Birding By Habitat Species List | June 23, 2017
ACES Staff
June 23, 2017
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Friday, June 23, 2017, 6:00AM – 12:00PM
Weather: sunny
Location: Rock Bottom Ranch, private ranch bordering The Crown BLM area, Lake Christine, private residence off Frying Pan Road, Spring Park Reservoir
Species Identified | ||||
Canada Goose |
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Say’s Phoebe Plumbeous Vireo Clark’s Nutcracker Black-billed Magpie American Crow Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher American Dipper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Mountain Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling |
Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Song Sparrow Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock’s Oriole Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch |
Comments:
This class focused on birding in various major habitats of the mid valley including oak shrubland, sagebrush shrubland, pinyon-juniper woodland, agricultural fields and pastures, cottonwood riparian, cattail marsh, wetland/pond, reservoir/open water, mixed shrubland, mixed forest, and aspen forest. Highlights of the day were observing a female black-chinned hummingbird on her nest and preening in branches above it, a flock of more than twenty Clark’s Nutcrackers, Lewis’s Woodpeckers and their noisy brood in a nest cavity, Trumpeter Swans, and many opportunities to enhance skills at birding by ear. Forty-nine species were seen during this class. The next class in this series focuses on the Aspen and Snowmass Village vicinity, and will include a visit to a large heronry at a private residence and a visit to Ziegler Reservoir with guest Tom Cardamone to explore past, present, and future bird habitats as revealed through the Snowmastadon Dig,
~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide
Photo by Dale Armstrong
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