Just maybe things are finally happening in the San Luis Valley. We have been cold and migration has lagged the front range considerably. But maybe things are finally changing.
A male Northern Parula was in the willow trees on the west side of Home Lake this morning. This species is rare in the San Luis Valley. Then at the nearby Wright-Schriver SWA, there were 2 Northern Waterthushes in one of the shrubby wetlands (all in Rio Grande County). Hundreds of Yellow-rumped warblers are around the lake. A six warbler day is tough to come here by so have to be happy with the birds of today. (N Waterthrush, Com Yellowthroat, Yellow, YR, N Parula, and MacGills). Yesterday, five of us did a big day. We had a decent start in the morning, but the thunderstorms washed out the afternoon completely. We ended with 117 species, which is well below our normal big days. John Rawinski Monte Vista, Colorado -- 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/ce8eddff-ec48-47da-ba65-2b8c40a2cd80%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
