[cobirds] Boulder County-- Dunlin, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Sparrow, etc.

Birders,

David Waltman and I had a lovely afternoon birding around Boulder County, and we dipped out toes into Larimer Co. We started out at McIntosh Reservoir where the Dunlin were MIA, but we had some small conciliation with a bright CLARK'S GREBE and two distant peeps that I deemed to be a LEAST and a BAIRD'S. 

We checked out the small pond that's just to the NE of McIntosh, along Harvard St. The two DUNLIN were there, as were 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. This pond has a lot of exposed mud and will be worth checking throughout the shorebird migration season if the water level remains where it is. 

Next stop was the parking lot of Bohn Park in Lyons. There's been an adult male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER hanging out there. He was easy to find in the Ponderosa Pines along the edge of the baseball field that are covered in sapsucker wells.

We visited Davis' house on the border of Boulder and Larimer Counties. We had to wait a while, but eventually a flock of 8 PINYON JAYS flew out of Boulder and came in to Larimer for a snack. 

The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in the cottonwoods just west of the Champion Cottonwood on Crane Hollow Rd. 

Clover Basin Reservoir is full of ducks, as usual, including a couple of GREATER SCAUP. Eight TREE SWALLOWS were foraging over the water, too. 

At the NW corner of Boulder Reservoir, we found 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL walking around the mudflats. Two EARED GREBES were also present, distinctly not in alternate plumage like most of their HORNED cousins we saw today. 

A quick stop at Teller Farm produced the adult GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. 

Good birding

Christian Nunes

Boulder, CO
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