The day began nicely with a parade of 16 *Townsend's Solitaires *passing over my home near sunrise as singles or in small parties. In the end, I encountered 61 Solitaires in the Valley this morning. Very delightful.
I visited various spots along and Massey Draw from upstream of Valley Parkway to near the Dakota formation hogback. Things were very birdy in some areas. A highlight was a *Tennessee Warbler* near my home among a swarm of some 70 *Audubon's Warblers *(plus a handful of *Orange-crowneds* and a *Wilson's*). Other birds of some note along the Draw were a hatch year *Harris's Sparrow*, hatch year *White-throated Sparrow* (different area than a few days ago), a *Merlin*, a tardyish *Red-naped Sapsucker*, and a straggling *Lazuli Bunting*. 14 *Rock Wrens* were on the same slope of the Dakota hogback where I had even more a few days ago. *Mountain Bluebirds* remained numerous in that same area, with about 210 noted there. Also along Massey Draw and vicinity were several *Green-tailed Towhees*, 1 *Sage Thrasher* and 1 *Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*. *Western Meadowlark* numbers bumped up with an apparent wave of migrants, and lots of apparent migrant Spotted Towhees, too. *Pine Siskins* were prominent. Oh yes, the *Arctic Tern* and *Red-necked Grebe *continued at Chatfield Reservoir. 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/CAGj6RorMJHT%3Du4r%3D40TF8s_u1T0%2BXYqM_w0WWt8TKuEDYWdFEA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
