My first *Broad-tailed Hummingbird* of the season visited my ready-and-waiting feeders at my Ken Caryl Valley home early this morning.
At Chatfield SP the Swim Beach had 38 *Franklin's Gulls*, 2 *Bonaparte's* and growing numbers of *Western Grebes *and *Am. White Pelicans*. An *Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler* there was my first this season. At the small pond immediately south of the Deer Creek inlet (just upshore from the Swim Beach) there was a singing *Eastern Phoebe* and 3 *Rusty Blackbirds*. (all these were Jeffco) Plum Creek Nature Area had an early male *Common Yellowthroat *in the cattail marsh there, and my first of season *Swainson's Hawk* was soaring off to the south. 10 *Burrowing Owls* were in view in the usual area along the west side of Roxborough Road (Douglas CR 3) from 1.2-1.4 miles south of Titan Road. *White-throated Swifts* have returned to the hogback cliffs along Deer Creek, with 16 in view when I stopped there this morning. This afternoon a flock of 26 *Franklin's Gulls* passed north over Ken Caryl Valley and a *Ruby-crowned Kinglet* visited my yard in the company of the lately resident pair of *Bushtits*. The latter continue daily and I think they are intent on nesting, but if they have begun I am still without concrete clues. Interestingly, every so often the 2 Bushtits become a foursome. David Suddjian Littleton, 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/CAGj6RorJ1UD%3D3ib1sBNRkLHzPATr2i7bMA8GO0CHOer3%3DZBj7g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
