Date: 6/26/26 6:40 am From: 'Linda' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Digest for - 4 updates in 1 topic
Great "haul!" I can almost smell the mountain air.
Linda
> On Jun 26, 2026, at 07:13, <cobirds...> wrote:
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> Wild Basin - RMNP <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/252a455fbb82e617?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > John Tumasonis <snakemonev...>: Jun 25 09:53AM -0700
>
> All:
> Some birding and wildflowers at Wild Basin in Rocky Mountain
> National Park, over the last couple weeks. Compiled from three visits in
> June. Note: requires a Timed Entry Permit between the hours of 9 a.m. to
> 2 p.m. If you get there before 9 a.m. you don't need a timed permit, but
> you will still need your "regular" pass, or pay at gate. The road is bumpy
> with some potholes, but a a passenger car can make it to the trailhead if
> going slowly. I broke this down into three sections: the "willow
> marshes" from Copeland Lake to the Winter Gate; the Ponderosa \ Lodgepole
> pine forests from the Winter Gate to the main trailhead; and the main
> trailhead up past Calypso Cascades. Got my boots and feet muddy trudging
> through marshes.
>
> Pardon my spelling and grammar.
>
> Great Blue Heron - 2 - one at Copeland Lake, the other in the willow
> marshes\
>
> Spotted Sandpiper - 4 - at two separate ponds.
>
> Wilson's Snipe - 8 - willow marshes; several winnowing displays, alarm
> calls, and one doing the "broken wing trick" to lure me away from a nest
> site.
>
> Mallard - 2 at Copeland Lake
>
> MacGillivray's Warbler - 6
>
> Audubon's Warbler - 21 males and females
>
> Wilson's Warbler - 11
>
> Williamson's Sapsucker - 1 male, foraging on a huge ponderosa pine (dead)
> snag
>
> Northern Flicker - 2
>
> Red Napped Sapsucker - 1 male
>
> Three Toed Woodpecker - 1 male chased off a Douglas fir by a red napped
> sapsucker
>
> Dusky Flycatcher - 8 - in willow thickets and marsh habitats - one being
> attacked by a broad tailed hummingbird
>
> Cordilleran Flycatcher - only 1 at the entrance station
>
> Hammond's Flycatcher - 4 in mixed evergreen habitat
>
> Broad Tailed Hummingbird - 14
>
> Brown Creeper - 1
>
> White Breasted Nuthatch - 2
>
> Red Breasted Nuthatch - 6
>
> Pygmy Nuthatch - 6
>
> American Robin - 40+ - the predominant species
>
> Townsend's Solitaire -2
>
> Clark's Nutcracker - 2 flyovers, calling
>
> American Dipper - 4 - at footbridge crossing and at Copeland Falls
>
> Black Headed Grosbeak - 4 - males and females; one nest site found
>
> Western Tanager - 10 - males and females collecting insects
>
> Lincoln's Sparrow - 12 - songs, chases; in willow marshes
>
> Song Sparrow - 12 singing, foraging in willow marshes
>
> Fox Sparrow - 2 singing - in marshes
>
> Violet Green Swallow - 16
>
> Pine Siskin - 15 - flyovers, calling
>
> Mountain Chickadee - 6
>
> Black Capped Chickadee - 4
>
> Gray Headed Junco - 15 - nesting, foraging, songs, calls
>
> Chipping Sparrow - 2
>
> Warbling Vireo - 15
>
> Note: At the winter parking area and road-creek crossing there were dozens
> of robins, warbling vireos, Audubon's warblers, and Western Tanagers, all
> flycatching insects over the creek and surrounding forests.
>
>
> Mammals:
> Moose - 2
> Pine Squirrel - 6
> Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel - 2
> Chipmunk spp: 2
> Mule Deer - 1
>
> Flowers were scant, but many species: Stonecrop, Blue Columbine,
> Baneberry, Sulphurflower, Heart Leaf Arnica, Globeflower, Marsh Marigold,
> Shooting Star, Elephantshead, Spotted Coralroot, Geyer's Onion, Yarrow,
> Mouse-Ear, Dandelion, Boulder Raspberry, Wild Rose, Wild Strawberry,
> Ninebark, Chokecherry, Cinquifoil spp; Wild Geranium, Goldenbanner,
> Mountain Lupine, Groundsel spp; Mountain Violet, Pussytoes,
> Pearlyeverlasting, Mountain Ash, Red Elderberry, Blue Clementis, and
> dozens of others.
>
> John T (Tumasonis)
> "I'm not a real birder. I only pretend to be one on CoBirds."
