Breeding Bird Survey Results and Other Stuff/Weld

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

A few things to report ...

I did my breeding bird survey route on Saturday.  Route is on western edge of Pawnee NG.  Total of 55 species seen--six new species to survey are bolded.  Other highlights underlined.

American Avocet
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American White Pelican
American Wigeon
Bald Eagle (the pair nesting in Nunn-area)
Barn Swallow
Black-billed  Magpie
Blue-winged Teal
Brewer's Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Burrowing Owl
Canada Goose
Cassin's Sparrow (along Weld CR 108 west of 45)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (along Weld CR 45 first two miles south of 122)
Cliff Swallow
Common Grackle
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Dickcissel (Weld CR 114/45)
Eastern Kingbird
Eurasian Collared-Dove
European Starling
Gadwall
Grasshopper Sparrow
Great Horned Owl
Great-tailed Grackle
Green-winged Teal
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
Killdeer
Lark Bunting
Lark Sparrow
Mallard
McCown's Longspur
Mountain Plover (Weld CR 45 .5m S of 122 on road)
Mourning Dove
Northern Bobwhite (heard at Weld CR 98/39)
Northern Pintail
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Rock Pigeon
Ruddy Duck
Say's Phoebe
Spotted Sandpiper
Swainson's Hawk
Western Grebe
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Wood-Pewee
Yellow-headed Blackbird

I found a Mountain Bluebird Sunday at Weld CR 114/45 intersection.  Two Chestnut-collared Longspur were seen along Grassland Road (GR) 500 which is about 1-2 miles north of Weld CR 90 on Weld CR 49.  One Burrowing Owl at prairie dog colony just south of Weld CR 59 marsh area.  Three Common Nighthawk sleeping on fence posts along Weld CR 102 east of Weld CR 41.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.club/