Walden Sawhills / Boulder Mt. Park - Boulder

[JohnT]

Cobirds:

             More migrants pouring into Boulder County.

 

At Walden / Sawhills and Heatherwood Trail this morning:

Violet green swallow - about 200

House wren - 8 - numbers increasing, singing

Audubon's warbler - 21 - singing males

Myrtle warbler - 16 singing males

Orange crowned warbler - 1

Yellow warbler - 2 - singing

Long billed dowitcher - 6 - still at Duck Pond

Great tailed grackle - 1 hanging at Cottonwood marsh

Yellow headed blackbird - 1

Red winged blackbird - 100 - fights, chases, females gathering nesting materials

Solitary sandpiper - 1 - along the boardwalk

Mourning dove - numbers increasing

Vesper sparrow - 1

Bullock's oriole - 1 singing

 

Other places:

Cliff swallows have returned and are exploring bridges

Broad tailed hummingbird - numbers increasing in Boulder Mt. Park - all males

Three-toed woodpecker - near summit of Bear Peak - 2 males in territorial fight

Audubon's warblers - moving up into higher elevations

Black headed grosbeak - 1 singing in BM Park

Chipping sparrow - 2 - BM Park

Ruby crowned kinglet - 4 singing at lower elevations in BM Park

Spotted towhee - lots of males singing blatantly out in the open on exposed braches

Robins, grackles, crows, doves, blackbirds, finches, and house sparrows all gathering nesting materials.

Lincolns' sparrows, orange crowned warblers, and black crowned night heron along Coal Creek Trail in Louisville

 

Wildflowers are 2 weeks late compared to last year, but here's what I saw blooming this weekend:

Dandelion

Sand lily

Wild plum - just starting

Bastard toadflax

Mustard ssp.

Oregon grape

Cranesbill

Yellow violet

Spring beauty

Chiming bells

Knickiknick

 

John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO