Gary called me this morning after returning from Manitou Lake to discuss what he thought was a golden-winged warbler.
I went up after lunch and found the bird precisely where he indicated. However, I believe this to be a Brewster's Warbler, as pictured in Natl Geo 6th Edition. I have several pictures (not that great, but good enough for confirmation) that I will upload shortly and repost with web address. This bird was gleaning the willows just 50 yards east of the spillway of the Manitou Lake dam. So walk 50 yards past the concrete spillway and watch at the edge of the willows. Great looks. You are looking right down on the bird. Lots of yellow, wilson's and yellow-rumped warblers as well. And thought I got a glimpse of a waterthrush at the spillway. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Koehn Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler at Manitou Lake, Teller County 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 <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. -- 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.
