[cobirds] northeastern Boulder County, Jul. 12th

Hello, Birders.

On the way back from forbidden Larimer County, where I participated in the ABA's Camp Colorado for young birders [* see below], I checked out some bodies of water in e. Boulder County, with the following results:

Ish Reservoir. 3 Wood Ducks (hen with two fluffballs), 4 Least Sandpipers.

Terry Reservoir. 1 Great Egret, 2 Dickcissels.

Clark Reservoir (off Vermillion Rd. between 95th & US-287). 1 Wood Duck, 1 adult male Lark Bunting. The date on the Lark Bunting is interesting; I wonder if the bird is an early wanderer, or if it summered--or even bred--at the site.

Panama Reservoir. 217 Killdeer, 2 American Avocets, 5 Baird's Sandpipers, 1 Western Sandpiper.

Little Gaynor Lake. A continuing mixed-species pair of Aechmophorus grebes. Also lots of baby ducks.

North Teller Lake. No shorebirds of note (just Killdeer and Spotted Sandpiper), but I heard one of the continuing Dickcissels and was pleasantly surprised by a Cassin's Kingbird, rare in Boulder County.

Pretty much everywhere I went I saw dispersing Bullock's Orioles and dispersed American White Pelicans.

[*] Camp Colorado. What a great experience! I learned a lot from the talented teen birders, and it was great to catch up with all the "grown up" (well...) leaders: Bill Stewart, Bill Schmoker, Jennie Duberstein, Jeff Gordon, Liz Gordon, Cameron Cox, and Brittany Mendelsohn.

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

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