Joel's Big B-Day

Yesterday was my birthday and my dad always takes our birthdays off and we get to pick what we want to do for the day.  I asked to go birding from Lyons to Pawnee National Grasslands. We took a route that took us by Beebe Draw, Lower Latham Reservoir, and other Weld County wetlands.  We were out all day and our trip list ended up being 114 species.

Immature male Red-winged Blackbird

doing his best to attract a mate - by Joel Such

American Avocet - by Renee Haip

Wilson's Snipe - by Joel Such

Western Meadowlark - by Joel Such

White-crowned Sparrow - by Joel Such

Barn Swallow - by Marcel Such

Marsh Wren Singing Its Head Off - by Joel Such

Marsh Wren - by Joel Such

Marsh Wren Habitat - Can you see the Marsh Wren nest?

Click on photo to get a closer look!

White-faced Ibis - by Marcel Such

Lark Sparrow - by Marcel Such

Pronghorn - by Joel Such

Pronghorn Showing Alarm with its Flared White Rump Patch - by Joel Such

Trip List:

Canada Goose

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Bufflehead

Common Merganser

Wild Turkey

American White Pelican

Double-crested Cormorant

American Bittern (state bird)

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

White-faced Ibis

Turkey Vulture

Northern Harrier

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Sora

American Coot

Black-bellied Plover (state bird)

Killdeer

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Spotted Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Willet

Lesser Yellowlegs

Upland Sandpiper (life bird)

Marbled Godwit

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Franklin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Herring Gull

Forster's Tern (state bird)

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Great Horned Owl

White-throated Swift

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Western Wood-Peewee

Say's Phoebe

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Loggerhead Shrike

Steller's Jay

Blue Jay

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Mountain Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Canyon Wren

House Wren

Marsh Wren

American Dipper

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Western Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher (state bird)

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow (life bird)

Vesper Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting (state bird)

Savannah Sparrow (state bird)

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bullock's Oriole

House Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

TOTAL SPECIES: 114