Hi, Cobirders. On a day when winds were howling, eleven of us ventured out to Chico Basin Ranch.
Several of our folks scored Life Birds today. The Yellow-throated Warbler and Burrowing Owl were lifers for several in the group. Highlights: Yellow-throated Warbler at the banding station area, along with Ladderback Woodpeckers, and a Mountain Chickadee. Other El Paso goodies included Sage Thrasher, and Northern Mockingbird. In Pueblo county we had Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, all 3 teals, a flock(?) of Bobwhite, a Merlin, and EIGHT PEEPS (the blue sugary kind). We also got to see several Burrowing Owls flying low over a prairie dog village, and Jeanne and I saw a Greater Roadrunner. Best birds at the Squirrel Creek Road pond were two Semipalmated Sandpipers, a few Franklin’s Gulls, and several American Avocets. At Big Johnson we had a beautiful Common Loon, a Clark’s Grebe, a group of Bonaparte’s Gulls, and a Herring Gull. Here comes migration, y’all. Mel Goff Colorado Springs -- 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/6D5A9610360241528A65157E0716158C%40MelDesktop. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
