CoBirders, McMurry and Magpie Meander Natural Areas in Fort Collins were hot for birds as indicated by Sue and Kevin. I was there from 6:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., observed 61 species of birds in the small confines of these two natural areas and am sold on returning to this location many times to bird again. Thanks to Sue Riffe, I had three great looks of the Worm-eating Warbler at around 9:50 a.m. I understand other birders saw this bird later in the day, but I could not re-find it. I finally "caught" the male Mourning Warbler at 12 Noon and again at around 2:00 p.m. Both of these are life birds for me. It was a 12 warbler day for me, including Tennessee, Blackpoll, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Virginia's, Yellow-breasted Chat and other more common ones. Swainson's Thrushes were the so-called "trash" bird of the day. They seemed everywhere. My other good birds were Veery, a probable Gray-cheeked Thrush, Least and Dusky Flycatcher and Green Heron. Thank you Davids Wade and Leatherman for putting us on to these rare warblers.
Still more great birding, Ken Pals, Fort Collins On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Kevin Keirn <[email protected]> wrote: > In addition to the Worm-eating Warbler, the male Mourning Warbler made an > appearance after lunch as well. As Sue says, many other great birds > are/were present too - Blackpoll Warbler, Veery, Ovenbird, White-throated > Sparrow, Plumbeous Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Northern Waterthrush, > Broad-winged Hawk. Perhaps the rerouting of some of the Poudre River over > the new Cottonwood plantings has created an excellent spring migrant trap? > > Kevin Keirn > Fort Collins, CO > > On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 9:55:12 AM UTC-6, sheflew wrote: >> >> Birders, >> >> The Worm-eating Warbler was spotted 50 yards west of parking area just >> along stream 2-4 feet off ground. Many other great birds here as well. >> >> Sue Riffe >> Lyons, CO >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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/f4630b85-7b03-4602-bfbc-95f8ef07771f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f4630b85-7b03-4602-bfbc-95f8ef07771f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CABcRwwGGsYaC1qGO9tw0URpC7K4pJX--wmDzf8siB5Cx8cN%2Bqw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
