I had a co-worker who started birding earlier this year over to my west Centennial (Arapahoe) yard this morning (10/4). We were to stake out the Golden-crowned Sparrow in advance of a few other visits from birders later today. That bird never showed; perhaps with the dry weather overnight, it was able to up and leave. (I'll keep watching for it, of course.) But it was a birdy morning nonetheless. A Green-tailed Towhee (lifer for my visitor) provided good views all morning, foraging alongside a Spotted. A Western Tanager made a brief visit, fetching what looked like a butterfly from a tree across my yard. (Looked more like a skipper than a Painted Lady, but it wasn't much of a view.) A Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- my first in the yard this fall & a lifer for my guest -- made a brief visit. We also had a pair of Mourning Doves, my first in my yard since early-September. And a Red-breasted Nuthatch visited my feeders.
After my guest left, the yard came alive. An Orange-crowned Warbler moved through. Two Red-breasted Nuthatches joined the first; one made what sounded like hissing scolds at the others. A Broad-tailed Hummer made a brief visit to my feeders; I haven't, though, seen the Black-chinned today. And a lone Turkey Vulture passed over, headed southish. There were also plenty of Painted Ladies -- 20-30 in my back yard and even more up front. This is the most I've had of them this fall. Elsewhere, I had my first neighborhood junco this morning, while walking my dog near Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, 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/c1384f81-a620-43a5-bbf2-933de808b8b8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
