Poudre River Trail [Greeley, Weld], Northcentral Weld and WY

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The "Nunn Guy"

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Sep 6, 2016, 10:42:39 AM9/6/16

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Hi all

Yesterday ...

Hiked Poudre River Trail between Island Grove Park and 35th Avenue.

47 species
Highlights:
Cooper's Hawk, flew right up to fence for me on way into Island Grove
Warbling Vireo - 2
Osprey - 2
Greater Yellowlegs, Baird's Sandpiper
Bullock's Oriole
Wilson's, Yellow, Yellow-rumped Warblers

Chalk Bluffs Road (south of Cheyenne, WY)

McCown's Longspur - 49
Chestnut-collared Longspur - 9

Timnath Reservoir has drained down nicely, walked down to beach (mowed path alongside fenceline) from Wild Wings neighborhood "spot". Load of Ring-billeds, Californias and Franklin's, Cormorants, "pipers" (looked to be Semi-palmated, Western, Baird's) among usual birds

Weld CR 114 halfway btw Hwy 85/Weld CR 37

McCown's Longspur - 30+

Wellington State Wildlife Area

Sage Thrasher - 2 (About .25m west of county line on Larimer CR 64 aka Weld CR 100 aka Nunn Road)