Hi, all. Here is the "winter" (December-February) range map for the White-throated Swift in the United States:
*http://tinyurl.com/WTSw-winter* The multiple records from Arkansas are pretty amazing. A record of 8 birds from Churchill County, northern Nevada, Feb. 25 of this year, likely refers to early migrants, I would think. Interesting discussion. Great discovery. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 4:44:12 PM UTC-7, Brandon wrote: > > Duane Nelson reports White-throated Swifts in Picketwire Canyon (Las > Animas and Otero Counties) on February 28, 2009. These were probably early > spring migrants, though they did make in the "Winter" Season. So, > White-throated Swifts have been seen in Colorado, all 12 months of the year > now, except for January. I'm not sure before this year, they had been seen > in November or December in Colorado. White-throated Swift seem to be more > hardy birds, then we might think. A swift in Colorado in the "winter" is > still pretty amazing. > > The known winter range in the US, is southern New Mexico; southern > Arizona; El Paso, Texas; and in California. I wonder if they actually > winter further north, then is known. > > Brandon Percival > Pueblo West, 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/cd1067ae-ec5e-4493-81d4-2f80147d2385%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
