Brainard Lake area - Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:

            A quick survey of Brainard Lake, Long Lake and Lake Isabelle area - Roosevelt National Forest.   Hot and sunny.  Mosquitoes out in force at Lake Isabelle.

 

Ruby crowned kinglet - 30

Common raven - 2

Red breasted nuthatch - 4

Wilson's warbler - 21

American robin - 14 (several feeding young)

White crowned sparrow - 16

Lincoln's sparrow - 6

Spotted sandpiper - 3

Common merganser - 2

Pine siskin - 23

Hermit thrush - 5

Audubon's warbler - 16

Clark's nutcracker - 4

Mountain chickadee - 8

Gray headed junco - 2

Cordilleran flycatcher - 2

Brown creeper - 1

Hairy woodpecker - 1

Fox sparrow - 2 singing at Lake Isabelle

Gray jay - 1

Ring necked duck - 3

 

Fox sparrow and Lincoln's sparrow in very low numbers compared to last year.  Previous visit a week ago also yeilded pine grosbeak, red crossbill, flicker, wilson's snipe, olive-sided flycatcher, and american crow. Bird species radically shifts when you drop into Ward, with 4 species of swallows, hummingbirds, towhees, doves, and vireos.

 

Mammals:

Moose (scat)

Pine squirrel - 1 (virtually none)

Golden manteld ground squirrel - 1

Marmot - 4

Pine martin - 1

 

Flower displays are good, but not excellent - due to lack of moisture.  No snow on the trails. 

 

John Tumasonis (John T)  Louisville, CO