[cobirds] Yellow - throated Warbler - 1st Creek=Adams and Denver
Flying from one side of Buckley Road to the other near the creek. Last seen in the cottonwood just south of the creek on the adams/West side John Breitsch Denver -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/b125545a-21ce-46e0-b873-dfe3601a5a2d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] First Creek - Adams and Denver Sides
Both the Denver Open Space trail and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal trail had a variety of species this morning ( Saturday, 9/1/18). On the Denver side, a sleepy Great Horned Owl rested near the creek, a Wilson's Snipe flew around in the area of Pena Blvd, and sparrows enjoyed the fields north of the trail. Over on the Arsenal trail, there was a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hammond's Flycatcher and another unidentified empid, warblers, sparrows, a Ferruginous Hawk, and a Cooper's Hawk. Both sides had Lazuli Buntings and a couple of interesting species crossed Buckley to be recorded in both counties, but not until they confused me first. The situation was that I saw what I believed to be a Lincoln's Sparrow, but it dove into a small bushy tree near the creek before I could get a positive ID. I moved around to the concrete edge to get a look and the bird I next saw in that tree wasn't the sparrow but a Red-eyed Vireo. It flitted about and then tucked under a few leaves only to appear moments later, this time as a Gray Catbird. What? Where the heck did the sparrow go? Or the Vireo for that matter. The same thing happened to me earlier along the first north turn in the creek on the RMA trail. I was watching a Ruby-crowned Kinglet which turned into - in order - a Wilson's Warbler, House Wren, Yellow Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, and then some kind of flycatcher. I'm telling you, avian transmogrification sure does make bird identification difficult. John Breitsch Denver, CO https://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e9170e4c-80d1-47f3-b29a-8f4fc1664590%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] First Creek - Both sides - Adams and Denver Counties
I visited First Creek in between the rain this morning and into the very early afternoon. I was walking quickly so I am sure I missed a lot, but a few of the notable birds have lingered into the weekend. Some of them are listed below. RMA = RMA @ First Creek Trail and DOS = First Creek @ Denver Open Space: Northern Mockingbird - 2 - RMA and DOS Both birds flew across Buckley Road. One is hanging out in the shrike tree, which is the first one you see on the Adams side as you leave the parking lot and start walking up the road. The second was in its usual spot just south of 64th, the dirt road leading to the pond that is in the Arsenal side. Loggerhead Shrike - 2 - RMA Cassin's Kingbird - DOS By the stables American Restart - DOS Between Buckley and Pena Vermillion Flycatcher - RMA AND DOSThis was a new development. The flycatcher moved from the pond to Buckley Road just south of 64th. This is where the mockingbird is, and it was the call of the mockingbird that made me look and see the flycatcher. Both birds moved across the road getting on both counties, but the mockingbird stayed mostly in Denver and the flycatcher stayed mostly in Adams. John Breitsch Denver, Colorado https://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/43b53995-4689-4173-93f9-5e2e168b7335%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Vermillion Flycatcher - RMA 1st Creek - Adams
The bird found yesterday is still at the 64th road pond. Park and the 1st Creek at Denver Open Space lot and walk up Buckley Road to the trail. Head West. Or stay home and eat a doughnut. No pressure. John Breitsch Denver ://www.flickr.com/photostream/breitschbirding -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/b1b345e3-966e-43f9-bd3d-3b962b79a9a1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
