Morning Birding Species List | July 29, 2014

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 6:30AM – 9:30AM
Weather:  mostly cloudy with some rain
Location: Maroon Lake

Species Identified
Canada Goose Mallard Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Northern Flicker Western Wood-peewee		Cordilleran Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Black-billed Magpie American crow Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow		Mountain Chickadee House Wren (pictured above) Townsend’s Solitaire American Robin Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler		Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak

Comments: Gray days can offer surprisingly great birding and excellent light for seeing colors in plumages! We were treated with a lot of bird activity particularly in the willow thickets and edges of the aspen groves around Maroon Lake. Many juveniles are on the wing lately, attended by adults. Particularly helpful was getting to see both Lincoln’s and Song sparrows at close range and singing. In addition to all the birds, we observed a beaver, snowshoe hare, and mule deer.

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Naturalist