While birding on the Canon City Riverwalk Saturday I saw a large flycatcher at the top of a tree almost directly above me that turned out to be an Olive-sided Flycatcher (though the view from right below was rather odd). Then a second Olive-sided Flycatcher flew into the top of a tree behind the first one--very nice see 2 of this species of conservation concern (actually listed as a Candidate species on the Endangered Species program). Didn't see any on Sunday but didn't go birding on the Riverwalk until mid-afternoon due to light rain/misty conditions but saw 2 again yesterday (same location, maybe same birds layed over to feed)--and they sang back and forth for several minutes, how cool.
Though I didn't go birding until mid-afternoon Sunday, I saw 8-10 empidonax (empids) flycatchers on the Canon City Riverwalk then on my friend's farm near Canon City. Yesterday morning I saw 4-5 empids on the Canon City Riverwalk and several more later in the afternoon at my friend's. Several of these empids were fairly obvious Gray Flycatchers. Though I tried to make several others into Hammond's I gave that up as an exercise in futility. Several I got good photographs of meet criteria for Traill's (since they didn't vocalize). I have posted pics of several of the empids that I got good photos of and several photos of the Olive-sided on my Birds And Nature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> blog. There were also good numbers of Gray Catbirds, Yellow Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Swainson's Thrush on the Canon City Riverwalk over the past few days while Western Tanagers are present in reducing numbers. This morning I enjoyed a very pretty Virginia's Warbler, a quick view of a Green-tailed Towhee and a veritable swarm of Black-headed Grosbeaks chasing each other. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
