All, the bird was there as of 3:30 today, in the location described by Doug. At the time I saw him, he was in the vicinity of a yellow fire hydrant.
Nicolle Martin Littleton, CO On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Ira Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > > the flycatcher is still present as of 145 p.m. today at the location described by Doug. > Ira SandersGolden CO > > *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* > > > [email protected] wrote: > > Interesting- I saw the same (presumably) bird this afternoon perched on a > line along the 6th Ave. frontage road in front of Red Rocks College. I had > intended to mention it after divesting myself of grandkids, but hadn't > gotten around to it. I assume it is the same bird (proximity to Doug's > location and relative rarity of the bird), though I didn't get much detail > due to being in the car with aforementioned short people. > > Norm Lewis > Lakewood > -----Original Message----- > From: pomjaeger <[email protected]> > To: cobirds <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Aug 25, 2012 7:30 pm > Subject: [cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Van Bibber Trail, Jefferson > Co. > > Hi all, > > I came across a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher along the Van Bibber Trail, > Arvada, Jefferson Co. this evening. The trail parking lot is on the west > side of Ward Road about a 1/4 mile south of 58th Avenue (and just north of > the mega-church). Although I didn't have bins, I was able to sneak to > within 30 feet of the bird and see the light gray head and the obviously > long black tail with white outertail feathering that originally drew my > attention. I think it may be a female as the central tail feathers did not > see overly long, but there was some obvious molt going on too so I'm not > sure what all that means. > > The flycatcher was perched on a ranch fence about 1/2 mile west of the > parking lot just before a short, but steep, downhill on the bike path. > However, my recommendation would be to walk the dirt horse path that runs > from the northeast corner of the parking lot and follow it west instead of > the concrete bike path. The horse path follows the fenceline the > flycatcher was perched on for much of that 1/2 mile. Also in the area is a > Say's Phoebe. > > good birding, > > Doug Faulkner > Arvada, CO > > > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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.
