Barr Lake Walk on 5/10 - PUMA and BEVI (Adams County)

[Cathy Sheeter]

I spent a few hours birding Barr Lake SP (Adams County) from the Fishing Dock to about 2/3 of the way across the dam (along the riparian habitat below the dam first and then across the top to come back). Things were fairly slow on the warbler front, with mostly only YRWA present. I did have one Northern Waterthrush along the stream below the dam. Best birds of the day were an exhausted looking female Purple Martin (first record for Barr Lake and possibly first Adams county record) - viewed perched about half way down between dock and dam, but flew off after a while).  I also heard a singing Bell's Vireo (heard for about 30 seconds in one of the trees close to the parking lot and flew towards fishing dock). I did not get a solid visual or any photo of the BEVI, but felt comfortable with what I heard and briefly saw and I am fairly experienced with the song of this species.   BEVI have been caught and banded at Barr Lake once in the past.  Full checklist with photos of the PUMA can be found here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56087406.

Good Birding-

Cathy Sheeter

Aurora, CO (Arapahoe)

[Andrews Robert]

Hello all,

Congratulations to Cathy for the sighting of a female Purple Martin at Barr Lake. A great record and always a nice find in eastern Colorado. On April 29, 1976, I saw a beautiful male Purple Martin along the east side of Barr Lake, on a cold, cloudy day and mixed in with hundreds of other swallows. I have not entered most of my old records into e-Bird, so it won’t show up there. I may have submitted the record to the CFO Records Committee, but I am not sure.

Bob Andrews

Yekepa, Liberia, West Africa

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