Karen Metz walked the Walker Trail, Franktown, early this morning and found three Yellow-breasted Chats. We walked the Trail this morning (with John & Selma Woofswinkel, of Castle Rock) but counted only two Chats. Selma spotted the first of what turned into three Lesser Goldfinches, one male & two females, clinging to an old oriole nest. Probably not raiding it for nest material but rather for food. Our first for the season.
In the past two days we've seen White-faced Ibis in the flooded field across the road (west) from the Walker Pit. Yesterday Urling found 19; by the time I came over they had morphed into 21. They fed actively in the tall grass until suddenly, without a signal that I could detect, rose up & flew north. This morning when we arrived a the Walker trailhead at 9:30 am, we saw none; we noticed three flying south during the walk. And then when we returned to the cars at 11:30, the field had four of them. So they use the field, but not all day. Hugh Kingery Franktown, 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/154a18c1171-4cb1-11991%40webprd-a09.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
