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
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Connie Kogler
Loveland,CO
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