Fantastic day for our Pawnee trip on Saturday with Foothills Audubon club. We tallied a total of 56 species roaming from Nunn to CR 124 Pond to Crow Valley Campground.
- Spotted Towhee (my yard)
- Cooper's Hawk (Lone Tree Creek @ CR 110)
- Say's Phoebe, Great Horned Owl, Lapland Longspur, Rock Wren, Sage Thrasher, House Wren, Blue Grosbeak and Clay-colored Sparrow (CR 41/102-area)
- Prairie Falcon (3) and Peregrine Falcon (CR 124)
- American Pipit (CR 124 Pond)
- Townsend's Solitaire, Hairy Woodpecker and unknown thermal soaring raptor-speculate one of the two Broad-winged Hawk seen earlier in week here)
Rest of birds: Bluejay, White-crowned Sparrow, House Sparrow, Eurasian-collared Dove, European Starling, Western Meadowlark, Horned Lark, House Finch, Rock Pigeon, Mallard, American Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flicker, Wilson's Warbler, Northern Harrier, American Goldfinch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Vesper Sparrow, Ferruginous Hawk, Brewer's Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Barn Swallow, Western Wood-Pewee, Swainson's Hawk, Canada Goose, American White Pelican, Greater Yellowlegs, Red-winged Blackbird, Wilson's Snipe, Killdeer, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, American Coot, Baird's Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, American Avocet, Gadwall, Geat Blue Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, and Downy Woodpecker.
Sunday best bird is 30 Sandhill Crane riding thermals above CR 59 march east of Kersey.
Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn