[cobirds] Western Tanager in Loveland

[Robin Jasper]

Today we had our first ever Western Tanagers on our oriole feeders in SW 
Loveland! And multiple male and female Bullock’s Orioles. So excited!
Robin

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[cobirds] Clay-colored Sparrows, Am. Goldfinch / Denver

[Dave Cameron]

The backyard activity continues-- 3 Clay-colored Sparrows, 2 Am. Goldfinch.

Black-and-white Warbler re-found this evening, Wilson's continues, 2 new 
male and 1 new female Lazuli Buntings (plumaged distinctly differently than 
the previous 3), making a total of 6 this week; Tanagers continue; now a 
pair of Cowbirds; Broad-tailed Hummingbirds 

What will this evening's rain bring us tomorrow morning?  

Dave Cameron
Denver

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[cobirds] Re: Stilt Sandpipers at WCR 16 & 51 - May 12

[Lauren Hyde]

Hello birders,

At this same location today, a friend and I saw:

2 stilt sandpipers
2 killdeer
2 red-necked phalaropes
1 pectoral sandpiper
1 least sandpiper
1 white-faced ibis
several Wilson's phalaropes, American avocets, black-necked stilts, 
long-billed dowitchers, yellow-headed blackbirds, and red-winged blackbirds

Lauren Hyde
Keenesburg

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 11:30:29 AM UTC-6, paulopler wrote:
>
> Evi and I had a bunch of shorebirds at this shallow wetland yesterday. 
> Among the large number of long-billed dowitchers were 2 stilt sandpipers. 
> On May 9th at the same place there was a black-bellied plover. 
>
> Paul Opler, Loveland, CO 
>
>
> On May 11, 2020 at 2:20 AM cob...@googlegroups.com  wrote: 
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[cobirds] Pectoral and Stilt Sandpipers, Weld

[Lauren Hyde]

Hello Colorado birders,

My friend and I went to WCR 16 and 51 to see if we could find the stilt 
sandpipers reported by Paul and Evi a few days ago. We found the stilt 
sandpipers along with a white-faced ibis, a least sandpiper, a pectoral 
sandpiper, 2 red-necked phalaropes, and lots of Wilson's phalaropes, 
avocets, black-necked stilts, and long-billed dowitchers.

Happy and safe birding,

Lauren Hyde
Keenesburg

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[cobirds] Re: Ovenbird, N Waterthrush, CSR, El Paso Co, Fri.

[Randy Vernon]

Where, precisely, is the banding station?

Randy Vernon
Colorado Springs

On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 12:27:17 PM UTC-6, Steve wrote:
>
>
> Hey COBirders,
>
> The last two mornings have seen BIG arrivals of new migrants to Clear 
> Spring Ranch banding. 42 banded Thurs, 52 Fri.
> Highlights Thurs - FOY *Summer Tanager* (2nd year male), *3 N Waterthrush*, 
> and lotsa warblers - 10 Com Yellowthroat banded plus Yellow, Wilson’s, 
> MacGillivray’s, Orange-crowned, and 5 YB Chats and a F Rose-breasted 
> Grosbeak paused overhead.
>
> Highlights Friday - FOY *Ovenbird* (Adult), 5 more *N Waterthrush*, 11 
> more Com Yellowthroats, 4 more chats, 12 Lincoln’s Sparrows, 6 Bullock’s 
> Orioles (Ad+2nd Yr, M+F), 4 Lazuli Buntings (3M, F), and more mixed 
> warblers.
>
> Nothing really rare, but good diversity, and small birds were moving all 
> over both mornings, especially early. Things get pretty quiet after about 
> 9:00.
>
> Happy Migration,
> Steve Brown
> Colo Spgs 
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Re: [cobirds] Bob Spencer

[Ted Floyd]

Hey, all.

The last time I went birding with Bob was Mar. 30, 2014. It was a totally
serendipitous thing; we just bumped into each other (Sondra & Bob Jr. were
there too) at the Cottonwood Marsh boardwalk in Boulder County.

I asked Bob what was new, and he wryly remarked that that day was the last
day of his 9th decade on this Earth; and that'd better go birding in case
he'd missed anything his first 89 years and 364 days in this life.

We saw a Greater Yellowlegs and an early Long-billed Dowitcher that sunny
and breezy Sunday afternoon, along with an Osprey, a Ferruginous Hawk, and
a flock of Tree Swallows.

RIP, Bob. Bird on. You're a legend forever.

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Re: Watson Lake warbler fallout, Larimer

[klcollin...@msn.com]

On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 11:01:10 AM UTC-6, Caleb A wrote:
>
> It's days like these, when I really wish I had my driver's license. Good 
> luck to all the chasers! Also, is it probable that these birds will stick 
> around for the rest of the day and leave by night? If so, I may have a 
> chance to get out there later.
> *The birds are happy, and so am I*
> *~Caleb Alons, Larimer County*
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[cobirds] Re: Chestnut sided warbler larimer county

[Jace Wesley Brasher]

If you need help locating or want more information email or call me.
970-413-1240

On Fri, May 15, 2020, 5:27 PM Jace Wesley Brasher  wrote:

> According to google maps coordinates are 40.4024885, -105.1459421
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2020, 5:24 PM Jace Wesley Brasher 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Currently looking at a chestnut sided warbler in loveland. Adult male on
>> the 15th hole Of mariana butte golf course just south of the west side of
>> oxbow natural area. It is just behind the green west of the hole. Photos
>> coming.
>>
>> Jace brasher
>> Larimer county
>> Loveland
>>
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[cobirds] Re: Chestnut sided warbler larimer county

[Jace Wesley Brasher]

According to google maps coordinates are 40.4024885, -105.1459421

On Fri, May 15, 2020, 5:24 PM Jace Wesley Brasher  wrote:

> Hello,
> Currently looking at a chestnut sided warbler in loveland. Adult male on
> the 15th hole Of mariana butte golf course just south of the west side of
> oxbow natural area. It is just behind the green west of the hole. Photos
> coming.
>
> Jace brasher
> Larimer county
> Loveland
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[cobirds] Chestnut sided warbler larimer county

[Jace Wesley Brasher]

Hello,
Currently looking at a chestnut sided warbler in loveland. Adult male on
the 15th hole Of mariana butte golf course just south of the west side of
oxbow natural area. It is just behind the green west of the hole. Photos
coming.

Jace brasher
Larimer county
Loveland

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[cobirds] Re: Watson Lake warbler fallout, Larimer

[Joey Angstman]

Looked for about 4.5 hours from 10:30-2:30 and was unable to relocate 
Golden-winged Warbler or Black-throated Gray. Got a nice variety other than 
that, but nothing new to report.

Joey Angstman
Greeley, CO

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[cobirds] Lazuli Bunting, Jefferson Co.

[Martha LKJ]

I'm super excited to have seen a male Lazuli Bunting at my seed feeder this 
afternoon, just long enough for me to grab binoculars and see it clearly 
before it flew away.  I've never even seen one before!  The next bird that 
visited was a female Red-Winged Blackbird which I've seen before but not 
this season.  I have a few males all year long.  Since I didn't post 
earlier, I also had my first ever female Bullock's Oriole 3 days in a row a 
couple of days after putting out my orange feeder May 6, and it was the 3rd 
year of hanging that feeder.  Since then House Finches come and go 
regularly to eat the grape jelly.  A pair of House Wren's have been busy in 
our front yard birdhouse for about two weeks. They're so fun to hear every 
morning and watch when they flit around.
Martha, Arvada

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[cobirds] Re: Roam vs. Home

[John Ealy]

Your question shows why you were such a damn good reporter in your newsman 
days, Mark. Observation and analysis, to mention a couple of skills. 

I have spent more time not just looking into my little backyard patch but 
also looking *up.* Looking up into the canopy of the trees and into the 
sky. I have observed warblers I've not recorded before. I see the Say's 
phoebes foraging, not just hearing their presence. The binos reveal 
swallows at much greater heights than I'm accustomed to searching for. 
Being right along the Dakota Hogback, I see high-flying raptors, including 
what I think was a broadwinged hawk last week but cannot confirm. An 
immature bald eagle. Four turkey vultures. A sharp-shinned hawk opting for 
a low flyover instead of staking out an attack point in the oaks.

The interaction among the Bullock's orioles and Western tanagers is so more 
intimate when I'm simply sitting outside rather than window shopping. The 
bushtits don't just hammer at the suet but pick live forage from the scrub 
oak next to the feeder. They get used to my presence and even nearly fly to 
my hand as I hang out new suet. The red-breasted and white-breasted 
nuthatches come close but I don't even need to see them to delight in their 
distinctive calls.

