A warm day with some dust and wind in the AM, hot and calmer winds in the PM.
HIGHLIGHTS
Fairmount Cemetery:
Scaled Quail (2 in lawn across Memorial Drive nw of cemetery entrance)
Black-and-white Warbler (1f on the move, off to the southeast and out of sight)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1f)
Dark-eyed Junco (4 gray-headed)
Hackberries about 100 yards se of entrance are a hotspot at present
Jane Stulp's farmyard about 5 miles south of the south end of Lamar (private):
Ash-throated Flycatcher (found by Jane earlier)
MacGillivray's Warbler (found by Jane earlier)
Harris's Sparrow (1 beautiful breeding plumage bird, found by Jane earlier)
Yellow Warbler (2, found by Jane earlier)
Wilson's Warbler (2, found by Jane earlier)
large assortment of common sparrows including Savannah's, Brewer's, and Lincoln's)
Lamar Community College Woods:
MacGillivray's Warbler (2m)
Nashville Warbler (1m "eastern", feeding high in cottonwoods just n of Library Feeder area)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 young m)
White-eyed Vireo (1, in currant/salt cedar thicket s of Library Feeder area)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2)
White-throated Sparrow (1a)
Carolina Wren (heard, roams around but frequents the extreme north end)
Northern Cardinal (1 pair)
Indigo Bunting (1m)
Green-tailed Towhee (1)
Brewer's Sparrow (several)
Chimney Swift (several overhead)
Riverside Cemetery:
Dark-eyed Junco (1 gray-headed)
Not much else but hackberries in sw corner worth checking during any visit, and the big White Poplars along the north edge by the ditch will be more attractive by the day.
Total of 125 species seen within about a 5-mile radius of downtown Lamar since 4/22 (David Chartier's Hudsonian Godwit would be 126).
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
HIGHLIGHTS
Fairmount Cemetery:
Scaled Quail (2 in lawn across Memorial Drive nw of cemetery entrance)
Black-and-white Warbler (1f on the move, off to the southeast and out of sight)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1f)
Dark-eyed Junco (4 gray-headed)
Hackberries about 100 yards se of entrance are a hotspot at present
Jane Stulp's farmyard about 5 miles south of the south end of Lamar (private):
Ash-throated Flycatcher (found by Jane earlier)
MacGillivray's Warbler (found by Jane earlier)
Harris's Sparrow (1 beautiful breeding plumage bird, found by Jane earlier)
Yellow Warbler (2, found by Jane earlier)
Wilson's Warbler (2, found by Jane earlier)
large assortment of common sparrows including Savannah's, Brewer's, and Lincoln's)
Lamar Community College Woods:
MacGillivray's Warbler (2m)
Nashville Warbler (1m "eastern", feeding high in cottonwoods just n of Library Feeder area)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 young m)
White-eyed Vireo (1, in currant/salt cedar thicket s of Library Feeder area)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2)
White-throated Sparrow (1a)
Carolina Wren (heard, roams around but frequents the extreme north end)
Northern Cardinal (1 pair)
Indigo Bunting (1m)
Green-tailed Towhee (1)
Brewer's Sparrow (several)
Chimney Swift (several overhead)
Riverside Cemetery:
Dark-eyed Junco (1 gray-headed)
Not much else but hackberries in sw corner worth checking during any visit, and the big White Poplars along the north edge by the ditch will be more attractive by the day.
Total of 125 species seen within about a 5-mile radius of downtown Lamar since 4/22 (David Chartier's Hudsonian Godwit would be 126).
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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