Hello all,
Congratulations to Cathy for the sighting of a female Purple Martin at Barr
Lake. A great record and always a nice find in eastern Colorado. On April 29,
1976, I saw a beautiful male Purple Martin along the east side of Barr Lake, on
a cold, cloudy day and mixed in with hundreds of other swallows. I have not
entered most of my old records into e-Bird, so it won’t show up there. I may
have submitted the record to the CFO Records Committee, but I am not sure.
Bob AndrewsYekepa, Liberia, West Africa
On Saturday, May 11, 2019, 1:43:15 PM GMT, 'Cathy Sheeter' via Colorado
Birds <[email protected]> wrote:
I spent a few hours birding Barr Lake SP (Adams County) from the Fishing Dock
to about 2/3 of the way across the dam (along the riparian habitat below the
dam first and then across the top to come back). Things were fairly slow on the
warbler front, with mostly only YRWA present. I did have one Northern
Waterthrush along the stream below the dam. Best birds of the day were an
exhausted looking female Purple Martin (first record for Barr Lake and possibly
first Adams county record) - viewed perched about half way down between dock
and dam, but flew off after a while). I also heard a singing Bell's Vireo
(heard for about 30 seconds in one of the trees close to the parking lot and
flew towards fishing dock). I did not get a solid visual or any photo of the
BEVI, but felt comfortable with what I heard and briefly saw and I am fairly
experienced with the song of this species. BEVI have been caught and banded
at Barr Lake once in the past. Full checklist with photos of the PUMA can be
found here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56087406.
Good Birding-
Cathy SheeterAurora, CO (Arapahoe)
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