June 2017 Birds, Woodland Park Area and Beyond

[joe...@betterbirdwatching.com]

Woodland Park Yard Area, 8500 feet elevation, most species singing thru the month

Black-headed Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak, a few
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Warbling Vireo
House Wren
Pine Siskin
Western Tanager
Mourning Dove
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
House Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-6, 6-21, 6-22, 6-28
House Sparrow, 4 (2M, 2F) on 6-4, 2 MF on 6-7, 2 MF on 6-15
Green-tailed Towhee
Downy Woodpecker, 6-2
Lesser Goldfinch, 6-3, 6-20, late June too
Clark’s Nutcracker, 6-4, 6-13, 6-20, 6-21, noisy family flocks in late June
Red Crossbill, 6-13 at Memorial Park, about 6 in yard area on 6-18, also late June
Cordilleran Flycatcher (at elevated birdbath on 6-15)
Western Bluebird, at ground moving water feature in late June
Eurasian Collared-Dove, 6-29, singing
Western Wood-Pewee, 6-29, singing

Weston Pass, Weston Peak, Ptarmigan Peak S of Fairplay on 6-8-17
American Pipit
Horned Lark
American Robin
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (FOS)
Wilson’s Warbler
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (at about 13,000 feet elevation)
Hammond’s Flycatcher

Catamount Reservoir Loop Trail on 6-10-17, most birds singing
Spotted Sandpiper (FOS)
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ring-billed Gull
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Warbling Vireo
House Wren
Pine Siskin

South Ben Tyler Trail, Lost Creek Wilderness on 5-29-17
Three-toed Woodpecker

Parent’s House in Englewood on 6-18 and 6-19
House Wren, feeding young in nest box, singing
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 2M
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Chipping Sparrow, singing

Sister’s House in Highlands Ranch on 6-18
Lesser Goldfinch, singing
House Wren, singing
Bushtit

Missouri Mountain Trail W of Buena Vista on 6-25, most species singing
White-tailed Ptarmigan, scat and a feather in small willows along trail just before split in trail to Elkead Pass and Missouri Mountain
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
American Pipit
White-crowned Sparrow
Wilson’s Warbler
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Mountain Chickadee
Hermit Thrush
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Williamson’s Sapsucker

Fourmile Creek Trail, Dome Rock SWA, S of Divide on 6-26-17, most species singing
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-headed Grosbeak
Hermit Thrush
Lincoln’s Sparrow

Mount Columbia Trail, Southern Route on 6-21-17
Golden Eagle, 2
American Pipit
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, at 12,000+ feet
Green-tailed Towhee
Snowshoe Hare

Rainbow Gulch and Rampart Reservoir Trail, Woodland Park on 6-30-17, most species singing
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
House Wren
Lazuli Bunting, 1
Hermit Thrush
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Song Sparrow



Joe LaFleur
Woodland Park, Teller County, 8500 feet elevation