This from a visit Saturday--
The colony of Snowy Egrets on the island in Farrell Lake at City Park has
more than doubled since the young were born. The count yesterday ranged
from 35-40. When we counted yellow bills among the mostly black-billed
adults, we came up with 20-25 new birds.
At 11:15 this morning I heard a Blackburnian Warbler singing in a wooded
area between the Coal Creek trail and the Coal Creek golf course.He sang the
sweet, thin, ascending song-- not the one on the Cornell website. The bird
sang three times on the far side of a grove of trees then came closer to
Stopped by Gregory Canyon today about 6am. It was quiet until about 6:50 then
the Kentucky Warbler started singing west of the bathroom. It then moved over
to the Bluestem, Amphitheater trail intersection. As it was singing it was
joined by the Hooded Warbler. The Hooded then moved into a
Hello all
Just had a White-winged Dove show up my backyard feeder. Haven;t seen the dove
in the area for awhile now.I live in Parker around Parker and Hess road.
Good Birding
Loch Kilpatrick Parker Co
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To add to Todd's post; The Kentucky and Hooded were fighting this am before
they split and sang from different areas. The Hooded took the area closest to
the road. The Kentucky seemed to move further uphill.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
- Original Message -
From: Todd
Hi Everyone--
This afternoon 6/28 I went looking for Paula Hansley's Blackburnian Warbler.
I arrived at around 5:00pm, and walked to the stretch of olive trees south
of the power lines. Not much happening there (a family of chickadees, a
Downy Woodpecker). On the north side of the power lines,
I monitor nest boxes on our 39+ acres of pinyon/juniper habitat in central CO,
about 18 miles east of Salida. We have had 3 Ash-throated Flycatcher (ATFL)
clutches so far this season, all beginning at about their regular time for our
area (egg-laying in late May). This past Friday, I found a
Hello, Birders.
Kei, Hannah, Andrew, and I poked around the lowlands of southeastern Boulder
County earlier today, Sunday, June 28th. Mainly, we dug holes, stomped in
puddles, and crawled through drainage ditches. We also saw and heard a few
birds. Highlights:
Teller Farms. 1 incessantly
Paula -
I am used to the variable redstart songs, and agree with you re. the yellow
warbler...except that the yellow so often has a sign-off sweet in upslope
from the next to the last notebut sometimes a sweet-ur, with the ur
barely noticeable. I am used to Blackburnians in Connecticut,
