CU East Campus, Boulder County

[William H Kaempfer]

Alerted by a call from Peter Gent a little after nine this morning I headed to the CU East Campus (aka Convergence Park; Skunk Creek, etc.).  I first found Peter Burke and he took me to the spot where Gent had earlier found a female Chestnut-sided Warbler which was still present.  Burke and I joined Gent and John Vanderpoel, and later David Dowell in birding the area all the way west to the “scoreboard” grove behind Potts Field.  Common birds, but lots of them, were seen.

 

As we were about to leave, Burke picked up on a flock of Yellow-rumps that also included a Red-eyed Vireo and a Wilson’s Warbler.  All of the named species were in the trees closest to the Space Sciences Building near Skunk Creek.

 

Other species included:

 

15+ Western Wood Pewees

12+ Yellow Warblers

White-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Warbling Vireo

5+ Western Tanager

 

Bill Kaempfer

Boulder