After composing myself, I decided a more controlled environment with a well-marked road system, less rowdy people, and lots of American flags would be helpful for my spirit, and less tempting to my tendency for wanton lawlessness.
Highlights: HOODED WARBLER (female, near the pumphouse where the 1st wwxbill nest was, working a hackberry) Red-eyed Vireo (1, eating green fruitworms in Green Ash, singing briefly) Broad-winged Hawk (1 immature, likely the same bird as has been present for the last few days) Western Wood-Pewee (FOY at GC) Common Nighthawk (1 FOY at GC) Dusky Flycatcher (2, in Green Ash mostly) Chimney Swift (1 overhead) Cooper's Hawk (1 flying through at low level) Wilson's Warbler (1m in Lilac) Oriole sp. (singing across the street briefly, possibly a Baltimore) Western Tanager (at least 15, mostly in Cotoneaster eating flowers/green fruits and hopping up for flushed unknown insects, also seen in American Elm, Green Ash (probably after the aforementioned green fruitworms), Lilac, Douglas-fir, and Colorado Blue Spruce. One was also on the road getting an earthworm.) Total of 38 species (ties my all-time best for the cemetery) Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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.
