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
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
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
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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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
Greetings All
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
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
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
Greetings All,
Well, today was mostly negative data gathering. The only migrant, beyond
robins, grackles, and such, that I encountered at Crow Valley Campground was a
Northern Mockingbird. BYO Playa was birdless. The Murphy's Pasture area had few
birds, but a burn along Weld CR 96, about 2 mil
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
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
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
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