Greenlee Preserve fallout--and I bet it's happening where you are too

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

I went out for about an hour in the rain this morning at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, and there were birds galore: 1 blackpoll warbler, 1 northern waterthrush; gray, dusky, and Hammond flycatchers; 3 western wood-pewees; clay-colored, Brewer, and chipping sparrows; 1 Lincoln sparrow; 1 green-tailed towhee; 1 black-headed grosbeak and 1 grosbeak spuh; 6 western tanagers; 3 Bullock orioles and 1 oriole spuh; 4 Swainson thrushes; 2 gray catbirds; and probably some stuff I'm forgetting. There were a couple ibis spuh in the grass on the north side of Greenee Reservoir, plus the continuing wood ducks. Speaking of continuing, bushtits continue in the area, as does a lovelorn African collared-dove.

If you live where it's raining right now, see if you can get out today, if just for a little while. I suspect that this land bird fallout is widespread.

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County