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<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TfanxRyWXdU/WZCwFsQ7vWI/AAAAAAAAALA/yVwYP930a1AshxSJ3hXfWHEDJG1-WJfKgCLcBGAs/s1600/Northern%2BMockingbird%2B3.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aMATRIfRgtU/WZCwBYjcUVI/AAAAAAAAAK4/zH5s2BgR66kghVp0BpjaFWnUbsnor-0JwCLcBGAs/s1600/Northern%2BMockingbird%2B1.jpg> Hey all - I was at Walden Ponds a couple of weeks ago, and saw what I thought was a Northern Shrike. The light was not real good, but it was in an area that I see them regularly at other times of the year. I went back this morning to see what was out there, and found it again in the same area. It was acting a little more skittish than the Shrikes that I have seen in the past, so I followed it around for a little while to get a better look. After some deliberation, I have to conclude that this one is a Northern Mockingbird. At one point, I saw a pair of them, the second one was much browner, but they seemed to be moving together from tree to tree. I didn't get a good look at the second one, but it seemed to have the same type of white patches on the wings. My pictures are not the best, but I think they are adequate for identification. The one that looks like a bunch of branches is the second bird leaving from it's perch. It was sitting still until I took the picture ... Another interesting bird that I saw out there today was what I think is an Ash-Throated Flycatcher. It was a pretty light grey on the back, and had light orange patches under the secondaries. The head had the typical peak on the back, I thought Western Wood Pewee at first, but the light color wasn't right for that, so I took a closer look. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture, as I was trying to get a good look through the binoculars. Using Sibley, the Ash-Throated Flycatcher is the only flycatcher with orange under the secondaries that shows up on the range maps for this area, but this one didn't look that large. I didn't get a very long look, maybe 30 seconds or so before it flew off into the woods. I waited around for awhile, but didn't see it again. I didn't see any yellow on the belly, but it was facing partly away from me. I didn't see the underside of the tail either, unfortunately. There were the usual bunch of Snowy Egrets on Cottonwood Marsh, along with several Great Blue Herons, a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron, a female Cinnamon Teal, a Solitary Sandpiper and three Wilson's Snipe. I drove by Baseline Reservoir on the way home, and there were fifteen Common Mergansers swimming along Cherryvale. Good Birding - Jeff Parks Boulder -- 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/f9626545-31d8-44ce-86a8-2d56258749a1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
