Thanks for the update Eric. We did have a Grace's Warbler in Conejos County during the 2009 CFO Convention at Mogote Campground. A few other reports have been chased down with no verification. Nice find on the east side.
John Rawinski Monte Vista, CO On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 1:19:25 PM UTC-6, Eric DeFonso wrote: > Hi all, > > While doing a survey for the Bird Conservancy on a private ranch near Fort > Garland in Costilla County this morning, I heard and recorded a Grace's > Warbler at around 9200' in an area of mixed ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir > habitat with a fairly developed understory of sage and serviceberry. It > caught me quite by surprise and unfortunately the bird was not close by, > but I did manage a fairly lousy recording of it from a range of about > 70-100 meters (I'm guessing). Based on past experience with this species I > knew it would take a while to visually locate, and unfortunately I was > still in the middle of my scheduled survey and needed to stay on time since > I was on private property. But I think my recording will confirm its > identity, as the spectrogram of the sound matches GRWA exactly and rules > out other (somewhat) sound-alikes like Dark-eyed Junco, Chipping Sparrow, > and Virginia's Warbler. > > According to eBird, there are currently no accepted records of GRWA in > Costilla County, and the Colorado County Birding page currently does not > include GRWA on its Costilla checklist. However, the site for this bird is > only about 25 miles from Spanish Peaks SWA and its known GRWA locations, > and only 50 miles from known locations in northern New Mexico as well as > Pueblo Mountain Park. > > I wanted to share this not so much to provide a chasing opportunity, but > rather to raise awareness of what seems like a broader pattern of > occurrence for this species in south central Colorado. Put it on your radar > as a possible find in appropriate habitats of San Luis Valley! > > Good birding, > Eric > > ------- > Eric DeFonso > near Lyons, Boulder County, 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/7a5d28fc-d538-405b-8ffe-c927e8bf85f2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
