Prospect Ponds/ELC, Fort Collins (Larimer) on 5/17

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

I birded the Poudre River today from the Sharp Point business park parking lot south thru Prospect Ponds Natural Area to the parking lot at the Northern Colorado Environmental Center (ELC) late this afternoon.

Not a lot of birds, but some nice individuals.

Chestnut-sided Warbler (apparently an adult female) - along the northeast corner of the southernmost pond along Sharp Point in low willows

American Redstart (1 adult male) - thicket just north of the northwest corner of the ELC parking lot (i.e., just north of the big ELC sign or due east of the outhouse building)

Wilson's Warbler (FOY for me) - male, same location as the American Redstart

Swainson's Warbler - same location as the redstart and Wilson's

Blue Grosbeak (2 males) - due north of the "Fisherman's Parking Lot" nw of the Water Treatment Plant where the n-s trail meets the river  (north of the swinging bench)

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

[David Wade]

Coincidentally, I also birded from Prospect Ponds to and through the ELC today (Sun) around noon. I ran into a couple of groups of birders, but not Dave. I had a similar experience, not a lot of them but some good ones. I missed the Chestnut-sided and Redstart and dipped on the entire suite of Swainson's, hawk, thrush or warbler.

Highlight of the day a juvenile dark morph Broad-winged Hawk flying over northern section of the ELC https://flic.kr/p/sbcczY

Blue Grosbeak in northeast corner of southernmo... same place Dave saw Chestnut Warbler and low in willows. Had a Clay-colored Sparrow nearby feeding in the willows too.

4 Western Tanagers(FOY for me), 1 male in full regalia, my vote for most colorful Colorado bird.

Gray Catbird (FOY for me) in SE corner of ELC.

[David Wade]

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David Wade
Ft Collins, CO

On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 9:43:43 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: