[cobirds] Manitou Lake, Teller Co. - Indigo Bunting and White-winged Doves

Took some out of town friends birding at Manitou Lake yesterday. Don’t usually bird there in August, things are usually dead. Boy was I wrong.

 

I added species #152 and 153 to the lake (over a 24 year span).

 

I stumbled across a male Indigo Bunting in the willows and got a couple of pics. Never expected to find one of those up here. See photo here.

 

Also, saw 3 White-winged Doves flying around on the west side of the lake from the ponderosas at the south end; then across Hwy 67 to the west and the small residential pond SW of the lake. Another “did not expect to see those here” sighting.

 

Yellow-rumped Warblers seemed to be moving through in small waves. And there may have been a Brewer’s Sparrow or three in amongst the imm Chippies, but I didn’t get a good enough look or photo to differentiate.

 

Complete list below.

 

Jeff J Jones

(jjones@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 2, Annual: 7, World Annual: 1

Species: 36 - Subspecies: 0 - Forms: 36

Total Records: 36

 

Canada Goose                   Branta canadensis           

Common Merganser               Mergus merganser            

American White Pelican         Pelecanus erythrorhynchos   

Great Blue Heron               Ardea herodias              

Red-tailed Hawk                Buteo jamaicensis           

Virginia Rail                  Rallus limicola             

Sora                           Porzana carolina            

Spotted Sandpiper              Actitis macularius          

Eurasian Collared-Dove         Streptopelia decaocto       

White-winged Dove [l*]         Zenaida asiatica            

Common Nighthawk [a]           Chordeiles minor            

Broad-tailed Hummingbird       Selasphorus platycercus     

Belted Kingfisher              Megaceryle alcyon           

Northern Flicker               Colaptes auratus            

Western Wood-Pewee [a]         Contopus sordidulus         

Steller's Jay                  Cyanocitta stelleri         

American Crow                  Corvus brachyrhynchos       

Common Raven                   Corvus corax                

Violet-green Swallow           Tachycineta thalassina      

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  Stelgidopteryx serripennis  

Cliff Swallow                  Petrochelidon pyrrhonota    

Barn Swallow                   Hirundo rustica             

Pygmy Nuthatch                 Sitta pygmaea               

House Wren [a]                 Troglodytes aedon           

Western Bluebird               Sialia mexicana             

Mountain Bluebird [a]          Sialia currucoides          

American Robin                 Turdus migratorius          

Yellow Warbler                 Setophaga petechia          

Yellow-rumped Warbler          Setophaga coronata          

Chipping Sparrow               Spizella passerina          

Song Sparrow                   Melospiza melodia           

Indigo Bunting [l]             Passerina cyanea            

Red-winged Blackbird           Agelaius phoeniceus         

Common Grackle                 Quiscalus quiscula          

Red Crossbill                  Loxia curvirostra           

American Goldfinch [a]         Spinus tristis              

 

Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 8/10/2012