Monday 5 May 2014

[cobirds] Lamar area today (Prowers and Bent) on 5May14

Finally it felt like a little turnover in Lamar today.  50ish in morning, 90+ in pm.  Winds light (there is a Tooth Fairy) from the south.

Riverside Cemetery (Maple Street e of Main, Lamar, Prowers)
Harris's Sparrow (at least 1, breeding adult) ne corner, probably same one Brandon had last weekend
Red-eyed Vireo (1 singing, sw corner and central part) in several different kinds of trees
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1) in hackberry
Bunting sp. (heard buzz only)

Fairmount Cemetery (south Memorial Drive, Lamar, Prowers)
Evening Grosbeak (1) in American Elm and Ponderosa Pine
Tennessee Warbler (1, possibly 2) singing but tough to hear amid the din of goldfinches and chippers
Cassin's Vireo (in pines ne of entrance)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1) in American Elm
Red-bellied Woodpecker

Lamar Community College Woods (Lamar, Prowers)
Summer Tanager (3: 2f, 1 mottled m)
MacGillivray's Warbler (at least 2m)
Warbling Vireo (1 south end in large cottonwood)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (head at least 1)
Northern Cardinal (at least 1 pair)
Mississippi KIte (eating large grasshopper)

Tempel's Grove (Bent)
SWAINSON'S WARBLER (tentatively identified from poor looks in the field as "Warbler sp.) but "good enough" photos by Janeal Thompson show the bird as a much better species than what was speculated at the time.  Seen by Jane Stulp, Janeal Thompson, and Gary Koehn.  Spent all its time under two juniper bushes near a private residence in the Tempel Grove area.   It should be looked for in the dry understory south of the Melody Temple bench.  Please respect Mr. Tempel's request to limit birding to the canal road.

WOOD THRUSH (found and reported earlier by Duane Nelson - as an example of how rare and difficult to observe this species can be, Duane has found a ton of birds in CO and this was his first Wood Thrush.  Congrats to Duane).  I think Duane and maybe Norma Verhoeff got confirming photos.

GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (1m) - first found by Jane Stulp right over the Melody Tempel bench.  It disappeared for over 2 hours and was then refound, seen by all four of us.  Photos obtained.

Other species of note at Tempel's Grove:
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow-breasted Chat
MacGillivray's Warbler (at least 2)
Ovenbird (2)
Summer Tanager (1 mottled male)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1i m)
Wild Turkey (1)
Townsend's Solitaire (getting pretty late and hot)
Gray Catbird (2)
Swainson's Thrush (1)
Hermit Thrush (at least 8)
Empid (1)
Eastern Phoebe (1)  attempting to nest under CR35 bridge but Duane says grackles are giving them a hard time.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

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