[cobirds] Last Chance and Jackson Res 9/2

Hi Everyone,

 

This morning 9/2, I was up early and birded Last Chance from 0530 to 0830. It was pretty busy. Here’s my list:

 

Eur Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Great Horned Owl (3 calling when I arrived)

Common Nighthawk

Western Wood-Pewee (one of which was giving a shortened version of its dawn song)

Hammond’s Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

“Traill’s” Flycatcher (2: one well vested, the other not—probably both Willow due to complete lack of any eye ring, but interesting, nonetheless)

Say’s Phoebe

Western Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

House Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Am Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Eur Starling

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler (!)

Ovenbird (2)

Am Redstart (3)

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Black-headed Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Western Meadowlark

Orchard Oriole

House Finch

House Sparrow

 

I birded Jackson Reservoir from 0930 to 1200. I walked east from the parking lot to where there is a flat spot overlooking the grass on the northeast corner. I counted close to 50 Killdeer. The two Buff-breasted Sandpipers are still present. I saw one Semipalmated Plover, maybe 10 American Avocets. No Black-bellied or Mountain Plovers. Norm Erthal’s group arrived as I returned back to the parking lot. In the NW corner, we noted at least five Stilt Sandpipers, several Western Sandpipers, a few Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, one dowitcher sp., one Red-necked Phalarope, two Wilson’s Phalarope, both yellowlegs, lots of Bairds. I stopped at the pond at MCR 2 and MCR O (one of the Andrick Ponds), where there were a Black-necked Stilt, a Solitary Sandpiper, and a Greater Yellowlegs. A Common Yellowthroat made nine warbler species for the day.

 

Mark Miller

Longmont, CO