Hello, Birders. It's a truism for Colorado birders, but it bears repeating: You never know what to expect in early June.
Early this Sunday morning, June 2nd, at the southwest corner of Gun Barrel Hill, Boulder County, I saw a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, a species not usually seen in the Boulder County lowlands in June; but the habitat--wide-open, rolling prairie with scattered shrubs and fence posts--looks promising for breeding. A moment later, a CASSIN'S KINGBIRD zoomed in and chased after a Black-billed Magpie; as I recall, multiple Cassin's Kingbirds were seen here a week or so ago by Christian Nunes and others. Today, I saw just the one Cassin's, but there are plenty of Westerns in the general vicinity for the Cassin's to try to hybridize with... :-) A bit later in the morning, over at the south side of Teller Farms (access from Arapahoe Road), I saw a silent but nicely tail-dipping, long-billed, relatively short-winged, relatively long-tailed, pale-gray GRAY FLYCATCHER. As others have noted, there's still stuff going on! Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado P.s. Regarding reports of Northern Parula at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, I wonder if two birds might be involved. Based on my reading of Peter Pyle's "Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part 1," I think I saw a female, and likely a second-calendar-year, back on May 30; but others have seen what must be a male at the same site. Cool. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BAY177-W82AD976D839E52ADED9FAC09D0%40phx.gbl?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
