Rebecca Laroche reported two Common Poorwill at Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver Co) on May 6. A male was on the western side of the Gardens. An apparent second poorwill was near the Japanese Tea House. According to a Garden volunteer, the bird had been there on May 5 and 6.
- Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Friday, May 6, 2016 at 10:17:07 AM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: > > Yesterday, Rebecca Laroche reported seeing a male Common Poorwill in > Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver Co.). The bird was on the western side of > the Gardens, around the cactus gardens and grassland. > > This is the third spring of the past four that a Common Poorwill has been > spotted the Gardens. Last year, at least one poorwill was present from May > 1 (a male) until at least May 29. Two were present on May 29, together in > the slaty, conservation garden behind the lilac bushes. But a second may > have been in the Gardens as early as May 12, when I flushed the same bird > twice (from the same spot and headed out in the same direction within a > short period of time) or two birds -- one after the other. And on May 27, I > saw a single poorwill in Cheesman, but it was probably a female and, so, a > second poorwill, as I didn't see the white-tipped tail of the male as it > flushed. > > Hopefully this poorwill hangs around long enough for the DFO trip to see > it two Sundays from now! > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > > PS: eBird shows another Denver report of a Common Poorwill just west of > Wash Park yesterday. > -- 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/330f5509-ddae-4eb1-bf45-d9ef3a624e97%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
