Passing along some info. Peter Pereira posted a photo to a Cornell Bird
Facebook page asking for ID of a Myiarchus flycatcher from Roxborough SP,
Douglas Co., and the photo was taken yesterday (11/17/15). Looks more
brown-crested than ash-throated (because of back color), but there's just
one
Speaking of eating crow, I recently uncovered this passage in Archibald
Menzies' journal from his voyage with Vancouver into Puget Sound in 1792:
“…passing on our right a high sandy Cliff in which a species of Diver
burrowed very numerously like Swallows, we saw more of them in the Cliffs
of a
Hi all
Surprisingly I watched a (light adult) Swainson's Hawk, still in the area,
fighting through the gusting winds near Wellington SWA. Maybe it will
stick around for a CBC-area. :-) We had a 45mph gust in Nunn this morning.
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
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Date: November 18, 2015
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Folks,I spoke to Peter Pereira. The myiarchus photographed yesterday was just outside the arboretum at Chatfield, now known as the Denver Botanical Garden. I and others suspect this is a Brown-crested Flycatcher, likely the same one from 3 weeks ago (see Mark Chavez's posts). Should you happen
