I took a long walk along the river south of Prospect today, starting at the Business Park lot at the north end of Sharp Point Drive, thru Prospect Ponds NA, to the Environmental Learning Center parking lot.
First interesting thing was seeing Nick Komar and a pass-by biker extracting a fish hook from the wing of a young male Red-winged Blackbird. Nick rescued the bird from being caught on a branch. My mom always said what matters most is what you do when you think nobody's looking. Nice act of benevolence by birder Nick to a bird.
Highlights of the rest of the walk:
Lots of Swainson's Thrushes
Lots of Eastern Kingbirds (4 in one view near the feed lot)
Lots of Yellow Warblers (25 at least)
Hermit Thrush (1)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 adult m)
Black-headed Grosbeak (1 adult m eating boxelder leafroller caterpillars)
*Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1, being severely harrassed by robins. Why?)
Plumbeous Vireo (1)
Least Flycatcher (2)
Bunting sp. (buzz heard only)
White-crowned Sparrow (1, possibly 2, mountain form) near house by ELC parking lot
Total of 58 species
What happened to the Orange-crowned Warblers this year? Maybe all at Flagler the day David Dowell reported 190.
Nick told me he had heard a singing American Redstart. I ran into Kevin Keirn who said he and Joe Mammoser had seen a female Blackpoll Warbler in the area. I saw neither of these birds. Besides Yellows, which were seemingly everywhere, I saw very few warblers (few Yellow-rumps, one Common Yellowthroat, that's it).
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
First interesting thing was seeing Nick Komar and a pass-by biker extracting a fish hook from the wing of a young male Red-winged Blackbird. Nick rescued the bird from being caught on a branch. My mom always said what matters most is what you do when you think nobody's looking. Nice act of benevolence by birder Nick to a bird.
Highlights of the rest of the walk:
Lots of Swainson's Thrushes
Lots of Eastern Kingbirds (4 in one view near the feed lot)
Lots of Yellow Warblers (25 at least)
Hermit Thrush (1)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 adult m)
Black-headed Grosbeak (1 adult m eating boxelder leafroller caterpillars)
*Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1, being severely harrassed by robins. Why?)
Plumbeous Vireo (1)
Least Flycatcher (2)
Bunting sp. (buzz heard only)
White-crowned Sparrow (1, possibly 2, mountain form) near house by ELC parking lot
Total of 58 species
What happened to the Orange-crowned Warblers this year? Maybe all at Flagler the day David Dowell reported 190.
Nick told me he had heard a singing American Redstart. I ran into Kevin Keirn who said he and Joe Mammoser had seen a female Blackpoll Warbler in the area. I saw neither of these birds. Besides Yellows, which were seemingly everywhere, I saw very few warblers (few Yellow-rumps, one Common Yellowthroat, that's it).
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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