Birders, After getting a call from Steve Stachowiak, (as I had missed the email re: Mlodinow's great find) I hustled out to Last Chance passing Joey, Steve and Paul(?) going the other way. Joey called to tell me where the bird was so I pulled in near the mail boxes at about 6:10 pm with the weedy area already in shade. There weren't any birds in the weeds but then 1 flew out and into the elms by the little shelter by the mail boxes. I couldn't find it in the tree but then it flew down to the ground in the weeds to the north of the spot described by Joey. It eventually flushed out of there and into the 2 little elms by the original weeds where I managed some mediocre shots of it. It went back to the elms by the little shelter and then back to the trees by the weeds where I lost it in the dusk. At one point when it flew out of the elm and down to the ground it almost flew thru my legs. About that time I heard a Hairy Woodpecker from across the street but never saw it.
After losing the Hermit Warbler, I went over to the rest area where the Sora was out in the open with Lincoln's Sparrows, an Orange-crowned Warb and a Hermit Thrush which almost landed on my foot. I heard the BTB Warb and as I was about to leave, I spotted the Black-throated Blue Warb on the hillside near the parking lot but it was too dark for a shot and too far away for a flash shot. Not bad for birding in the dark. Ira Sanders Golden, 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.
