CObirders,
After two days of trying, I finally got to see the immature male
orchard oriole first found by Judie Wright yesterday. It was near the
big tube over Fish Creek at its inlet to Lake Estes. The bonus for my
efforts was a female orchard in consort with it today. It's the first
record of this species at the lake.
It's our third oriole species. Bullock's orioles are fairly common
spring migrants here. There have been two records this spring. And
beating the orchard for second place was a male Baltimore found in May
1996.
Meanwhile Eric Schuette, a regular contributor to our CBC, found a
female blackburnian warbler in Upper Beaver Meadows today, near where
the horse trail crosses the social trail up the meadow from the
restroom at the end of the road. That represents only the second
record of the species in the Park, the first from 6/17/70.
He reported 55 species, plus or minus, in the Park today, including
clay-colored sparrow and willow flycatcher. So, things are finally
picking up in the high country.
Scott Roederer
Estes Park
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