N Waterthrush, #6,7, CSR, El Paso Co, Fri.

[Steve Brown]

Hey COBirders,

At clear Spring Ranch this morning it was miserable wet, cold, windy, muddy, corn snow, and threatening, so, naturally, the birds were spectacular.

A very good day for me at CSR is 30 banded birds. I had 50 before 8:30. I was still catching a few birds when I finally closed at 12:30. Total 73 birds today.

Two Northern Waterthrush were caught early on, and small waves of several other species. The rush was over by 9:00, but small numbers continued to show up continuously.  7 species of warblers banded. Quite a morning! 

Today:

Least Flycatcher (FOS)

3 Dusky Flycatcher

3 Warbling Vireo (FOS)

House Wren

10 Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

2 N Waterthrush

Orange-crowned Warbler

8 MacGillivray's Warbler

4 Com Yellowthroat

5 Yellow Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

5 Yellow-breasted Chat

Clay-colored Sparrow (FOS)

Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

8 Lincoln's Sparrow

2 Black-headed Grosbeak

7 Lazuli Bunting

Lesser Goldfinch (FOS)

4 American Goldfinch

and a few others I can't remember at the moment.

Whew!

Sent from my iPad

[Bill Maynard]

COBirders,

 

If you are attending the Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival and are a participant in one of the two field trips to Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso and Pueblo counties) on Saturday, only about 15 miles east and south of Steve’s banding area, yesterday’s big storm did NOT extend east to The Chico but the bird fallout did. The roads were mostly dry today and the grasses too. Just a few of the many species recorded there today by a number of excellent birders include:

 

Red-necked Phalarope -  only one, but more on Squirrel Creek Pond

American Redstart  -  2 locations

Blackpoll Warbler – male = fine

Magnolia Warbler – male across from the fire station on the drive in

Northern Parula – eye arcs unfortunately

Mac Warbler – ditto the eye arcs

Least Flycatchers

Dusky Flycatchers

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Red-eyed Vireo – my FOS – and the two common vireos

Bobolinks – 5 singing

Orchard Oriole – singing 2^nd year yellow male

Hermit Thrush – lots

Swainson’s Thrush – tons

Gray Catbirds - check

Brown Thrashers  - Murray, Murray, Murray, hey bird, hey bird, I need you, I need you…

Peregrine Falcon – perched

Wild Turkeys – on the drive to and from

Ash-throated Flycatchers – breeders

Ladder-backed Woodpeckers – resident

Red-headed Woodpecker - yep

Northern Mockingbird - breeders

Curve-billed Thrasher – resident

Ruddy Ducks – knockout males

Lesser and American goldfinches – not mellow yellow

Great-tailed Grackles – too cool

Western Tanager – oh yeah

Black-headed Grosbeaks and possibly its closest relative

Blue Grosbeaks – un huh

Lark, Chipping, White-crowned, Brewer’s, and Cassin’s sparrows

Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera

 

Bill Maynard

Colorado Springs, CO

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