Highlights of Lamar (Prowers) on the 24th
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1juv) Willow Creek Park in fairly narrow-diameter ponderosa pine along Parkview Ave. about 100 yards s of the outhouse at the north end of the park
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1m) along Memorial Drive north of Fairmount Cemetery at about Lake Dr/Prairie (only one I've seen in Lamar this visit)
Gray Catbird (1) at feeder at pvt. farmyard north of Lamar at SS/CR7
Eastern Bluebird (about 20) - in Russian-olive on CRHH w of town (Oak Street in Lamar going west turns into HH) about 1 tenth of a mile west of CR6.5
American Pipit (1) on the Ark. River ice n of the "town" of Prowers (which is in Bent County) about 2 m n of HH on Bent CR 34.5
The Eastern Towhee (adult male), Carolina Wren (1?), and Northern Cardinal (probably 4) continue at the Lamar Community College Woods. The wren can be anywhere from the far north end to the south end (and may indicate more than one individual). The towhee tends to be in the area near the feeder e of the library, and was seen coming to the feeder in late afternoon (but is very skittish). The cardinals can be anywhere, including the library feeder area, but are seen more often at the south end.
Highlights of the 25th
Curve-billed Thrasher (1 "Texas race") along CRHH about 0.8 m e of Airport Road (= Prowers CR3) perched stoically in a mulberry, allowed photos
Greater Roadrunner (1) along the nw and w shores of Lake Hasty (Bent, i.e. in and south of the campground)
Two small holes in the ice at John Martin Res (Bent), the northernmost is viewable by scope from the 15-minute parking area on the north end of the dam. A few hundred birds in the open water of this northernmost hole which included: both white-cheeked geese, both white geese, Common Goldeneyes, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, Common Merganser, Northern Pintail, and Northern Shoveler. A few Bald Eagles stood about on the ice. VERY FEW gulls. The only ones close enough to ID were Ring-bills. No wrens heard among the dam rocks. Both Northern and Loggerhead Shrikes seen in the area.
Total species seen in Lamar area (about a 10-mile diameter circle centered on downtown) this visit: 63 (misses include Merlin, Killdeer, Common Redpoll (one was reported recently at a private feeder a few miles w of Lamar at Highway 50 and Bent CR35), Lesser Goldfinch, Great-tailed Grackle, white geese, and Harris's Sparrow)
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1juv) Willow Creek Park in fairly narrow-diameter ponderosa pine along Parkview Ave. about 100 yards s of the outhouse at the north end of the park
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1m) along Memorial Drive north of Fairmount Cemetery at about Lake Dr/Prairie (only one I've seen in Lamar this visit)
Gray Catbird (1) at feeder at pvt. farmyard north of Lamar at SS/CR7
Eastern Bluebird (about 20) - in Russian-olive on CRHH w of town (Oak Street in Lamar going west turns into HH) about 1 tenth of a mile west of CR6.5
American Pipit (1) on the Ark. River ice n of the "town" of Prowers (which is in Bent County) about 2 m n of HH on Bent CR 34.5
The Eastern Towhee (adult male), Carolina Wren (1?), and Northern Cardinal (probably 4) continue at the Lamar Community College Woods. The wren can be anywhere from the far north end to the south end (and may indicate more than one individual). The towhee tends to be in the area near the feeder e of the library, and was seen coming to the feeder in late afternoon (but is very skittish). The cardinals can be anywhere, including the library feeder area, but are seen more often at the south end.
Highlights of the 25th
Curve-billed Thrasher (1 "Texas race") along CRHH about 0.8 m e of Airport Road (= Prowers CR3) perched stoically in a mulberry, allowed photos
Greater Roadrunner (1) along the nw and w shores of Lake Hasty (Bent, i.e. in and south of the campground)
Two small holes in the ice at John Martin Res (Bent), the northernmost is viewable by scope from the 15-minute parking area on the north end of the dam. A few hundred birds in the open water of this northernmost hole which included: both white-cheeked geese, both white geese, Common Goldeneyes, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, Common Merganser, Northern Pintail, and Northern Shoveler. A few Bald Eagles stood about on the ice. VERY FEW gulls. The only ones close enough to ID were Ring-bills. No wrens heard among the dam rocks. Both Northern and Loggerhead Shrikes seen in the area.
Total species seen in Lamar area (about a 10-mile diameter circle centered on downtown) this visit: 63 (misses include Merlin, Killdeer, Common Redpoll (one was reported recently at a private feeder a few miles w of Lamar at Highway 50 and Bent CR35), Lesser Goldfinch, Great-tailed Grackle, white geese, and Harris's Sparrow)
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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