bobolinks, grasshopper sparrows, savannah sparrows - Boulder County

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JohnT

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May 28, 2013, 9:05:45 PM5/28/13

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Cobirds:

Just got back from Nebraska (see note below). A short canvas of select spots in Boulder County:

The bobolinks are back at the Boulder Open Space headquarters land, off Cherryvale road and adjoining properties to the east. Very observable, singing, and seems like more than last year.

Savannah sparrows are back singing in the same locations as above.

There is a small colony of grasshopper sparrows on Boulder County Open Space off Marshall Road and 66th - where the Mayhoffer-Singletree bike trail begins. Please be careful where you step, as rattlesnakes frequent this area.

Old Saint Vrain Road in Lyons is hot, as well as the lower sections of the Picture Rock Trail. Multitudes of yellow warblers, bullock's orioles, black headed grosebeaks, western tanagers, house wrens, wild turkey, western wood pewee, green tailed towhees, blue gray gnatcatchers, goldfinches, eastern kingbirds, rock wrens, canyon wrens, and many others.

If you are going to Chadron State Park in Nebraska, I've compiled an interesting bird list for there. If you'd like a copy I'll send it to you. (email me personally - don't clog Cobirds). It's an interested mix of western and eastern species.

FYI; Thanks for the many nice email comments about the snake report. I'm glad to hear that birders are more "generalists" than I thought. ;)