 (.5m north of Weld CR 48 on E)--oil operation flooded area
continues to "hop". No ac
Crom Lake
- Least Sandpiper - 4
- Stilt Sandpiper - 5
- Baird's Sandpiper - 3
Weld CR 43 Oil Field Pond (.5m N of Weld CR 48 on E)
- Willet - 4
- Stilt Sandpiper - 38
- Least Sandpiper - 2
- Western Sandpiper - 3
- Baird's Sandpiper - 4
- American Avocet - 2
- Black
Appears to be a new gull hangout for the Weld County dump gulls at Weld CR
23/78 NE corner.
- Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 (ad)
- Herring Gull ~ 8
- California Gull ~12
- Ring-billed Gull ~800
- Franklin's Gull - 14
- Bonaparte's Gull - 2
Latham Reservoir Marsh
- Marbled Go
Greetings All
Today I wandered around SW Weld County
The biggest highlight was an apparent YELLOW PALM WARBLER at Eaton Cemetery
(which is just SE of town). The bird was hanging out deep within the cover of
conifers, and eventually flew across the street to a private residence. Photos
to be post
Windsor Reservoir was astonishingly packed with birds. At least 50k Cackling
Geese, maybe >100k. Nearly 10k Common Mergs. A couple thousand gulls. Due to
numbers and distance, hard to sort thru. 7 LBB Gulls and 5 THAYER'S the rarest
Glenmere Park was a potpourri of more montane birds, the highli
Hi all
I birded around Weld County Saturday and Sunday. Most water is now open,
Weld CR 40, 48 have lots of nice flooded fields (both sides) for spring.
Galeton's Weld CR 61/74 ponds are full and the shorebird habitat on north
has water. Most water teeming with birds. Total of 53 species, best
Hi All!
I wandered around central Weld county and found the following:
- Semipalmated Plover - 2 (Weld CR 46/Beebe Draw)
- Marbled Godwit - 5 (Weld CR 37 and 94 gravel pit; Crom Lake; Cozzens
Lake)
- Willet - 8 (Crom Lake, Cozzens Lake, Weld CR 48 marsh and Weld CR 51
pond in G
There were two Semipalmated and one White-rumped sandpiper at Loloff Reservoir
on 6–1-19 at 4:30 PM. Good birding Bill Fink
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Yesterday ...
- Stilt Sandpiper (1) and Long-billed Dowticher (2) at Weld CR 59 marsh
(south of Hwy 34 and giant feedlot to north)
- Black Tern (4-5), Franklin's Gull (1), Greater Yellowlegs (1) at
Loloff Reservoir
- Burrowing Owl (2) at Weld CR 33 btw 98/100 and one at We
Hi all
Saturday ... Weld CR 61/74, Weld CR 59 marsh ponds (just south of Hwy 34),
Woods Lake on north, playas at Weld CR 122/77 and 116/77, and Weld CR 94/37
gravel pit all have exposed shorelines and sandbar now. Best bets for
shorebirds at the moment. Latham and Beebe-areas bone dry. These wa
Hi all
Highlights:
- Bonaparte's Gull - 5 [Windsor Lake]
- Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 [Windsor Lake]
- Downy Woodpecker - 2 [Yard]
- Brown Creeper - 1 {Windsor Lake] Audio Recording, too (Olympus LS-10,
Sennheiser4 MKE600, Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones), at
https://www.i
Early this morning I looked for Sharp-tailed Grouse in Weld County with
Michael Kiessig and Chuck Aid. After Chuck spotted a Merlin carrying prey
at WCR 136 and 99, we drove N on 99 N past 138. While scoping Rough-legged
Hawks and a Northern Harrier to the east we saw 3 STGR in the distant tall
Hi all
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Weld Landfill, Severance)
- Varied Thrush ("Grandma's Garden", Nunn)
- Mountain Bluebird - 3 (CR 102/41, Nunn)
- Osprey - 2 (Poudre Trail nest behind O St jail facility, Greeley)
- Horned Grebe (Windsor Lake, Windsor)
- Great-tailed Grackle - 9
Hi All,
Today I headed out to Weld County on a rainy/snowy and windy day. In one week,
there's a noticeable increase in birds. The Lark Buntings, Lark Sparrows, and
Bullock's Orioles have returned. Interestingly, as I drove a stretch along
CR89, I noticed three Swainson's Hawks in less than 1
Starting with Highland Lake (a mile north of Meade) - 3 third year Bald Eagles
soaring and sitting in the trees, a couple of Cal gulls. On Sunday, we watched
an adult Bald Eagle snatch a couple of floaters off the surface and carry them
up to a branch to eat. I suggest that since Union, Ish, C
Catbird still here
Bullock's Orioles
Western Wood Pewee
Warbling Vireo
At three thirty this AM there was a bird singing in the bright moon light. It
was not a Robin is all I can say. Is the night migration that I here birders
talk about? I intend to be more observant tomorrow morning.
