[cobirds] Weld and Larimer County

Visited Stove Prairie-area (Rist Canyon Road) in Larimer and Sheep Draw Trail in Greeley as well as Weld CR 124 and 122 ponds; Latham-area and Crom Lake.

Larimer County:

Rist Canyon Road and Stove Prairie Road:

Pygmy Nuthatch - 9+
Mountain Bluebird - 16+
Cassin's Finch - 7+
Red Crossbill - 2
Golden Eagle

Weld County:

Weld CR 124 and 122 (Walk-in) Ponds:

Least Sandpiper - few
Western Sandpiper - few
Baird's Sandpiper - few
Greater Yellowlegs - 8
Lesser Yellowlegs - 3
Stilt Sandpiper - 3
Long-billed Dowitcher - 2
Wilson's Snipe - 4
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 1 (harassing the perched Bald Eagle got pic and video of display)
Northern Shoveler - lots
Green-winged Teal - lots
Mallard - lots
American White Pelican - 67+
American Coot

I also thought I heard two Lapland Longspurs flying around me at Weld CR 124 pond.

Weld CR 37, 122, 55, 124 Roads (birdy):

Sage Thrasher - 6 (Weld CR 37)
Brewer's Sparrow - 3
Lark Bunting
Horned Lark
Vesper Sparrow - lots
Willet - 2 (Weld CR 37 wet area just north of Weld CR 108 on west)

Weld CR 102 (birdy) Abandoned Property (just west of Weld CR 37)--I have a Barn Owl box there; has a dead American Kestrel in it:

House Wren - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 5
MacGillivray's Warbler
Gray Catbird - 2
Loggerhead Shrike
Townsend's Solitaire
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2

USDA/ARS Facility (Weld CR 37)-birdy
Gray Catbird - 3
Brown Thrasher
Wilson's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow


Sheep Draw Trail (71st Ave and 10 St Trailhead):

Empid
Western Wood-Pewee
Sharp-shinned Hawk
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Wilson's Warbler
European Starling
Canada Goose
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Song Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Flicker
Eastern Bluejay
American Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian-collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Western Kingbird
Red-breasted Nuthatch

Weld CR 48 Marsh:

Stilt Sandpiper - 32
Long-billed Dowitcher - 4
Forster's Tern - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 18
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Sora

Weld CR 43 oil field pond--no birds

Crom Lake:

Stilt Sandpiper - 45
Least Sandpiper - 4
American Avocet - 3

Nunn/Yard:

Burrowing Owl - 3 (Weld CR 33)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sage Thrasher - 3
Loggerhead Shrike
Wilson's Warbler - 4
White-crowned Sparrow - 3
Say's Phoebe
Rock Wren
Dark-eyed Junco

Other reports:

Arapahoe Pass Trail/Boulder County (Mary Lou Van Laanen reports)

White-tailed Ptarmigan (http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/2014-9-13-white-tailed-ptarmigan-arapahoe-pass-trail)

East Portal-Moffet Tunnel

Red-naped Sapsucker (http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/9-14-14-red-naped-sapsucker-east-portal)

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
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