To add to this: yesterday evening, I had a *Western Wood-Pewee* in my backyard and walked out my front door to a *Rock Wren*. This was just my second encounter with the latter in my yard.
- Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Monday, August 31, 2020 at 2:49:57 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > An earlyish *Green-tailed Towhee* in my Centennial yard this morning, > along with a yard first *Eastern Kingbird*. I don't come upon the latter > all that often in Centennial, so this was a real treat. A flock of a dozen > Cedar Waxwing swung through this afternoon. A *Mountain Chickadee* first > appeared on 8/23 and was around today, too. > > *Lark Buntings* and *Vesper Sparrows *at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens > (8/28). Chipping, too, of course. > > *Common Nighthawks* have been gone (to me) since 8/25, punctuating almost > nightly sightings of flocks of the bird, usually feeding, since August 1. > I'm sure other migrating birds will pass by before too long. > > Over the past week, the local* Swainson's Hawk* family is circling > overhead, perching on wires, and screeching, dramatically and loudly, all > morning long. They've buzzed our yard a few times, often pursued by the > local Blue Jay family (also screeching all morning long). > > - 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/940fdfc6-5b09-4361-bd58-4990b1dc70b7n%40googlegroups.com.
