Morning Birding Species List | June 23, 2015

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 6AM – 9AM
Weather: sunny
Locations: Hallam Lake, James Smith Open Space, and North Star Nature Preserve

Species Identified
Canada Goose Mallard Great Blue Heron Cooper’s Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Broad-tailed Hummingbird (pictured above) Belted Kingfisher Cordilleran Flycatcher Black-billed Magpie American Crow Violet-green Swallow Black-capped Chickadee		Tree Swallow Mountain Chickadee House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird

Comments: Cedar waxwings were feeding in the back of the preserve at Hallam Lake, along with abundant song sparrows. We visited the James Smith Open Space where the baby herons at the heronry were standing in their nests; they should be ready to fledge in a couple more weeks. The high water along the flooded Roaring Fork River limits our access to some usual riparian birding trails, but we appreciate the welcome runoff and all that it will do for the birds’ habitat and the natural community in our watershed in genera. Another excellent morning of birding!

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide