Pre-dawn stops produced 4 *Common Poorwills* at Cathy Johnson Trail near Deer Creek Road and South Valley Park, and 1 *poorwill *near Mann Reservoir in South Valley Park. The wetland area near the south end of the park had 6 *Wilson's Snipe* winnowing and chipping (very cool) and 1 *Virginia Rail*.
With daylight up, Chatfield SP yielded a nice variety of things, although numbers of most migrants remain low. A highlight was provided by 2 *Cattle Egrets* that came south over the dam and landed at the Swim Beach. when I went there to look for them, a dog was active on the beach and they had apparently departed but it seems like they may have stayed at the lake. First of Season landbird migrants for me were *American Redstart*, *Yellow-breasted Chat* (2), *Grasshopper Sparrow* and *Bullock's Oriole*. Two *Eastern Phoebes* were on territory near Kingfisher Bridge, and another was calling along Plum Creek just downstream of the bridge near the picnic area. Counts of some of the other landbird migrants were *Least Flycatcher* (3), *Dusky Flycatcher* (1), *Western Kingbird* (1), *Loggerhead Shrike* (1), *Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* (2), *Swainson's Thrush* (1), *Gray Catbird* (1), *Orange-crowned Warbler* (5), *Virginia's Warbler* (1), *Yellow-rumped Warbler* (87), *Yellow Warbler* (1), *Western Tanager* (1), *Chipping Sparrow* (45), *Clay-colored Sparrow* (1), *Brewer's Sparrow* (1), *Lark Sparrow* (2), *Vesper Sparrow* (15), and *Green-tailed Towhee* (2). There were *White-faced Ibis* (9), *Broad-winged Hawk*, *Osprey*, *Peregrine Falcon*, and *Bald Eagle*. Shorebirds included *Killdeer* (4), *Am. Avocet* (3), *Marbled Godwit*, *Willet* (6), *Spotted Sandpiper* (9), *Solitary Sandpiper*, *Western Sandpiper*, *Least Sandpiper* (2), and *Wilson's Phalarope* (2). Counts of ducks were *Wood Duck* (3), *Gadwall* (8), *Mallard *(74), *Blue-winged Teal* (4), *Cinnamon Teal* (2), *Northern Shoveler* (11), *Green-winged Teal *(1), *Bufflehead* (1), *Ruddy Duck *(13) and *Common Merganser* (25). Robert A. Easton Park had even fewer ducks than the other day; Lesser scaup were gone, but 31 *Bufflehead *lingered on. Also 2 *Wilson's Phalaropes*, 1 *Green-tailed Towhee*, and 1 *Burrowing Owl *that was up above ground. At Massey Draw near my home (no public access) I had my FOS *Wilson's Warbler* and a continuing *Harris's Sparrow*. 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/CAGj6RopSJXpYjz5Y3m%3DZgye6jkaGOuGSmN3sF4U61AZ8fYLxww%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
