I took my CFO trip group to chase the vermilion flycatcher after birding out Barr Lake. I spotted the vermilion north of the usual pond it's been frequenting. He's perching on mullein and moving constantly around the prairie dog town. Managed to get the whole group on it.
Scott Somershoe Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2018, at 2:16 PM, birdingbreit...@gmail.com wrote: > > 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 DOS This 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. -- 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/7324150E-CD93-41E0-8B27-DBD525918F31%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
