Hey, all. It started at 11:27pm on Tues., May 9, with a text, which I saw well after the fact, from Hannah Floyd that there was a big, Merlin-corroborated push of *Brewer sparrows* and *clay-colored sparrows* migrating over Lafayette, eastern Boulder Co. I'll spare you the family drama, but...Next time, wake me up! I don't care how peacefully I'm slumbering. Hannah's audio is awesome, with stratiform rain, distant thunder, and this bewitching descant of the little *tsi* notes of spectrographically diagnostic Brewer and clay-colored sparrows. And, sure enough, the next morning, Wed., May 10, they were on the ground at nearby Greenlee Wildlife Preserve.
It's been Brewers and clay-coloreds ever since at the preserve and adjoining Waneka Lake, along with the following, all since May 10: *semipalmated plover, long-billed dowitcher, Wilson phalarope, snowy egret, black-crowned night-heron, least flycatcher, gray flycatcher, red-eyed vireo, rock wren, hermit thrush, Swainson thrush, brown thrasher, pine siskin, lesser goldfinch, ovenbird, northern waterthrush, Tennessee warbler, northern parula,* and *American redstart. Black-chinned hummingbirds, gray catbirds,* and *bushtits* have been continually present throughout the period at and around The Shack. And the *osprey* show at Waneka has been ridiculous: Four individuals, by plumage, hunt over the lake from sunrise to sunset every day. I can't believe there are any fish left in the lake; and how are the ospreys and their families possibly consuming so much fish?? Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder Co. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/CAGk944dgYtHuL_5_gwyO0HV8jymXET6COiF63C4VCtz5_xpOzA%40mail.gmail.com.
