This morning I made a short stop at Arapaho Bend Natural Area in Fort Collins and saw several butterbutts (yellow-rumped warblers) and about 30 violet-green swallows flying catching insects. The great surprise was a new bird but a cooperative one so I could positively ID it, an ash-throated flycatcher. It was catching insects at the lower edge of the cottonwoods and I watched it scoop a large insect, maybe a grasshopper, into its beak and land. Dave, it was unmistakable with the size, color, and markings.
Libby Edwards Fort Collins Colorado -- 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/CABwznzJDb4adpYkoUs0qhJRMhAuft7ZrwCaAdzSBH16Pi-jWtQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