We birders know it isn't a silent planet. How sharpened our senses become, 
though, when we stop and listen and look and enjoy more deeply. Here's to 
giving the once-over twice.






On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10:54:09 AM UTC-6, Mark Obmascik wrote:
>
> Dave Cameron's post got me thinking: "Granted, this is the first spring 
> I've been home every day, and the yard has been good for birds all along, 
> but this year is so crazy, I have to pinch myself."
>
> I agree! This spring is the best I can remember along the populated Front 
> Range for unusual songbirds, and I'm wondering: Is there something 
> different about this year's migration, or do we just have more people with 
> more quarantine time looking closer to home? 
>
> In prior years, I loved driving to hotspots like Lamar Community College, 
> Two Buttes, Tamarack Ranch, and Crow Valley, but now I'm thrilled to be 
> within biking distance of Tucker Gulch in Golden, Harriman Lake in 
> Littleton, and First Creek in Denver. 
>
> Is there something different about this migration's weather that put more 
> eastern species in our yards, or does covid mean we are giving the 
> once-over twice to places we usually overlook? 
>
> Good birding,
>
> Mark Obmascik
> Denver, CO
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: [cobirds] Odd Western Tanager, Windsor, Larimer Co.

[Bill Miller]

Larry, et al -

I would agree with Deborah's assessment.

Bill Miller - Fort Collins

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 7:39 PM 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds <
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> I’m wondering if it’s a partially leucistic western tanager. Deb
> Carstensen, Arapahoe county
>
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> > On May 14, 2020, at 2:36 PM, Larry Griffin  wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've had numerous Western Tanagers (at least a dozen) passing through
> the yard today. They were  my FOS and a new yard bird. Among them was this
> odd whitish bird I thought was interesting enough to share. Any thoughts?
> >
> > Larry Griffin
> > Windsor, CO
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[cobirds] Ovenbird, N Waterthrush, CSR, El Paso Co, Fri.

[Steven Brown]

Hey COBirders,

The last two mornings have seen BIG arrivals of new migrants to Clear Spring 
Ranch banding. 42 banded Thurs, 52 Fri.
Highlights Thurs - FOY Summer Tanager (2nd year male), 3 N Waterthrush, and 
lotsa warblers - 10 Com Yellowthroat banded plus Yellow, Wilson’s, 
MacGillivray’s, Orange-crowned, and 5 YB Chats and a F Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
paused overhead.

Highlights Friday - FOY Ovenbird (Adult), 5 more N Waterthrush, 11 more Com 
Yellowthroats, 4 more chats, 12 Lincoln’s Sparrows, 6 Bullock’s Orioles (Ad+2nd 
Yr, M+F), 4 Lazuli Buntings (3M, F), and more mixed warblers.

Nothing really rare, but good diversity, and small birds were moving all over 
both mornings, especially early. Things get pretty quiet after about 9:00.

Happy Migration,
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs 

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[cobirds] Re: Roam vs. Home

[Dave Cameron]

In my case, my job having been essential, I wouldn't have had  the 
opportunities to bird all day, covid or no covid.  Thankfully, the reason 
I'm home now is that I retired this year!  So while I can't enjoy any of 
the travel I had planned, by god, I can sit home and bird!

Dave Cameron



On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10:54:09 AM UTC-6, Mark Obmascik wrote:
>
> Dave Cameron's post got me thinking: "Granted, this is the first spring 
> I've been home every day, and the yard has been good for birds all along, 
> but this year is so crazy, I have to pinch myself."
>
> I agree! This spring is the best I can remember along the populated Front 
> Range for unusual songbirds, and I'm wondering: Is there something 
> different about this year's migration, or do we just have more people with 
> more quarantine time looking closer to home? 
>
> In prior years, I loved driving to hotspots like Lamar Community College, 
> Two Buttes, Tamarack Ranch, and Crow Valley, but now I'm thrilled to be 
> within biking distance of Tucker Gulch in Golden, Harriman Lake in 
> Littleton, and First Creek in Denver. 
>
> Is there something different about this migration's weather that put more 
> eastern species in our yards, or does covid mean we are giving the 
> once-over twice to places we usually overlook? 
>
> Good birding,
>
> Mark Obmascik
> Denver, CO
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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[cobirds] Hepatic Tanager, Custer County

[Nathan Pieplow]

Hi all,

After getting great recordings of the Mexican Whip-poor-will last night
(without using any playback), I camped farther up the road and got up this
morning to bird Custer County. Highlights were a male American Redstart
below the dam at Lake Deweese and a male Hepatic Tanager on Greenwood Road.
The tanager was at the stream crossing just south of 1700 Greenwood Road. I
will upload photos to eBird when I get home.

