Weather fronts over the past several days have brought more waves of migrating landbirds into the Canon City area. I didn't see any vagrants but there were lots of warblers, more Swainson's Thrushes, and more flycatchers.
Though Yellow Warblers predominate, Common Yellowthroats, Yellow-breasted Chats and a few Wilson's Warblers foraged in riparian areas. I saw 3 Swainson's Thrushes yesterday on the Canon City Riverwalk. On Saturday I found a Least Flycatcher there-it sang it's repetitious "chebek" almost continuously and loudly. I saw a Olive-sided Flycatcher there yesterday but it stayed high in cottonwoods. I was surprised several days ago to find a Red-breasted Nuthatch foraging along the Canon City Riverwalk, quite a ways from the conifer-aspen forests in which they generally breed. More common to this location is the Eastern Phoebe that continues at the old sewer plant not far from the Sell's Lake Trailhead. I have only seen one this year, though in there have been two birds the past several years there has not been evidence of breeding there. And the Gray Catbirds continue there in good numbers, singing their long and varied songs. Lots of Black-chinned Hummingbirds are around the area but I heard my first male Broad-tailed Hummingbird this evening just south of Canon City I photographed most of the above birds and will be uploading their photos onto my blog at http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com over the next day or so. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
