This morning I believe I saw a Golden-winged Warbler just north and east of the spillway bridge at the lake's outlet. I was looking at a Black-capped Chickadee in some willow shrubs south of the dam. I then saw a grey warbler-sized bird with a golden crown and subseqently I saw golden patches on the wings. All of my looks were brief as this bird was slightly in the willows but the gold on wings and crown was unmistakable. I was unable to get a photo.
The area has been quite active with literally hundreds of Yellow-rumped Warblers as well as Lark , Song , Brewers , Lincoln's and Chipping Sparrows. Below is an ebird summary of what I saw this morning. Gary Koehn Colorado Springs Manitou Lake, Teller, US-CO Aug 22, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: Long-tailed Weasel, Pine-Squirrels, Abert's Squirrel, Golden-mantled Groundsquirrel, Muskrats. 31 species Mallard 12 Common Merganser 10 Great Blue Heron 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 6 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Williamson's Sapsucker 1 Possible adult male flying displaying black and white on back Northern Flicker 3 American Kestrel 1 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Steller's Jay 1 Black-billed Magpie 1 American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Pygmy Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Western Bluebird 1 Gray Catbird 3 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 30 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lark Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