Nathan Pieplow
Boulder

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[cobirds] Roam vs. Home

['Mark Obmascik' via Colorado Birds]

Dave Cameron's post got me thinking: "Granted, this is the first spring I've 
been home every day, and the yard has been good for birds all along, but this 
year is so crazy, I have to pinch myself."
I agree! This spring is the best I can remember along the populated Front Range 
for unusual songbirds, and I'm wondering: Is there something different about 
this year's migration, or do we just have more people with more quarantine time 
looking closer to home? 
In prior years, I loved driving to hotspots like Lamar Community College, Two 
Buttes, Tamarack Ranch, and Crow Valley, but now I'm thrilled to be within 
biking distance of Tucker Gulch in Golden, Harriman Lake in Littleton, and 
First Creek in Denver. 
Is there something different about this migration's weather that put more 
eastern species in our yards, or does covid mean we are giving the once-over 
twice to places we usually overlook? 
Good birding,
Mark ObmascikDenver, CO





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[cobirds] Plumbeous Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler, Swainson's Thrush / Denver

[Dave Cameron]

Granted, this is the first spring I've been home every day, and the yard 
has been good for birds all along, but this year is so crazy, I have to 
pinch myself.

Nearly 40 species in the last 4 days, including new yard-list birds every 
day.

Just now:

Plumbeous Vireo
Black and white Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Swainson's Thrush
Empidonax sp. (wouldn't vocalize, so I'll never know).

5 warbler species just this week.  Lazuli Buntings.  Tanagers.  Still 
trying to get a photo of the female Northern Cardinal.  I was able to glean 
some blurry still shots out of a couple seconds of bad video of her flying 
through the brush.  The pics will never make National Geographic, but might 
stand in a court of law!  :  )  

Dave Cameron
Denver

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[cobirds] Re: Watson Lake warbler fallout, Larimer

[Nicholas Komar]

I hear from birders in the field that all Watson Lake rare warblers continue 
this Friday morning Additional warblers not on my original list include 
American Redstart
Black-and-white 
Wilson’s
MacGillivray’s

And on a personal note, birds are everywhere this morning. I just had a flock 
of migrants wander past my home office window in residential Fort Collins, 
including male Blackpoll. 

Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

> On May 14, 2020, at 10:32 AM, Nicholas Komar  wrote:
> 
> Current warbler list this morning includes 
> Golden-winged
> Blackburnian
> Tennessee
> Blackpoll
> Black-throated Gray
> Northern Waterthrush
> Orange-crowned 
> Yellow
> Yellow-rumped
> 
> Found by various observers. 
> 
> Nick Komar
> Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Blackburnian Warbler @ 1st Crk GVR (Denver Co)

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

John Breitsch re-found Joe Chen’s Thursday evening Blackburnian Warbler at
6:55am today in tall trees just north of the Dunkirk Street pond. Still
here.

Good birding!

Patrick O’Driscoll
Denver

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[cobirds] Green Heron - Cherry Creek SP, Arapahoe County

[Ken Wat]

There is a Green Heron in the pond near the Swim Beach at Cherry Creek SP.

Ken Wat
Aurora, CO

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[cobirds] COLORADO RARE BIRD REPORT for FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

Date: Friday, May 15, 2020

Email: RBA  AT cobirds.org

Compiler:  Patrick O’Driscoll, patodrisk AT gmail.com

Phone:  303-885-6955

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The Colorado Rare Bird report is an informational service.



Because of statewide coronavirus “Safer at Home” orders, this report is
meant to keep homebound readers abreast of rare bird sightings across the
state during spring migration. *It does NOT endorse and is NOT meant to
encourage the pursuit of rare birds beyond your local area.*



We urge readers to respect state and local restrictions on non-critical
travel.

*As potentially asymptomatic outside visitors, unethical urban/suburban
“chase” birders who travel to more remote locales risk exposing isolated
Colorado populations to the virus.*



To ensure the safety of yourself and others while birding, do the right
thing. Please practice physical distancing, wear face masks and follow all
other Covid-19 precautions.

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Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks!

