3 lifers at Colony Farm - June 3, 2012

[Randy]

I decided to head out to Colony Farm today. I had never been there before and I was feeling out of the loop with everyone seeing Lazulis and I had never seen one.

I spent about 3 hours this morning there and there was lots of activity. I found a couple Lazulis almost right away and then another on my walk back. Other lifers for me were warbling vireos, which I found a number of, and Vaux's swifts. No indigo bunting, which was banded there yesterday, but I'm in no position to complain!!

I didn't take too many pics but here's a decent Cedar Waxwing picture:



Also, I was hoping for some ID help with the following bird. It was sparrow-sized, very drab, with a slightly yellowish blush on its neck. Quite greyish on its back. Probably something easy and I'll be embarrassed when I'm told what it is! Sorry the pics aren't great:





Here's my complete list, 38 species in total:


Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 4
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Great Blue Heron 6
Bald Eagle 6
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Band-tailed Pigeon 8
Vaux's Swift 4
Rufous Hummingbird 10
Western Wood-Pewee 6
Willow Flycatcher 10
Warbling Vireo 10
Northwestern Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Tree Swallow 1
Violet-green Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 15
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Bushtit 2
Swainson's Thrush 5
American Robin 7
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 20
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow Warbler 3
Wilson's Warbler 4
Spotted Towhee 6
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
Western Tanager 8
Black-headed Grosbeak 10
Lazuli Bunting 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 8

[Chris]

Congrats on the lifers Randy! Colony Farms is a nice place for bird watching.

Looks like your bird in question is a female Lazuli Bunting.

[Randy]

Thanks Chris! Not sure why I didn't think of female Lazuli... Makes sense why I didn't know what it was though.

Randy

[martin]

Nice report and shots, congrats on lifers.

Don't know about the Waxwing shot thoug, looks like he's trying to moon you ;D