This evening, my family took a quick jaunt to Old South St Vrain Road in Lyons, Boulder County. We got there around 6:45 hoping for the Lewis's Woodpecker seen recently and photographed by David Dowell. No luck on the Woodpecker. We did get great looks at four Beaver right at the beaver dam near the pull off at the east end of the road. Fun to watch them from very close range. The best bird of the trip was an Olive-sided Flycatcher. Nothing else "great", but plenty of good birds out there for the viewing. When you haven't been out birding too much and you go to a great place like this one, it is hard NOT to have a good time viewing all the great birds.
Complete Checklist:
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 6
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 4
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 12
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) 2
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) 14
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts.) (Picoides pubescens leucurus/glacialis) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 3
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [cafer Group]) 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 40
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 7
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 9
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 8
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 12
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 7
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) 5
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 3
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 4
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 12
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) 2
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) 14
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts.) (Picoides pubescens leucurus/glacialis) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 3
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [cafer Group]) 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 40
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 7
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 9
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 8
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 12
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 7
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) 5
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 3
Bryan Guarente
Instructional Designer
The COMET Program
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO
Instructional Designer
The COMET Program
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO
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