Morning Birding Species List | June 5, 2018

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 6:30AM – 9:30AM
Weather: Sunny
Location: Hallam Lake and Herron Park

Species Identified

Canada Goose Mallard Broad-tailed Hummingbird Spotted Sandpiper Osprey Cordilleran Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Mountain Chickadee Pygmy Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren American Dipper Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Cedar Waxwing Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Yellow Warbler

Comments: 

Highlights from today were particularly exciting observations of birds we do not typically see here: Ash-throated Flycatcher at Hallam Lake perched in a cottonwood tree, and Pygmy Nuthatch observed for the second time in the past four weeks in pines near the entrance to ACES. Two active nests were other fun highlights: a Brown Creeper nest near the entrance to ACES, in a deep crevice in the furrowed bark of a cottonwood tree; and an American Dipper nest on a large river boulder in the Roaring Fork River. One adult creeper flew out of the nest cavity with a fecal sac, confirming that chicks are in the nest. We also got to watch a Spotted Sandpiper work hard to eat a large minnow by flailing it against a rock a number of times before managing to swallow it.  Summer birding is at its finest this month! Join us on Tuesdays, and check ACES website for details on upcoming classes on eBird skills, birding by habitat, and bird songs.

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide 

Photo by Dale Armstrong