Friday, 1 August 2014

[cobirds] calliope hummers Louisville Boulder County

All:
           At Louisville last night - North Open Space sector (north of South Boulder Road)

Two calliope humming birds - good looks both perching and flying

Blue grosbeaks - male and female pair

Bushtits - 6 in neighborhood adjoining North Open Space

Along with spotted towhees, bullock's orioles, lots of flicker families, house wrens, and blue jays


Google in North Open Space sector of Louisville.   There is a canal ditch with an obscure mud and dirt trail (shhhh, don't tell anyone)  that runs along the south section along the ditch - a good place for birding.

From the activity, I'm guessing the blue grosbeaks are \ were nesting.

Bushtits have become a "normal" occurrence in Louisville in certain suburban neighborhoods the last two years. 


Other stuff from the last couple weekends: 

South Arapahoe Peak by Arapahoe Glacier - at least a dozen brown capped rosy finches, a dozen or so pipits, fox sparrows, white crowned sparrows, and Lincoln's sparrows

Castle Peak Trail (near Aspen) -  more brown capped rosy finches at the end of the jeep trail where the Castle Peak climb begins, more fox sparrows lower down, along with red-napped, downy, and hairy woodpeckers

Mount Audubon - white tailed ptarmigan above 11,500 feet (seen almost every year along the trail), dozens of American pipits and white crowned sparrows and a couple of brown capped rosy finches.


Alpine wildflowers are just past peak, but the July displays have been spectacular, especially along the 4th of July Trail and Mount Audubon trail.  (Indian Peaks Wilderness).   Alpine sunflowers, alpine avens, American bistort, cinquefoil, and blue columbine - covering fields and meadows.  Great!

Marmots and pikas in abundance.  Moose sign along every trail in Indian Peaks.

Hope you are enjoying the summer - I certainly am.   -   John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO

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