A belated report... I went up Deer Creek Canyon early on 5/8 hoping for an early returning Ovenbird. I did not hear any, but I did have a decent cross-section of migrants, including my FOS *Townsend's* and *MacGillivray's Warblers*. I had *Red Crossbills* in two places. Some were the common Type 2 and some sounded like possible Type 4. Further down Deer Creek, *Yellow Warblers*, *Plumbeous Vireos* and *Warbling Vireo* had arrived at the junction with Buckhorn Road, where none were present in the preceding days. Pairs of *Eastern Phoebes *continued at the junctions with Valley Road and Buckhorn Road.
Massey Draw below my home (no public access) had a *Gray Flycatcher *and my first *Bullock's Oriole *and *MacGillivray's Warbler* near home. I walked up Waterton Canyon trail to where it enters the canyon. A pair of *Eastern Phoebes* was along the Platte where there is a small dam and some cement structures, and one of the pair was building a nest in one of the structures. Migrant highlights were *Northern Waterthrush* and *American Redstart*. Other migrants included 1 *Least Flycatcher*, 1 *Dusky Flycatcher*, 1 *Western Kingbird*, 1 *Plumbeous Vireo*, 1 *Warbling Vireo*, 23 *House Wrens*, 2 *Blue-gray Gnatcatchers*, 2 *Gray Catbirds*, 22 *Yellow Warblers*, 5 *Yellow-breasted Chats*, 1 *Green-tailed Towhee*, 3 *Lazuli Buntings*, and 1 *Bullock's Oriole*. 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 [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/CAGj6Roq9uqzmEaDFrAH4yZZQy-0w9F6Xx%2B%2BQx7%2B2AsPgAekRsw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
