Jen Turner and I did some area birding starting yesterday afternoon up until midday today, and although we didn't have any earth-shattering sightings, I thought I'd mention what we did find.
We headed out to Lower Latham/Beebe Draw yesterday around 6pm, and on our way out we drove by a solo Wild Turkey foraging along US 34 east of Greeley. Hopefully she knew enough to stay out the road after we passed. Along WCR 48 things were somewhat subdued, although having not been there in quite some time I'm not sure how typical that situation is anymore. Highlights include about 20 dark ibises flying by at some distance, a pair of Northern Harriers engaging in aerial prey transfer (something neither of us had ever witnessed before!), numerous Marsh Wrens singing along the roadside in the open, singing and posing Savannah Sparrows, and heard-only Wilson's Snipe and Sora.
Further south along WCR 42 we missed seeing the Whimbrels and Red-necked Phalaropes reported by Bill S, but we did spot the American Avocets and Semipalmated Sandpipers, as well as an Osprey perched in a tree nearby. I thought that was a bit odd, given the lack of open water in the near vicinity. Several Red-tailed and Swainson's Hawks were seen on power poles as we drove to WCR 40, which was very quiet except for a pair of Willets working it in the fading light of day.
Today, we got a late start owing to uncooperative weather, but when the rain lessened we headed over to Dixon Reservoir in Fort Collins to see what the rains may have "brought" in. Again, nothing extraordinarily rare, but bird activity was noticeably greater than I've seen it there in recent days. The highlights there include a Northern Waterthrush singing its emphatic song from the swampy area where the creek empties into the reservoir, a Brown Thrasher, singing Bullock's Oriole and Rock Wren (from the dam), and the displaying Black-chinned Hummingbird first reported by Brad Biggerstaff a few days ago.
Bird well,
Eric DeFonso
Fort Collins
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