Something was definitely going on. On the 17th, I took a walk behind my home in Lafayette, a couple of miles north of Waneka/Greenlee. My neighborhood near Heron Lake does not usually produce rare birds. One of the first birds I spotted was a male Black-throated Blue Warbler. Then spotted a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Hermit Thrush. On the rest of a short walk, a couple more Ruby-crowned Kinglets appeared along with a Brown Creeper and a good number of Audubon’s Warblers.
Later that day and through the 18th, other birders chasing my report of the Black-throated Blue refound that bird but also reported several other interesting migrants including at least one White-throated Sparrow. Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette, CO > On Oct 18, 2020, at 10:38 PM, Patrick O'Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very interesting, Ted. Maybe it's spreading: > > This morning, Sunday Oct. 18, I had a first eBird record of a White-throated > Sparrow in the four Denver City Park hotspots outside of the Denver Zoo. > It was in a loose flock of sparrows, juncos and chickadees that flew over the > zoo fence, so it was actually in both places. > And BTW, YOU had the last previous WTSP sighting in the zoo back in February > 2016. > > <image.png> > After I got home, about a mile east of the park and just off busy East Colfax > Avenue, I had a first-ever Hermit Thrush in my backyard. > > Excuse the poor photo quality -- the sparrow was shot through a crack in the > cyclone-slats-and-vines fence between the zoo and the park road northeast of > Ferril Lake, and the thrush was through my kitchen window. > > <image.png> > > Patrick O'Driscoll > Denver > > > > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 7:26 PM [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hey, all. > > On my ramble earlier today, Sun., Oct. 18, about the Greater Greenlee > Ecosystem, eastern Boulder County, I found at least 4 white-throated sparrows > and at least 8 hermit thrushes. > > I'm sure Bryan Guarente has an explanation... > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > P. s. Like others, I find myself suddenly unable to post photos to COBirds. > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/bb01bdff-3d04-47ef-97df-0d6a24d363c1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/bb01bdff-3d04-47ef-97df-0d6a24d363c1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAMNEzJPXxs3TwB4hCsu-hd-%2BDKAoD9jyGg_Z2WH-VkPeQrWqZA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAMNEzJPXxs3TwB4hCsu-hd-%2BDKAoD9jyGg_Z2WH-VkPeQrWqZA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/38104A2A-BEBA-4F52-AA66-7397DA95E229%40gmail.com.
