I beat my Big Day Record of 56 species by 2 at Manitou Lake today with the help of 4 Empidonax (Cordilleran, Hammonds, Dusky, Willow); all calling in appropriate habitat.
Dave Elwonger birded with me this morning and helped me out and then I went back after the rains this afternoon.
My previous record of 56 in a day at Manitou Lake Park (Fee area) was done twice on the same day on May 18th, 2010 and 2014! Today I got 58 species. Complete list below my signature.
Highlights were:
· Willow Flycatcher; seen both in morning giving fitz-bew song and in afternoon calling. Only seen by me two other times here in 26 years.
· Hammond’s Flycatcher; a recent new-comer to the big pines below the dam on the west side of the creek. First sighting of one by me here was last year. Today there were a few singing.
· MacGillivray’s Warbler
· Lazuli Bunting
Not bad for a little mountain lake. Missed on so many common birds that I could have easily gotten over 60. No chickadees (mtn and black-capped), nuthatches (pygmy and white-breasted), mourning dove, woodpeckers, coot, pied-billed grebe, etc. Still a great day.
Jeff J Jones
Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands
FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 0, Annual: 7, World Annual: 4
Species: 58 - Subspecies: 0 - Forms: 58
Total Records: 58
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
Sora Porzana carolina
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
California Gull Larus californicus
Eurasian Collared-Dove [a] Streptopelia decaocto
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
Willow Flycatcher [a*] Empidonax traillii
Hammond's Flycatcher [a*] Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher [a] Empidonax occidentalis
Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
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
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [a*] Polioptila caerulea
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
Lazuli Bunting [a*] Passerina amoena
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
American Goldfinch [a] Spinus tristis
Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/31/2014
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