Morning Birding Species List | June 13, 2017

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 6:00AM – 9:00AM
Weather: sunny
Location: Hallam Lake and Aspen Grove Cemetery

Species Identified
Canada Goose Mallard Cooper’s Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Broad-tailed Hummingbird Hairy Woodpecker Cordilleran Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Steller’s Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Violet-green Swallow		Black-capped Chickadee House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow (pictured above) Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch

Comments:

The crisp, frosty morning was ideal for birding, with our mini-lesson focus being the phenomenon of the Dawn Chorus. We enjoyed lots of Spotted Sandpiper activity around Hallam Lake, as well as Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Cordilleran Flycatchers whose singing provided us with a great birding-by-ear learning opportunity. At Aspen Grove Cemetery, we observed the active Cooper’s Hawk nest, with great scope views of an adult incubating on the nest. Nearby, an active Hairy Woodpecker nest in a cavity in an aspen tree gave us another excellent opportunity to observe exciting behaviors. We were able to watch both adults of the pair gathering food and delivering it to young at the nest, as well as nestlings sticking their heads out of the cavity hole. Join us to explore the birdlife at Rock Bottom Ranch next Tuesday!

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide 

 

Photo by Dale Armstrong