Hello, Birders. I'm just back in now from the experience of enjoying a fine night flight over Lafayette, eastern Boulder County, this partly cloudy Thursday morning, Aug. 7th. From 2:30 till about 5:00, many Chipping Sparrows overflew Lafayette. Also a few Yellow Warblers and a decent number of Lark Buntings. Thought I heard a few Brewer's Sparrows; will check the sound spectrograms later for quasi-confirmation (separating Brewer's from Chipping, even spectrographically, is problematic). Twice heard what sure sounded like a Swainson's Thrush, but, given the date, I think not; perhaps instead a Black-headed or Rose-breasted grosbeak, which can sound a lot like thrushes.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are Lark Buntings and Brewer's Sparrows "on the ground" this morning. (And we already know that Chipping Sparrows and Yellow Warblers are dispersing.) I heard, but didn't get a recording of, a shorebird that I think was a Semipalmated Plover. A reminder that you too can enjoy the experience of hearing and conjecturing about birds migrating over eastern Boulder County, by way of CFO's field trip next week. Details here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/cobirds/ZcCvqhTr_R8 Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, 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/72203ced-ff27-43cf-aa1d-f3eead0d6e49%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
