Hi Everyone,
This morning 9/2, I was up early and birded Last Chance from 0530 to 0830. It was pretty busy. Here’s my list:
Eur Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl (3 calling when I arrived)
Common Nighthawk
Western Wood-Pewee (one of which was giving a shortened version of its dawn song)
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
“Traill’s” Flycatcher (2: one well vested, the other not—probably both Willow due to complete lack of any eye ring, but interesting, nonetheless)
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Am Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Eur Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler (!)
Ovenbird (2)
Am Redstart (3)
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
House Sparrow
I birded Jackson Reservoir from 0930 to 1200. I walked east from the parking lot to where there is a flat spot overlooking the grass on the northeast corner. I counted close to 50 Killdeer. The two Buff-breasted Sandpipers are still present. I saw one Semipalmated Plover, maybe 10 American Avocets. No Black-bellied or Mountain Plovers. Norm Erthal’s group arrived as I returned back to the parking lot. In the NW corner, we noted at least five Stilt Sandpipers, several Western Sandpipers, a few Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, one dowitcher sp., one Red-necked Phalarope, two Wilson’s Phalarope, both yellowlegs, lots of Bairds. I stopped at the pond at MCR 2 and MCR O (one of the Andrick Ponds), where there were a Black-necked Stilt, a Solitary Sandpiper, and a Greater Yellowlegs. A Common Yellowthroat made nine warbler species for the day.
Mark Miller
Longmont, CO
