Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch, Loveland, Larimer County

[Connie Kogler]

Today I took a group of thirteen folks out to Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch (private). For a birding tour. We had a great day with 30 species found. What a difference between yesterday and today. I had an overflow group out there Friday also and we saw way fewer birds. (Can you say "WINDY"?)

We spent about 3 hours browsing the ranch and enjoying the birds and weather. Highlights for folks were the Broad-winged Hawk (mis-identified by me in the field, darn it) that dropped what was left of his Magpie so we could all ooh and ahh and ick, over it. (It was a male magpie by the way..eww.) The plethora of Western Bluebirds almost in our laps, the jewel of a Mountain Bluebird, two fly-bys of Broad-tailed Hummers, and the Bushtit and Ruby-crowned Kinglet flock we had to practically extract from our pockets. We saw lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers too - all Myrtles.  All in all a very fun day.

Thanks to Becca for the not-so-mental bird list!

Song Sparrow

European Starling

American Robin

Common Grackle

Belted Kingfisher

Mallard

Canada Goose

Common Merganser

American Goldfinch

House Finch

Northern Flicker

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Western Meadowlark

Western Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Say's Phoebe

Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided)

White-crowned Sparrow

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-capped Chickadee

Spotted Towhee

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Steller's Jay

Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk

Red-winged Blackbird

Bushtit

Mourning Dove

Black-billed Magpie

American Kestrel

Connie Kogler

Loveland,CO

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