At approximately 7:00 pm last night I heard loud and persistent chiks in the deciduous trees around my pond and riparian area. I was able to get a good look at a brilliant yellow breast and a pale blue-gray wing with 2 white wing bars. Subsequent looks revealed all the other parts of a male Blue-winged Warbler. The bird was associating with singing and chipping Yellow Warblers.
Robin Nicholoff was able to come over and we watched and listened to the bird from 7:35 to dark. Robin was able to see everything except a wing. He did feel confident that he saw enough to rule out any other warbler species. The bird was still moving around and chiking loudly after dark. I couldn't refind it this morning but there is a chance that it might still be here as there were so many singing and chipping Yellow Warblers that I had a hard time working through them. A Blue Grosbeak and Common Grackle were new arrivals this morning. Yesterday I floated the North Fork River from Paonia to Hotchkiss. We put in along willow-covered gravel bars where a Fox Sparrow was singing his lovely song. Andrea Robinsong Hotchkiss Delta County --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
