Sawhill \ Walden Boulder at 7 am

[JohnT]

Cobirds:

             The rain is knocking 'em down.  The next two days should be good for birding along the front range if you are brave enough to stand in the rain.    Look particularly in willows thickets and canyon bottoms.  

 

At Walden Sawhills this morning a bit after sunrise:

 

Warbling Vireo - 1

Wilson's warblers - several

MacGillvray's warbler - 1

Yellow rumped warbler - several

Wilson's snipe - 2

Spotted sandpiper - 2

Baird's sandpiper - several

Virginia's rail - call response

Common grackle - a flock of several hundred

Killdeer - over 30

 

Sunrise tommorrow should be good, if the rain stops.  - John T (Tumasonis)

 

[Michael Morton]

I wanted to add that I also followed a Warbling Vireo singing from tree to tree along the east side of Sawhill Pond #4 also around 7 a.m. on Saturday morning (9/7).  The highlight of the morning was hiding along the east side of Pond #4 and watching an adult bald eagle perched in a cottonwood in the NE corner of the pond.  It then made 4 dives into the pond and circled around for a couple of minutes.  When it flew off to the S side of the pond I then noticed there was a second, immature BAEA perched to the S of the observation blind.  The water was as low as I've ever seen it and a number of very large, deceased fish (unsure of species) were scattered all over the pond while others were struggling to make ends meet in the shallows.  It was easy pickins for the eagle.  

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