Memorial Weekend Birding

May 26 & 27, 2008

Bryan Ehlmann:

Originally we were only going up to Julesburg for one day, Sunday. Birding was so great that we stayed Monday also.

NOTE: I could just change the days, but don't want anyone to think something is funny. We stayed Monday and Tuesday, not Sunday & Monday. Because of Memorial Day, I thought yesterday was Monday all day. Missed my garbage pickup date also.

We ended up seeing 24 species of warblers, 4 species of vireos, and some other great birds. In total, 205 species in two days!

The cloudy skies, rain, stormy weather that blew in from Nebraska and Kansas helped to bring some really great birds into Colorado!

Here's what we saw:

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern - jumbo reservoir
Great Egret - sedgwick bar wla
Cattle Egret
Green Heron - tamarack ranch wla
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis - flyover, Red Lion wla
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite - --julesburg, 5/26
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk - --private ranch #1
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon - sterling
Prairie Falcon
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Killdeer
Mountain Plover - two private ranches #3 & #5
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper - Duck Creek & Sedgwick Bar wla
Sanderling - jumbo reservoir
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper - private pond/ranch #2
Long-billed Dowitcher - jumbo reservoir
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Common Tern - sterling reservoir
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove - private ranches #1 & #5
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - tamarack ranch wla
Black-billed Cuckoo - tamarack ranch wla
Barn Owl - 3 private ranches #1,#3,#5
Eastern Screech-Owl - private ranch #1
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl - sedgwick county
Long-eared Owl - private ranch #3
Short-eared Owl - private ranch #1
Lesser Nighthawk - private ranch #1
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill - heard; sedgwick & logan ctys
Chimney Swift - julesburg wayside rest stop & julesburg
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - private ranch #1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher - private ranch #5
Eastern Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird - private ranch #3
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Bell's Vireo - tamarack ranch & private ranch #3
Yellow-throated Vireo - private ranch #2
Blue-headed Vireo - private ranch #2
Red-eyed Vireo - tamarack & private ranch #1
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin - flyover private ranch #5
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler - private ranch #1
Tennessee Warbler - private ranch #1 & #5
Orange-crowned Warbler
Virginia's Warbler - tamarack ranch wla
Northern Parula - private ranch #1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - private ranch #3
Magnolia Warbler - private ranch #1
Cape May Warbler - private ranch #2
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler - tamarack ranch wla
Blackburnian Warbler - private ranch #3
Prairie Warbler - private ranch #2
Blackpoll Warbler - private ranch #1 & #5
Black-and-white Warbler - private ranch #5
American Redstart - private ranch #1, #3, #5
Ovenbird - private ranch #3
Northern Waterthrush - private ranch #1
Mourning Warbler - private ranch #3
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler - tamarack ranch wla; private ranch #1
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler - sedgwick county
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager - private ranch #2
Western Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Cassin's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow - 3 locations, sedgwick & logan ctys
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow - private ranch #1
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow - private ranch #1
Harris's Sparrow - private ranch #1
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown's Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Northern Cardinal - tamarack ranch wla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - private ranch #4
Black-headed Grosbeak - private ranch #4
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Dickcissel - 3 locations; sedgwick & logan ctys
Bobolink - 3 locations; sedgwick & logan ctys
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark - private ranch #4
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole - private ranch #1, #3, #5
House Finch
Red Crossbill - sedgwick county
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow