Barr Lake, Adams, Today

[Steven Mlodinow]

Greetings All

No spanking major highlights at Barr, but had 80 species in the morn. Water levels are low, so shorebirds are present, and I was actually a tad surprised not to find a jaeger given the number of gulls present.

Highlights included

2 Sabine's Gulls (immatures)

1 LBB Gull (adultish thing, present for at least a couple weeks)

2 Lutescent Warblers (western race of OC Warbler; the true status of these is unclear, but the "good" ones are usually quite obvious in fall, being entirely bright green and yellow).

1 late-ish Orchard Oriole and Willow Flycatcher

1 Hammond's and 1 Least Flycatcher

1 Townsend's Warbler

1 Rock Wren

Overall numbers were good with about 20 OC Warblers and 80 Wilson's. 

1400 or so DC Cormorants and couldn't pick out a Neotrop. Despite huge breeding success on the w. Gulf Coast, this seems not the year for that species in CO

Good Birding

Steven Mlodinow

Longmont CO