Stalker Pond, Wray (Yuma Co) - Harris's Sparrows, little else.

[Luis Alberto Matheus]

Hello COBirders,

I walked around Stalker Pond (named Stalker Lake on eBird hotspots) for an hour this afternoon, 4/21.

The place was busy with a few families fishing the pond and else quiet but for some Canada geese and a pair of greater yellowlegs. Best birds had to be a pair each of white-crowned and Harris's sparrows. 

No flycatchers, in spite of an impressive caddis hatch, and no warblers. Small numbers of wood duck, mallard, northern shoveler, green-winged teal and ring-necked duck. Four rough-winged swallows and lots of mourning doves.

A kettle of 48 turkey vultures with a single Swainson's hawk rode thermals high over the town of Wray.

In a few short hours I'm off to seek the dancing chickens, so some sleep is in order.

Happy trails,

Luis (Beto) Matheus

Delray Beach, FL (formerly Erie, CO)