Yesterday I birded around Barr Lake (actually forgot about the birding festival) and things started out pretty slow.
However at around 9:30 AM (near the white colored house) in the ditch I pished and a bird popped up that I was unfamiliar with, but my impression was that it wqs a Swainson's Warbler. It came up three times where I got quick but good views in excellent light, but then would drop back in to heavy cover before I could get a photo. It finally flew out of the ditch and in to the juniper tree by the house, where I lost sight of it. I took one photo, blindly of the portion of the juniper that the bird had flown into, but didn't think the bird was visible in the photo. At this point I was cursing a bit about not getting a photo, because I knew whatever it was, that it was rare. I did not announce the bird on here, because I started to second guess the ID I had made, as I have never seen a SWWA in real life, only photos. This morning I returned to Barr to try and relocate the bird for photos. I worked the same ditch for two hours and had an Ash Throated Flycatcher (perhaps the same one banded in the last week), but no brown colored warbler. Well tonight I was looking through my photos, and low and behold in that blind juniper shot is the bird! It is a 100% crop, but it does appear to be a Swainson's Warbler from what I can tell (and a couple of people have told me they think it looks good for one)! Photo at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aphelionart/9706653472/in/photostream/ Other birds of note: >From 7/7 Tennessee Warbler Townsend Warbler Cassin's Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Western Tanager (female) Full list at: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15115182 Today's list notables: (I didn't work the shoreline at all, just the ditch) Ash-Throated Flycatcher Black Headed Grossbeak (female) Red-Eyed Vireo Full list at: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15121984 Cathy Sheeter Ft. Lupton, CO -- 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/8c25bb64-4c81-4d28-b0ab-ce1d91a0de9c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