Norma Erick
Birders,
Today, Tammy and I rambled around Weld County. Here are the highlights:
Dickcissel - WCR 54 ~ 1/4 mi west of WCR 17. We had just bailed off I 25
and a massive traffic jam. I heard it but we couldn't find it when we went
back.
Norma's Grove - NO Black-billed Cuckoo. I tried 2 d
Hi all
In the process of uploading photos ...
- Mountain Bluebird - 5 [Weld CR 100 and 108]
- Sage Thrasher - 1 [Weld CR 114 about one mile east of Hwy 85]
- Mourning Dove - 1 [Weld CR 102]
- Say's Phoebe - 3 [My Nunn yard, Windsor Lake and Weld CR 48 Marsh]
- Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Hi all
Nice birding ...
- Caspian Tern (2) [Weld CR 74/61 pond]
- American Avocet, Long-billed Dowitcher (8), Baird's Sandpiper (6),
Least Sandpiper (2), ducks and others
- Sage Thrasher (4) in usual fall area of Weld CR 41 x 102
- Sora (1) [Weld CR 84 marsh]
- Baird's (5
Hi all
It was quite a fun day of birding in/around the Pawnee NG yesterday
highlights being:
- Brown Thrasher, Mountain Bluebird [Lone Tree Creek and Weld CR 100]
- Sandhill Crane - 150+ [Weld CR 116 and Hwy 77 Playa]
- Peregrine and Prairie Falcon (same time!) hunting shorebirds,
l
Hi all
Saturday was at Union Reservoir-ran into Foothills Birding Club--I tallied
51 species, just missed Gray Flycatcher. Orange-crowned Warbler, Forster's
tern, Long-billed Dowitcher, Horned Grebe and Horned grebe other highlights.
Sunday:
- Weld CR 90/15 had 3 Sage Thrasher
- Raptor A
With the turn of the weather, I finally put up my feeders. Nothing too fancy so
far. A male Downy Woodpecker is cleaning up at the suet feeder, the Juncos and
Gold Finches are finally back, and of course, the usual House Finches. I was
happy to see a small flock of Black-capped Chickadees and a
Hello, Birders.
Andrew and I crossed the tracks, so to speak, this morning and poked around
various Weld County spots. Here's what we came up with:
Pawnee National Grassland at dawn. Beautiful. First we saw 3 BURROWING OWLS
west of CR-61 at 40.655346 N, 104.487534 W. Next up was a dandy MOUNTA
COBirders,
I just received a call from Cole Wild, he and Andrew Core found a KENTUCKY
WARBLER at Norma's Grove. The grove is just east of the intersection of road
57 and road 100.
-
Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs
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I went to the Poudre River Trail at 35th Avenue in Greeley. The first lake
west is ice covered, but the second lake on the south side of the trail had
5-8,000 birds on it and is 90% open. I saw lots of cackling geese, Canada
Geese (minima and maxima), a dozen or so snow geese, 2 Ross geese, one
b
Sorry for this late post. In addition to all of the other posts concerning the
Birds of Firestone ponds Tim Smart, Gwen Moore and I saw a Greater Yellowlegs
at one of these ponds on 3/3.Also on 3/3 we saw at least 15 American White
Pelicans at Panama Reservoir. We saw another Greater Yellowl
Beautifully colored male Redpoll at the feeder for about one minute this
afternoon, accompanied by two Pine Siskins, a White-winged Junco, American
Goldfinches and an immature Bald Eagle who flew low over the garage.The
White-crowned Sparrows and Juncos are still here and were joined by the
Red
Fun morning at Crow Valley Rec Area. We saw lots of western Kingbirds and
meadowlarks. In addition we spotted a Lark sparrow, eastern Kingbirds,
Flickers, American goldfinch, a hermit thrush, yellow warblers,
yellow-rumped warblers, western Tanagers, brown thrashers, brown headed
cowbirds, white
Greetings All
David Dowell and I started at Crow Valley Campground today. I'd been wondering
where the thrushes had been this spring. There have certainly been plenty of GC
Thrushes, and Swainson's Thrushes have not been scarce, but I am thinking of a
day where every copse of trees has Swainso
Yesterday I had a day to enjoy the early summer temps.
