At Fairmount Cemetery on Memorial Drive in the southeastern part of Lamar (Prowers) yesterday (8/16) I had a very active, very ratty-looking Pine Warbler high in pines at Fairmount Cemetery. It moved from pine to pine to pine and eventually flew off, apparently to the north. I would guess it was a first fall bird but it could have been an adult in the middle of pre-basic molt. Had I not seen a bird like this at this location on about this date several years ago, I would have been hard-pressed for an ID. Blotches of yellow on the breast amid an otherwise grayish body, weak, wide wingbars, biggish warbler with biggish bill, longish tail, and thought I saw a flash of white in the tail a couple times. Never gave a great look and definitely not chaseable.
Fairmount also had a robust population of at least 5 Olive-sided Flycatchers, a few pewees, and I heard a couple orioles, presumably Bullock's on the move or at least stirring. Heard a Northern Cardinal at Lamar Community College Woods while I was collecting Dipogon wasps from cottonwoods south of the tennis courts. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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/DM5PR06MB2747C9E83B9E734B0F53BD2EC1140%40DM5PR06MB2747.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
