Man! You called this one right, Bryan... :-) The night flight over Lafayette, eastern Boulder County, has been heavy indeed the past 75 minutes (0145-0300, Sunday morning, Aug. 23). All sorts of stuff up there (UPLAND SANDPIPER RIGHT NOW!! WOOHOO!!)...warblers, sparrows, tanager/grosbeak calls, oriole/meadowlark calls, Lark Buntings, Wilson's Warblers, even a Barn Owl. Just a brilliant night. If you're up, go outside an listen. This flight shaping up to be one for the ages.
Ted Floyd Lafayette, eastern Boulder County, Colorado P.s. While I have y'all's attention, I'll mention that Ish Reservoir, northern Boulder County, has decent, but not great, mudflats. Hannah Floyd and Andrew Floyd and Jesse Bowen and I stopped off there yesterday evening, Saturday, Aug. 22, on our way back from Laramie County, Wyoming. (BARN OWL AGAIN.) We saw a Stilt Sandpiper, a Townsend's Warbler (in the west side willows), and two oddities: an early Herring Gull and a Peale's (or Peale's-like) Peregrine Falcon. Up in Wyoming, the Wyoming Hereford Ranch, Laramie County, was brilliant, as usual, with the headliner being a Pine Warbler. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 9:30:40 PM UTC-6, Bryan Guarente wrote: > > There likely isn't enough cloud cover to keep the birds low enough, but we > should be getting birds on the move tonight from the north-northwest. > > The following animation is centered on Denver, CO (green circle). > > http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-104.99,39.74,1500 > > With the frontal passage earlier this evening, we should be in for > migration, so keep your ears peeled tonight and eyes peeled tomorrow. This > is "early" migration (yes, Ted, migration has been going on since July), so > don't expect any blockbusters, but expect some turnover. I had a Wilson's > Warbler this evening in my local park which is likely a migrant. > > Good luck if you go listening or looking. > > Bryan Guarente > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, 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/277c4e80-b475-4828-aeef-868baf7e768a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
