Warren Finch and I, after the discovery of a Yellow-throated Warbler at the Crow Valley Campgrounds (in the picnic grounds grove of trees near the horseshoe pits) about 1:30 PM, found a tour group looking at 6 Mountain Plovers on the northeast corner of US 14 and CR 65. A cruise along the east-west county road 96 produced a Sage Thrasher not far east from the windmill/stock tank and a very grayish first winter Lark Sparrow in the same location (north side). We counted 27 McCown's Longspurs on the road, mostly toward the eastern end.
The Yellow-throated Warbler was found first by David Dunn of Greeley. He described the bird to me and I thought of Yellow-throated Warbler but thought "No way, he must have seen an Audubon's Warbler." But when he took us to the site we found it right away working trunks and larger branches like a Black and White Warbler. A beautiful bright spanking early spring male, seriously lost. My first Colorado warbler of the year!! I have good photos and at 3:20 Joe Roller showed up and took many photos, including one which shows the lores to be basically white (albilora subspecies) but with a touch of buff in the middle. Can anyone tell me how many of this species have been seen in Colorado since the publication of Andrews and Righter in 1992? They listed 17 records at that point. Bob Shade, Lakewood -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