> Buzz Schaumberg <egseagle171...>: Jun 25 05:03PM
>
> Love it!
>
>
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> Buzz Schaumberg
>
> On Thursday, June 25, 2026, 10:53 AM, John Tumasonis <snakemonev...> wrote:
>
> All: Some birding and wildflowers at Wild Basin in Rocky Mountain National Park, over the last couple weeks. Compiled from three visits in June. Note: requires a Timed Entry Permit between the hours of 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you get there before 9 a.m. you don't need a timed permit, but you will still need your "regular" pass, or pay at gate. The road is bumpy with some potholes, but a a passenger car can make it to the trailhead if going slowly. I broke this down into three sections: the "willow marshes" from Copeland Lake to the Winter Gate; the Ponderosa \ Lodgepole pine forests from the Winter Gate to the main trailhead; and the main trailhead up past Calypso Cascades. Got my boots and feet muddy trudging through marshes.
> Pardon my spelling and grammar.
> Great Blue Heron - 2 - one at Copeland Lake, the other in the willow marshes\
> Spotted Sandpiper - 4 - at two separate ponds.
> Wilson's Snipe - 8 - willow marshes; several winnowing displays, alarm calls, and one doing the "broken wing trick" to lure me away from a nest site.
> Mallard - 2 at Copeland Lake
> MacGillivray's Warbler - 6
> Audubon's Warbler - 21 males and females
> Wilson's Warbler - 11
> Williamson's Sapsucker - 1 male, foraging on a huge ponderosa pine (dead) snag
> Northern Flicker - 2
> Red Napped Sapsucker - 1 male
> Three Toed Woodpecker - 1 male chased off a Douglas fir by a red napped sapsucker
> Dusky Flycatcher - 8 - in willow thickets and marsh habitats - one being attacked by a broad tailed hummingbird
> Cordilleran Flycatcher - only 1 at the entrance station
> Hammond's Flycatcher - 4 in mixed evergreen habitat
> Broad Tailed Hummingbird - 14
> Brown Creeper - 1
> White Breasted Nuthatch - 2
> Red Breasted Nuthatch - 6
> Pygmy Nuthatch - 6
> American Robin - 40+ - the predominant species
> Townsend's Solitaire -2
> Clark's Nutcracker - 2 flyovers, calling
> American Dipper - 4 - at footbridge crossing and at Copeland Falls
> Black Headed Grosbeak - 4 - males and females; one nest site found
> Western Tanager - 10 - males and females collecting insects
> Lincoln's Sparrow - 12 - songs, chases; in willow marshes
> Song Sparrow - 12 singing, foraging in willow marshes
> Fox Sparrow - 2 singing - in marshes
> Violet Green Swallow - 16
> Pine Siskin - 15 - flyovers, calling
> Mountain Chickadee - 6
> Black Capped Chickadee - 4
> Gray Headed Junco - 15 - nesting, foraging, songs, calls
> Chipping Sparrow - 2
> Warbling Vireo - 15
> Note: At the winter parking area and road-creek crossing there were dozens of robins, warbling vireos, Audubon's warblers, and Western Tanagers, all flycatching insects over the creek and surrounding forests.
>
> Mammals: Moose - 2Pine Squirrel - 6Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel - 2Chipmunk spp: 2Mule Deer - 1
> Flowers were scant, but many species: Stonecrop, Blue Columbine, Baneberry, Sulphurflower, Heart Leaf Arnica, Globeflower, Marsh Marigold, Shooting Star, Elephantshead, Spotted Coralroot, Geyer's Onion, Yarrow, Mouse-Ear, Dandelion, Boulder Raspberry, Wild Rose, Wild Strawberry, Ninebark, Chokecherry, Cinquifoil spp; Wild Geranium, Goldenbanner, Mountain Lupine, Groundsel spp; Mountain Violet, Pussytoes, Pearlyeverlasting, Mountain Ash, Red Elderberry, Blue Clementis, and dozens of others.
> John T (Tumasonis)"I'm not a real birder. I only pretend to be one on CoBirds."
>
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> Hey John, great list… thanks for posting. Surprised no Kinglets!?
>
> Jon Webb
> Lyons, CO
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> John Tumasonis <snakemonev...>: Jun 25 12:34PM -0700
>
> Ack! Of course there were kinglets - 18 of them. And 4 red winged
> blackbirds. And 4 cedar waxwings. And 1 hermit thrush. - I lost my
> notebook, and then I lost my mind. :) !
>
> John T
>
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