[cobirds] Hooded Warblers, etc., Boulder County, June 16th-17th

Hello, Birders.

I had a great time with members & guests of the Ft. Collins Audubon Society this past weekend, Sat.-Sun., June 16th-17th. The itinerary was Boulder County. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, eh?

Anyhow... Gregory Canyon was birdy both days. On Saturday morning, we briefly heard the Hooded Warblers and we constantly heard (and briefly saw) the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. We dipped on those birds on Sunday, but instead we found a Red-eyed Vireo (audible from the parking lot), a Peregrine Falcon, and a Bushtit. Over at the Centennial Trail, on Saturday morning, we heard a Hooded Warbler upstream from the bridge at the south entrance; I imagine this is the bird found earlier this month by Christian Nunes. Christian's bird was at the Bobolink Trail entrance, which isn't far at all from points upstream of the Centennial Trail bridge. Also: several displaying Bobolinks at Centennial and what sounded to my ear to be an Eastern Warbling-Vireo; no sound recording obtained, though.

The high country (our main objective for the two days of birding) was gorgeous but not yet alive with birds, as it will be in a few weeks. Black Swifts were seen at two spots, Lesser Scaups are back at Red Rock Lake, and Allenspark is infested with Broad-tailed Hummingbirds.

Ted Floyd
tedfloyd57@hotmail.com
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado

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