[cobirds] Manitou Lake - Eastern Kingbird

Had an Eastern Kingbird at Manitou Lake in Teller Co yesterday evening. Hawking insects over the beaver ponds to the south of the lake. I have two other records of this species here: 8/19/2012 and 9/2/2009.

 

Other FOS for the lake:

·         Cattle Egret – only one other record from 4/23/2012

·         House Wren

·         Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

 

Pretty sure I had northern waterthrush and orange-crowned warbler based on calls/songs; but could never find them and they wouldn’t call again.

 

35 species in all.

 

Also of note: pair of magpies putting finishing touches on their nest in my neighbor’s yard. I presume the same pair that successfully fledged 3 young last year out of a nearby nest that, once fledged, took up residence in my Canada Cherry tree outside my bedroom and office window. The racket was non-stop for about a month until they finally moved on. It was from this pair last year that I got to witness the magpies actively hunting my feeder birds (pinning evening grosbeaks to the ground and pecking them in the head).

 

Jeff J Jones

(jjones@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 0, Annual: 4, World Annual: 1

Species: 35 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 36

Total Records: 36

 

Canada Goose                                Branta canadensis           

Gadwall                                     Anas strepera               

American Wigeon                             Anas americana              

Mallard                                     Anas platyrhynchos          

Common Merganser                            Mergus merganser            

Cattle Egret [a]                            Bubulcus ibis               

Turkey Vulture                              Cathartes aura               

American Coot                               Fulica americana            

Greater Yellowlegs                          Tringa melanoleuca          

Wilson's Snipe                              Gallinago delicata          

California Gull                             Larus californicus          

Mourning Dove                               Zenaida macroura            

Broad-tailed Hummingbird                    Selasphorus platycercus     

Belted Kingfisher                           Megaceryle alcyon           

Northern Flicker                            Colaptes auratus            

Eastern Kingbird [a*]                       Tyrannus tyrannus           

Black-billed Magpie                         Pica hudsonia                

American Crow                               Corvus brachyrhynchos       

Common Raven                                Corvus corax                

Tree Swallow                                Tachycineta bicolor         

Violet-green Swallow                        Tachycineta thalassina      

Northern Rough-winged Swallow               Stelgidopteryx serripennis  

Barn Swallow                                Hirundo rustica             

Mountain Chickadee                          Poecile gambeli              

Pygmy Nuthatch                              Sitta pygmaea               

House Wren [a]                              Troglodytes aedon           

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [a]                   Polioptila caerulea         

American Robin                              Turdus migratorius          

Common Yellowthroat                         Geothlypis trichas          

Yellow Warbler                              Setophaga petechia          

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) coronata     Setophaga coronata coronata 

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) auduboni  Setophaga coronata auduboni 

Song Sparrow                                Melospiza melodia           

Red-winged Blackbird                        Agelaius phoeniceus         

Brewer's Blackbird                          Euphagus cyanocephalus      

Common Grackle                              Quiscalus quiscula          

 

Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/17/2013