A beautiful fall day at Grandview Cemetery and surrounding neighborhood in Fort
Collins (11am-2pm).
Highlights:
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (most likely a 1st fall female) - seen and heard
(infrequent, fairly loud, metallic chip) foraging in American Elm on Frey
Avenue due north of the Trolley House (which is on Mountain Avenue just east of
the Grandview Cemetery entrance at the west terminus of Mountain Avenue). This
has to be the same individual first found last Thursday in the northwest corner
of the cemetery in hackberries. In certain underneath views, this bird looks
very yellow-headed and very much like the Last Chance Hermit Warbler. Good
views show more stripes on the flanks, a green back, smudges in the auriculars,
an eyeline behind the eye, and pale yellowish vent area.
Red Crossbill (heard 1 or a very few flying over w to e)
Evening Grosbeak (4 flying over, calling, going e to w)
White-throated Sparrow (1 juv) in the backyard of the bed-and-breakfast n
across the street from the Trolley House, which is just east of the cemetery
entrance on Mountain Ave. The backyard is bordered on the north by the first
alley n of Mountain that goes e off Frey. Feeding with White-crowns and juncos.
Big influx of juncos, including one classic White-winged (mostly along the
ditch)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2) on Frey Avenue just north of Mountain Avenue
Big influx of Mountain Chickadees (at least 10)
Total of 26 species, with misses being Great Horned Owl, American Kestrel,
Downy Woodpecker, and Red-tailed Hawk.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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