Our 7-mile drive to and from the Post office this morning, just after the snow stopped, produced even more birds & species than the snowy drive on April 17. Today we counted 774 birds of 59 species. Standouts:
A closely packed scrum of Northern Shovelers and Wilson's Phalaropes busily probing the water at McClain Pit;
A Hermit Thrush and Tree Sparrow in the same place today as on April 17. Doesn't it seem late for a Tree Sparrow?
Also -- 2 Eastern, 24 Western, and 32 Mountain Bluebirds;
A Bald Eagle perched on a power pole;
12 duck species, but only four shorebirds: 10 Killdeer, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, some kind of Peep, and 12 American Pipits.
Spring arrivals: 2 Loggerhead Shrikes, 34 Barn Swallows, the pipits, and two Yellow-rumped - Myrtle - Warblers.
A closely packed scrum of Northern Shovelers and Wilson's Phalaropes busily probing the water at McClain Pit;
A Hermit Thrush and Tree Sparrow in the same place today as on April 17. Doesn't it seem late for a Tree Sparrow?
Also -- 2 Eastern, 24 Western, and 32 Mountain Bluebirds;
A Bald Eagle perched on a power pole;
12 duck species, but only four shorebirds: 10 Killdeer, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, some kind of Peep, and 12 American Pipits.
Spring arrivals: 2 Loggerhead Shrikes, 34 Barn Swallows, the pipits, and two Yellow-rumped - Myrtle - Warblers.
Hugh Kingery
Franktown, CO
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