Upper Arkansas update
I birded my way back from Vail where I attended a dinner last night, hitting a number of locations. I will summarize those locations:
Hayden Ranch-Leadville-just south of Leadville at around 10,000 feet; no fee
-Lincoln's Sparrow-1
-Blue-winged Teal-2
-Vesper Sparrow-1 singing, probably on territory
-White-crowned Sparrows-several
Kobe-Arkansas River Ranch Recreation Area--a little further south of Leadville, but
still close to 10,000 feet elevation; need parks pass
-Eastern Kingbird-1
-Yellow Warblers-several singing
-Redwing Blackbirds-several
-American Robins-several
-Common Grackles-several
-Red-tailed Hawk-1
Ice Lake in Buena Vista (this is the lake where the developers had requested a
depretory take permit; be sure you stay on road and don't trespass)
-American White Pelican-only 1 (DOW manager has been harassing with non-lethal)
-Common Goldeneye-1 male straggler remains (should be far north in Canada or Alaska)
-Cinnamon Teal-1 male
-Blue-winged Teal-several
-Gadwalls-several
-Yellow-headed Blackbirds-several
-Mallards-many
-Canada Geese-many
-Red-winged Blackbirds-many
(and more distant waterfowl too far to id)
CR47 bridge over Arkansas River-
-no dippers found this time; water very high due to runoff and no rocks for perching
Vallie bridge-
-American Dipper-1 adult feeding 1 fledgling
Texas Creek bridge-
-American Dipper-1 adult and 1 fledgling; adult spent time under bridge so maybe
feeding another/more fledglings or have nestlings still there
And I located 1 Black Phoebe in western Fremont County but have time to check 2nd location.
SeEtta
