This morning, while walking my dog at deKoevend Park in west Centennial, I encountered a *White-eyed Vireo* along the High Line Canal trail. I first heard the bird, in a small grove on the park side of the trail. I didn't recognize the call. But, to my profoundly non-musical ear, it sounded like it was a giving a three note or three part call. In my notes, I wrote, "reminds me of a vireo," but it didn't match the descriptions of any of the vireos I looked at in my field guide (Plumbeous, Cassin's, etc.) and didn't remind me of a Red-eyed or a Warbling. The bird seemed to go silent and stop calling, so my dog and I continued on our way, finding a *Yellow-breasted Chat* farther down the trail. There may be other goodies. It was hard to pick up sounds, especially of warblers, with the construction going on near the Goodson Rec Center.
On our return trip, we again heard the bird. This time, it was on the other side of the canal (the residential side). It was very vocal and eventually came out of the tangle of bushes long enough for me to spot and photograph it. The bird was in the same general area over the course of the morning. This map shows the approximate location of the bird from about 7 am until 8:30 a.m. from the parking lot for deKoevend off of University: https://goo.gl/maps/ujfrsq9kf5F2. The bird was on both sides of the trail, feeding and singing. It was generally just north of a white sign on the trail for the 3 mile mark for this weekend's 10K and orange, construction fencing to keep people off a recently-seeded trail that cuts through the park. (That 3 mile sign could be taken down / moved at any time, since it's a temporary sign, so keep that in mind. But here's the 10K map showing the three mile marker: http://www.runningguru.com/googlemaps/CourseMap.asp?map_index=9677J2531G7317P ) Finally, a photo. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MxxwodUdTcU/VzyH3Zi_MMI/AAAAAAAAK7U/8EKshdCjoosGq-vmrs-sdV3h0SyQyOQ1QCLcB/s1600/DSC_0290%2BdeKoevend%2BWhite-eyed%2BVireo.jpg> If you happen to go looking for this bird, please let me know (by email, if you'd like) if you see it or anything else uncommon. I may be walking my dog here again tonight or tomorrow morning. Also in west Centennial... Last night, there was a *MacGillivray's Warbler* foraging, like the sparrows do, under a line of bushes in my yard. But rather than attend to what was in the mulch, it was hopping up at the low-hanging leaves. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, 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/68788614-89db-40d7-8e8f-0a474a1cd0ae%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