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird
Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to
the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.”

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*Spring migration notes*

How long will Colorado’s widespread warblerfest continue? More than 25 of
the rarer kinds have made appearances across the state, in addition to our
summer regulars. Certain warblers, tanagers, vireos, grosbeaks and thrushes
we would all be proud to find or see seem to be everywhere. The shorebirds
are also moving through, but more quickly, from sandpipers and Whimbrels to
dowitchers, phalaropes, a Ruddy Turnstone and leggier waders on up to
Glossy Ibis. Bring on the flycatchers!
Note: In an attempt to limit an already-overlong daily report, we are
omitting these recently listed species from the daily report:

*White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Tennessee
Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Palm Warbler,
Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Parula,* and* Summer Tanager.*

Please continue, however, to report these birds and other finds on COBIRDS.

 



Rare birds and some out-of-place or out-of-season birds include:



Snow Goose (Hinsdale)

Long-tailed Duck (*Arapahoe)

MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL (*Fremont)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Park, Pueblo)

Ruddy Turnstone (*Kiowa)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Bent)

Red-necked Phalarope (Dolores)

Red Phalarope (Mesa)

Least Tern (*Kiowa, *Mesa)

Caspian Tern (Weld)

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Arapahoe)

Neotropic Cormorant (Bent)

Glossy Ibis (Boulder, Larimer)

BLACK VULTURE (Fremont)

Mississippi Kite (Baca, El Paso)

Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Huerfano)

Vermilion Flycatcher (Las Animas. Otero)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Jefferson, Las Animas, Otero, Weld)

Winter Wren (Larimer)

Gray-cheeked Thrush (Bent, *El Paso, Prowers, *Weld)

Varied Thrush (Arapahoe)

Common Redpoll (Gunnison)

Field Sparrow (Adams, Jefferson, *Larimer)

Dark-eyed Junco (Baca)

Baltimore Oriole (Boulder, El Paso, Larimer, Otero)

Northern Waterthrush (*Mesa, *Saguache)

Golden-winged Warbler (Boulder, * El Paso, *Jefferson, *Larimer)

Blue-winged Warbler (Arapahoe, *El Paso, Fremont)

Prothonotary Warbler (*Broomfield, Jefferson)

LUCY’S WARBLER (Mesa)

Connecticut Warbler (*Bent)

Mourning Warbler (Prowers)

Kentucky Warbler (Chaffee, Prowers)

Hooded Warbler (Chaffee, Jefferson, Kiowa, Larimer, Pueblo, Saguache)

Cape May Warbler (Fremont, Prowers)

Blackburnian Warbler (*Denver, *Larimer)

Pine Warbler (*Jefferson, Prowers)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Broomfield, Jefferson, *Pueblo)

Magnolia Warbler (Boulder, Larimer)

Bay-breasted Warbler (*Larimer, Pueblo)

Grace’s Warbler (Las Animas, Ouray)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (*Broomfield, *Jefferson, *Kiowa, *Pitkin)

Scarlet Tanager (Boulder, Fremont)

Northern Cardinal (Arapahoe, *Boulder)

Blue Grosbeak (Larimer)

Painted Bunting (Baca, Otero)

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*ADAMS COUNTY:*

—On May 11 a Field Sparrow was reported at Barr Lake by Daniel Maynard.



*ARAPAHOE COUNTY:*

—On May 14 the continuing, very late Long-tailed Duck was reported by
Quincy Reservoir. First reported by G Stacks.

—On May 13 a Blue-winged Warbler was reported at Cherry Creek Valley
Ecological Park by Dave Hill and Cynthia Madsen.

—On May 12 a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was reported at Cherry Creek Valley
Ecological Park. First reported May 9 by Rajkumar Manikandan.

—On May 10 a Northern Cardinal was heard and reported at Platte River
Park-Northern Wildlife Area by Brian Johnson.

—On May 10 a Varied Thrush was reported “at feeders for last 3 days” at a
private residence in Greenwood Village by Ann Coe. See eBird report.



*BACA 

[cobirds] Mexican Whip-poor-will, East Bear TH, Oak Creek Grade Rd, Femont Co.

[Todd Deininger]

The whip-poor-will put on a great show last night (5/14). It started
calling around 8:24 and called continously for about 25 minutes. It
eventually flew down to the roadside and began calling right next to us. At
one point flew a circle over our heads. Then the wind picked up and it
stopped calling.

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