[cobirds] Pawnee NG Field Trip Results [Weld]

Hi all

Super group of birders Saturday for the trip. Great weather as well. We had a spectacular showing by a unexpected Short-eared Owl. We were slowly crawling Weld CR 41 btw 100/102 when it flushed from Rabbitbrush alongside the road. It perched low in Rabbitbrush about 50 feet from my car on other side of road for a few minutes for all to see then flew a little further north to same side of road. It then flew into the west field of Rabbitbrush and circled back to us a few times before settling down in the middle of field behind a small ridge. Super bird to start day with. I think I saw this guy a week earlier, too, over by Nunn Gravel Pit at Weld 37/96.

Photos: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/profile/admin

Total of 70 species over weekend (61 on the trip, rest on Sunday's outing). Highlights (new for spring):

• Short-eared Owl [Weld CR 41 btw 100/102]
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Rock Wren - 4 [Pawnee NG roadsides]
• Baird's and Least Sandpiper [Nunn Gravel Pit at Weld CR 37/94]
• Tree Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Cliff Swallow
• Horned Grebe - 4 [Crom Lake]
• Loggerhead Shrike - 6-8+
• Say's Phoebe - 4+
• Vesper Sparrow
• Chestnut-collared Longpsur 15-20 [Weld CR 45, 59, 53, 108, 100]
• Burrowing Owl
• McCown's Longspur - 8-10+ [Weld CR 53, 108, 59]
• Mountain Plover - 2 [Weld CR 100/390]
• Lark Sparrow
• Wild Turkey - 3
• Swainson's Hawk
• Brewer's Sparrow
• Chipping Sparrow
• Eared Grebe [Crom Lake]
  
• Black-crowned Night Heron [Glenmere Park]
• Marsh Wren [Weld CR 48]

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

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