Golden Ponds, Longmont (Boulder) 5/13: Blackpoll, Tennessee, E Phoebe

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Hi Everyone,

 

I spent a very birdy morning 5/13 at Golden Ponds in Longmont. In the woods along the St Vrain: Gobs of yellow-rumps. A singing male Blackpoll Warbler near pond 3. A female Tennessee Warbler across the river. Yellow and Orange-crowned Warblers. A friendly Eastern Phoebe at the bridge. Western Wood-Pewee and a Dusky Flycatcher. Plumbeous and Warbling Vireos. Lazuli Bunting. Black-headed Grosbeak. Western Tanagers. Bullock’s Orioles. In the ponds themselves: Several trusting Am White Pelicans. An Osprey hunting right next to me. It never really got dull. Weather was perfect, high overcast and cool, not too windy. Just happy to be outdoors.

 

Mark Miller

Longmont, CO/Lake Oswego, OR