September 29, 2013
Richard Stevens:
What a beautiful day it was. Temperatures reached into the high 70s; winds were mild most of the day.
Bryan Ehlmann and I walked around Fairview Cemetery north of Burlington and found it quite birdy. Highlights were a Pine Warbler, Nashville Warbler and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
There are no breeding records for Red-breasted Nuthatches along the eastern border of Colorado. We do wonder if there might be a pair or two that do stay year round.
With our superb fall weather, I would have preferred to stay on the eastern plains. Unfortunately, Bryan has to fly to California on Tuesday; we turned toward Denver.
Stops at the small towns along I70 (Bethune, Stratton, Vona) found few birds until we reached Siebert. Another Red-breasted Nuthatch fluttered about town. The highlight however was potential Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. See October 2013 "Colorado Field Notes" for our concerns about the many Yellow-bellied Flycatcher reports this fall.
Only about, an hour was spent at Flagler Reservoir (Kit Carson). A Winter Wren was relocated below the dam. Few birds moved around the northeast windbreak and cottonwoods and we did not walk around the eastern and southern sides today.
We received a text message that the possible Yellow-bellied Flycatcher reported near Arriba City Park on 9/27 was again found today. We continued west. The potential Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was found east of the City Park.
Our birding day ended south of Limon looking unsuccessfully for Short-eared Owls.
Richard Stevens:
What a beautiful day it was. Temperatures reached into the high 70s; winds were mild most of the day.
Bryan Ehlmann and I walked around Fairview Cemetery north of Burlington and found it quite birdy. Highlights were a Pine Warbler, Nashville Warbler and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
There are no breeding records for Red-breasted Nuthatches along the eastern border of Colorado. We do wonder if there might be a pair or two that do stay year round.
With our superb fall weather, I would have preferred to stay on the eastern plains. Unfortunately, Bryan has to fly to California on Tuesday; we turned toward Denver.
Stops at the small towns along I70 (Bethune, Stratton, Vona) found few birds until we reached Siebert. Another Red-breasted Nuthatch fluttered about town. The highlight however was potential Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. See October 2013 "Colorado Field Notes" for our concerns about the many Yellow-bellied Flycatcher reports this fall.
Only about, an hour was spent at Flagler Reservoir (Kit Carson). A Winter Wren was relocated below the dam. Few birds moved around the northeast windbreak and cottonwoods and we did not walk around the eastern and southern sides today.
We received a text message that the possible Yellow-bellied Flycatcher reported near Arriba City Park on 9/27 was again found today. We continued west. The potential Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was found east of the City Park.
Our birding day ended south of Limon looking unsuccessfully for Short-eared Owls.
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