To follow-up on a post by phone… Camping at Lake Hasty Fri-Sun (a wonderful spot that we had all to ourselves), I happened upon a lifer I have been chasing for a long time. A Rusty Blackbird was vocalizing non-stop amongst the Russian Olive, Elm and other trees 100 yards north of the pay station along the road at Lake Hasty; Friday afternoon. I got great looks from mere feet away. It appeared to be a non-breeding adult female as pictured by Sibley; which oddly doesn’t resemble any drawing in Natl Geo that much. I did not refind this bird either Sat or Sun.
Other highlights were:
· Cedar Waxwings (~6)
· Prairie Falcon
· Roosting Harlan’s Hawk
· Loads of Marsh Wrens
· Lots of serenading Great Horned Owls all night, every night
Complete list below.
Jeff J Jones
Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands
FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 1, Location: 1, Annual: 5, World Annual: 1
Species: 44 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 45
Total Records: 45
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
Gadwall Anas strepera
American Wigeon Anas americana
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Common Loon [a] Gavia immer
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) Buteo jamaicensis harlani
American Coot Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane [a] Grus canadensis
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
Unknown Shrike Lanius
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
Marsh Wren [a*] Cistothorus palustris
Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
American Robin Turdus migratorius
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Cedar Waxwing [a] Bombycilla cedrorum
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) hyemalis Junco hyemalis hyemalis
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Rusty Blackbird [w] Euphagus carolinus
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 11/4/2013
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