Had a museum group out today, and we managed a few sightings of interest. We began at Norma's Grove in the rising wind and didn't find much except one warbling vireo. At Crow Valley we began with a Roller sighting, followed by the previously reported herd of Swainson's thrushes. We didn't rack up 150 like Steve, but I'd say 75 is realistic. Couldn't pull a single hermit or gray-cheeked out of the crowd either. In fact, migrants (of the "moving through" variety) were pretty much absent. Good looks at Orchard orioles (one of which was hanging on to a treetop twig for dear life as the wind whipped it wildly about. Can't say much for the bird's judgment.....one warbler species- yellow. Very few sparrows in areas that are usually thick with them. The wind? Maybe. A turn around Murphy's Pasture produced some great looks at McCown's longspurs (which uncharacteristically almost refused to get off the road in front of us) and nothing else. Well, quite a few lark buntings.
Road 59 Pond had a few of the usual suspects, but things improved greatly at Loloff. Here there were a few lingering white-rumps along with lots of stilts and avocets, semipalmated and stilt sandpipers. Wilson's and red-necked phals and long-billed dowitchers. There seem to be a lot of shorebirds hanging around as we approach the first of June.
Latham had the usual suspects including a couple of Virginia rails. Beebe Draw had its own white-rumps and a couple of burrowing owls. All in all, not a bad day considering conditions.
Norm Lewis
Lakewood, CO
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