CObirders,
Dave Leatherman found a beautiful female black-throated blue warbler
in company with a Nashville warbler along the Lake Estes Trail this
morning. They were in the small crab apple trees between the trail and
the fence around the utility yard for the power plant. Later they were
moving between those trees and the cottonwood tree overhanging the
trail. It's a short walk from the parking lot at the Visitor Center at
the US 34/36 intersection in Estes Park.
Other species of note today included yellow-rumps and a late hermit
thrush, both on Pine Point in the bird sanctuary.
Some of you will remember coming up for a yellow-throated warbler
found last year on Oct. 20. It stayed for six days, attracting several
birders from "The Valley." Between the locals and the visitors, that
sighting turned into a warbler bonanza with American redstart,
northern parula, common yellowthroat, Wilson's warbler, and magnolia
warbler all being recorded.
This third-week-in-October event is very interesting. If it continues
over the years, we'll have to schedule a Warbler Fest to go with the
annual Elk Fest.
Scott Roederer
Estes Park
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