Lower Latham: the usuals (stilt, avocets, cin teal and wilsons phalarope)
but could not id a red-necked phalarope...sigh...perhaps I am looking for
full breeding plumage when the prev seen individuals were not?
But I was surprised to see a c
An adult Least Tern is sitting on one of the gravel bars on Weld County Road 7-
the ponds along the entrance to St Vrain State Park. It is in same pond where
Mute Swan has been for last several months
Steve Mlodinow
Longmont
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Lots of open water for these bodies--Dover Reservoir, Crom Lake-Weld CR
80/13 Pond, Weld CR 80/29 Ponds, Drake Lake, Baldridge Community Pond/Marsh
The following bodies were still frozen for most part--Angel Lake, Woods
Lake, Neff Lake, Neuman's Lake, Seeley Lake, 35th Ave Ponds, Arrowhe
I thought about posting the subject of this message as "How many species can
one expec t to see in central Weld County in a single day of birding?" or "Are
rare birds actually common?" If you are interested in the answer to these
questions, read on.
Early this morning, and as I drove east on
ghway 85 off E. 18th Street.
Seems to be a definite dispersal of good numbers of Mountain Chickadees (and
perhaps Golden-crowned Kinglets) from the mountains to the plains this autumn.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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Quick stop for me on way to work. This morning "easily" 500+ Weld County
"Dump" gulls (7th time for me this fall so location is reliable) were
present on the dirt field at Weld CR 23 and 78 NE corner. Many were still
streaming in from the SW--where Windsor Reservoir resides. If you ever
want
Hi all
It was "Egrets Day" at Woods Lake last two days and apparently Glenmere
Park a favorite Turkey Vulture roost two weeks in a row--only this time
larger. Woods Lake hosted at least 55+ Snowy Egret and two Great Egret.
Glenmere Park had about 24+ Turkey Vulture. Two White-faced Ibis at Lolo
Walked west up the Poudre this evening from 35th Ave (Greeley). The first
lake just had an immature bald eagle, a pelican, and a few d-c cormorants.
Beyond that, I was lots of lesser scaup, northern Shovelers and Gadwalls.
Also saw pelicans, cormorants, Pied-billed and western grebes, Avocets
(wes
Dan,
This morning, as I was watching the news, they were talking about Weld
County becoming a Wyoming territory. Do you have any insight on this?
Is this a realistic possibility.
Cinnamon Bergeron
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> This morning, as I was watching the news, they were talking about Weld
> County becoming a Wyoming territo
Hi all
My birding travels over the weekend ...
Saturday:
- Sage Thrasher - 4 (along 41 btw 100/102. good spot to find them during
migrations (looked like a family unit, too). Also, loads of Lark Bunting,
some Grasshopper, Brewer's and Cassin's Sparrow, Bullock's Oriole, Northern
Today I visited some reservoirs and assorted mudholes in Weld County with
Chuck Aid. Light rain accompanied us from 7:30 until 1:30 when it became
heavy rain and we called it. Highlights at Loloff Res, WCR 59 wetlands,
Lower Latham Res (s. side flooded field is setting up to be good shorebird
h
Today, Saturday, Ron Bolton and I made our annual pilgrimage to the Pawnee
Grasslands and the wetlands of Beebe Draw and Lower Latham. Highlights
included
1. the previously reported Dunlin, foraging along the south side of CR46,
just south of Lower Latham reservoir, still present at 4:15
2. a B
I had the privilege of spending the day out getting an education on
atlassing by doing several blocks with Paul Opler. The sand sage
prairie was flooded with migrants and we had a great time! It was
fascinating to explore a different type of habitat and be delighted
by great flowers as we
Hi Everyone--
I went up to look at the fields along CO-257 this morning 4/3. I learned
that the gull bonanza is an afternoon event, so I went over to Lower Latham
(a pair of avocets, multiple pairs of Cinnamon Teal, no Solitary Sandpiper),
then out to the Pawnee Grasslands (four McCown's Longspurs
Yesterday and today. First warbler of the year in the yard.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Myrtle's race.
Singing its way throuth the trees.
Norma Erickson
Weld County
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> At three thirty this AM there was a bird singing in the bright moon light.
> It was not a Robin is all I can say. Is the night migration that I here
> birders talk about? I intend to be more observant tomorrow morning.
> Norma Erickson
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Last week I heard a Gray Catbird singing vociferously a
Folks,
After about 30 minutes of searching, Joe Roller, Loch Kilpatrick and I re-found
the Wood Thrush at Norma's Grove. It was south of Rd 100, in the large
Cottonwoods lining the creek. Crow Valley Campground did not produce any
rarities.
Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
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At 10:00 am Monday on County Rd 26 & 5 turning North to go past Union Res had a
Common Red Poll on
a thistle and one in the tree on the Northeast corner by the green metal box.
Bob & Nancy Bierling
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All,
Took the day off from work to finish some lingering home improvement
projects. They are hard to complete when the parts you order don't show
up. Only one thing to do after a few aggravating phone calls: Go
birding. Headed to Weld County with Longspurs on the brain.
First stop-Crom Lak
The Mountain Plovers and Long-billed Curlews are clearly a “hit or miss” thing
out in Weld County, including in the Pawnee National Grasslands. It appears
that both species are still very much in migratory mode and are not staying in
any one place very long. The fabulous numbers seen yesterday
Perhaps 200 Common Mergansers on Seeley Lake today. Could have been some
Red-breasted mixed in. I did not have my scope. Yesterday I saw my first
pelicans for the year at Seeley. Three of them.
I continue to have the Great Horned Owl pair in my yard. They must be nested
near by. They are so easi
Not too many birds of late but, this week, Cassin's Finch and Winter Wren took
a bath at my place. (On different days) Small Flycatcher for a short time one
day and I have had 3 or 4 female hummers at the agastache and the feeder. I
believe they are Calliope.
Carbody Lake water is down but has
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I kinda expected to experience a fallout of seed-eating birds out in Weld, but
no luck. I guess those big numbers of sparrows with a goodly sprinkling of
longspurs at Chatfield, Boulder Res was due, perhaps, to the effect of birds
hitting snow and the wall known as the Rocky Moun
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Yesterday at the Firestone Ponds
1 RED-NECKED GREBE
1 GLOSSY IBIS
1 GLOSSY x WF IBIS
At Union Reservoir
Many Bonaparte's Gulls
2 WHIMBREL (flew off into Boulder County :o)
1 RN PHALAROPE
Today:
22 species of shorebirds!!!
Near La Salle
3 SANDHILL CRANES
1 WHIMBREL
100+ LB Dow
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Banner Lakes SWA was a bit slow on water-birding front but did have 3 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS
At the wild animal reserve about 3 miles south of Banner (there is a sign for
it off CO 52), about 50 gulls were lounging at the side of this narrow road,
including a one-year old LESSER BLAC
I walked west along the Poudre Trail from 35th Avenue in Greeley today and
saw a number of warblers (Yellow and yellow-rumped), some house wrens,
shovelers, Western and Clark's Grebes, goldfinches, along with a red headed
woodpecker. I used to live in western Kansas along the Republican River
wher
Tom Whitten and I made a few Weld County stops today, we met at Crow Valley
Campground early this morning, it was quite cold for an hour or so. Just
before 7 a.m. we saw our best bird there, a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
which was cooperative for photos. A couple Vireos got away from us,
warb
First stop was the pasture/pdog town e of Weld CR57 just s of SR14 - NO
Mountain Plover, the target of the day.
I got to Crow Valley Campground by mid-morning and checked Briggsdale after
that. Highlights were:
Water in Crow Creek
Merlin (female, which actually vocalized at one point while
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So, yesterday I finished with 122 species just birding Crow Valley, Eaton
Cemetery and Stewarts' Pond/Latham/Beebe Draw and finishing my day at 3:30. 130
would have been pretty easy to attain.
And this was with only 4 warbler and 1 vireo species.
It shows what this region can pro
Nina Routh, Paul Slingsby, and I made a trip to some spots in Weld County today.
Windsor Lake
Barn Swallow (large number (100s) over the water getting midges, seems late,
looked hard for Cliff Swallows, none seen, we did see plenty of square-tailed
young Barn Swallows without streamers)
Woods L
Went to the usual Weld reservoirs today-Loloff had Blacknecked Stilts and
decent variety of dabbling ducks. Largest pond at Latham had 40 plus Marbled
Godwits and 3 Willets and 2 Wilson's Phalaropes. Great Egret along road 40 just
west of farm ponds. Avocets everywhere. Still no peeps or swallow
Definitely a LOT of birds in survival mode today.
Weld County Road 17 (short spur north of SR14)
Large group of birds feeding on dandelion seeds:
Lark Sparrow (20+)
Chipping Sparrow (15)
Clay-colored Sparrow (5)
Vesper Sparrow (10)
House Finch (5)
Windsor Lake (town of Windsor), sw corner
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