Hello all Ted's swift report got me to thinking about early swifts in my personal records. I looked back through my records for Chimney Swift in Boulder County and the earliest one I have is 23 March 1977! My notes indicate the bird was calling but I have no recollection of this sighting. I also have records for 29-30 April 1974 and 26 April 1979. All other dates I have for Colorado are in May or later. It should be noted that several Vaux's Swifts wintered in Florida and Louisiana this past year. The shape of the swift in Ted's photo is very similar to the photos I took of Vaux's Swifts in Louisiana in March this year.
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53624713 Steve Larson Northglenn, CO > On April 22, 2019 at 5:46 AM Ted Floyd <tedfloy...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, everybody. > > Yesterday evening, Easter Sunday, Apr. 21, I saw a small swift over > Waneka Lake, Boulder County, that I thought was good for Vaux swift. I heard > it briefly, and it sure didn't sound like a chimney swift. However, I haven't > had much experience with listening to Vaux swifts since I lived in western > Nevada close to 20 years ago. I got some poor photos > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55242370 , but they might contain some > clues regarding wing shape. Also, there is the matter of date, as Apr. 21 > would be the earliest documented occurrence of chimney swift in Boulder > County. > > Other stuff in recent days at Waneka Lake and nearby Greenlee Preserve > and Hecla Pond: wood ducks and hooded mergansers, a Mexican duck x mallard > hybrid, 2 greater scaup, black-crowned night-heron, white-faced ibis, > bushtits at several places (including birds tending a nest), a marsh wren, a > long-staying white-throated sparrow, and yellow-rumped warblers on the uptick. > > Over at the Jasper Road playa near the Boulder Creek crossing at 109th > St., eastern Boulder County, conditions are good for shorebirds. On Sat. > morning, Apr. 20, I saw greater and lesser yellowlegses there, plus a > long-billed curlew. And a Virginia rail was going off. The site might be > worth keeping an eye on for the next several weeks. > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > > > -- > 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 > mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0d695733-1a1c-4711-82f1-c060fc83fd8e%40googlegroups.com > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0d695733-1a1c-4711-82f1-c060fc83fd8e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/569269292.25141.1555948207651%40connect.xfinity.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
