Sam, Spent about 2 hours at Fountain Creek this afternoon but no luck with the Vireo. I did see the Grackle in the exact same spot--that is a big bird!
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ymc1mu9dELM/Vyq3BIGOoGI/AAAAAAAAAAM/dq13jprlq9w3ZWdkX6VAeEPqX-WapPT5ACLcB/s1600/IMG_9216.jpg> Thanks for the tip! Brian On Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 12:03:22 AM UTC-6, Sam Fason wrote: > > Hi all, > > I hit Fountain Creek (El Paso Co.) this afternoon and managed to come away > with some nice birds, the highlight being a gorgeous Yellow-throated Vireo. > The bird was working the trees south of the Willow Springs ponds. > A perched Broad-winged Hawk was another nice surprise, and a Great-tailed > Grackle in the cattails by the nature center was a long overdue county > lifer. > > photos of the vireo and hawk here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/57637231@N04/26181576083/ > > Good birding, > Sam Fason, Colorado Springs > -- 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/fbede6f5-d76c-48af-9208-92643f96659d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
