Hello, Birders.
Tony Leukering recently noted 5 southbound, apparent "fall"-migrant Long-billed
Curlews in Washington County. Cool!
Of course, Long-billed Curlews breed in Colorado. (So do Bullock's Orioles and
other molt migrants, now in the process of leaving their breeding grounds and
heading off to their molting grounds.) But what are "our" first "fall" migrants
that don't breed in Colorado? Well, while we have Long-billed Curlew on the
brain, one candidate that comes to mind is Marbled Godwit. Look for them by the
end of June.
But the answer to this question, I believe, is Rufous Hummingbird. The first
eBird report for Colorado for the "fall" season in 2010 has already come
in!--Hinsdale County, June 17th, 2010, 9:00 a.m.
Here's an overview of the topic ("Fall Migration--in July," written by Yours
Truly) that appeared in the newsletter of the Boulder Bird Club last year:
http://www.boulderbirdclub.org/news09jul-v2.pdf
(The article starts half-way down page 1 of the PDF.)
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Ted Floyd
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