I was hoping that the adverse weather would produce some birds in Holyoke. It did.
Yellow-rumped Warblers (almost all Myrtles) 150 + Orange-crowned Warblers 50+ a score of Yellow Warblers 5 Blackpolls, 2 Northern Waterthrushes, (one working some standing water along a gutter in Holyoke, as if it were a small stream) female Tennessee (City Park) female Hooded (cemetery), female Black-throated Green (on street along west side of the library), female Summer Tanager (ditto) male Rose-breasted Grosbeak Chippys and buzzy Clay-coloreds galore. male Black-and-White Warbler in Haxtun on Iris Ave at Idalia. one Tree Swallow (rare out there) among hundreds of Barns over the Haxtun Sewage ponds one FOS Red-necked Phalarope among 30 Wilson's, same place. The passerines were largely in mature Hackberrys in the two towns, and they (the trees not the warblers) are just beginning to leaf out, so it was easier to see birds. I saw only one Catharus Thrush, a Swainson's, NO vireos and just two empids. There was an assortment of expected ducks, Ring-billed Gulls, 7 LB Dowitchers and 6 Stilt Sandpipers at the water body at CR 2 and 29. With north winds tonight, birding may be good in Phillips County for another day or two. Joe Roller Denver (PS. My Mom is really honked that I did not take her to Phillips County for Mother's Day this year. She had to settle for Maui with my brother). -- 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
