Yesterday I spent a short time at Chatfield SP early in the morning, without finding too much of note. The best for me for the park was a female *Williamson's Sapscuker* along the path leading to the Original Heronry Overlook platform. She flew into some pines there, then after a short time flew out toward some other trees nearer to the park office. A juv. *Sabine's Gull* was over the lake off the South Platte delta.
In the last few days Migrant landbirds around my home at Massey Draw in Ken Caryl Valley have been moderately diverse, but in lesser numbers than on some of the better recent days. Highlights from the yard perspective include *Green-tailed Towhee*, *Sage Thrasher* and *Rock Wren*. *Hummingbird* numbers are thinning notably, *House Wrens* and *flycatchers *are dropping out. *Wilson's Warblers* remain relatively numerous, but *Yellows* and *MacGillivray's* are winking out, while *Audubon's* and *Orange-crowned Warblers *and *Ruby-crowned Kinglets* are increasing. *Townsend's Solitaires* and *Mountain Bluebirds*, too. My front porch looks toward the first rise of foothills that is inside the hogbacks. This morning I spent some time scoping above the upper slopes there, perhaps leaving my neighbors a little uncertain as I pointed my scope over and beyond the tops of their homes. And it paid off, as there was a decent movement of raptors, mostly moving south. I viewed in three periods from 9:30 to 12:15 totalling 105 minutes. The raptor talley included 4 *Turkey Vultures*, 12 *Sharp-shinned Hawks*, 7 *Cooper's Hawks*, 11 *Accipiter sp.*, 9 *Red-tailed Hawks*, 1 *Buteo sp.*, 2 *Golden Eagles*, 14 *American Kestrels*, 1 *Merlin*, and 2 *falcon sp*. I also saw one *Lewis's Woodpecker* moving south. I was pretty happy with this for an effort from the front porch! David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RorSCTUm2fzJ9saNNnHEzVr1m-UhQbO%3DHw6Tpx_QsP6LMw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.