According to e Bird data, the previous early record for a Golden Swamp Warbler* was April 16, 2011. Interestingly 4 birders saw it then in Holly and another person reported a Prothonotary Warbler on that same date, April 16, 2011 from Campo.
I suspect that the observations were of one individual bird in Holly, seen by outof-state "chicken tickers," that and the Campo dude was sleep deprived and entered the wrong location, forgetting that he had left Campo early that morning. This warbler is a bird from my childhood on the Mississippi sloughs. It's name is derived, just like our Cardinal, from the color of the vestments worn by a Catholic official, the First Notary, or Prothro-Notary, who wore a golden hood. Joe Roller Please file this with all my other notes, in your "More Than I Really Wanted to Know" file. * Nickname given by Pete Dunne. On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Joe Roller <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with what Brandon said. This is a crazy and early spring. > Way to go, Jeff. > joe roller > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Jeff Birek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The warbler is still being seen. Currently by the CSU Field >> Ornithologists. >> >> -- >> 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/f87fcae5-e8dd-4a8c-a65c-184585d3252d%40googlegroups.com >> . >> 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/CAJpZcUB21dthR_EFCt45%3D0FeONwO2m3wtpy_Z0t5aL%2B00qfGDg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
