Crow Valley and Pawnee Grasslands, Weld

[Hackos, Joann]

Bill and I spent Saturday May 10 at Crow Valley Campground and on the Pawnee Grassland.

The stream at Crow Valley was still too deep for us to cross so we birded the periphery.
We saw the reported regulars
Western Kingbirds galore
One Eastern Kingbird
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yellow Warbler
Orange-crowed Warbler (many throughout)
Wilson's Warbler
House Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler (both Audubon's and Myrtle)
Common Yellowthroat
Plumbeous Vireo
Common Poorwill
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Downy Woodpecker
Two White Pelicans flying over
Broad-winged Hawk
Northern Mockingbird
Swainson's Thrush
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher pair
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole
American Goldfinch
And all the ordinary Red wings, grackles, meadowlarks, robins

The Pawnee had an explosion of Lark Buntings skylarking everywhere. Probably 1000s.
Almost as many Horned Larks and Chipping Sparrows. Good numbers of McCown's Longspurs.
Also Lark and Vesper Sparrows and a Green-tailed Towhee. The surprise was two American Pipits tail wagging.

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JoAnn Hackos
Evergreen CO

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