I have encountered some great birds this September in a small strip
of trees on Plantation Rd. just below the north side of Schurman Hall
(CU Vet School - the wing of Schurman labelled "Basic Science Bldg"
on the CU map). So...this is an advertisement for a good spot on the
CU campus to drop in for a quick birding break. It can be accessed
from the top of the USDA (Nut Lab) parking lot. There are some
feeders back there that the bldg. denizens keep stocked with seed, so
there are always Chickadees, Titmouse, House Sparrows, Nuthatches,
House, Purple, and Gold Finches back there, but on 9/10 I had a
female Wilson's Warbler, and then a Phildelphia Vireo on on 9/11.
This morning within 5 minutes I got great closeup views of a crisp
male Black-throated Blue Warbler and a bright male Wilson's Warbler.
I also saw an Eastern Phoebe, an empid I took for a Least Flycatcher
(poorly backlit), then heard either a No. Mockingbird doing Carolina
Wren or the real thing (tone sounded like Mockingbird to me). This
flurry of activity was capped off by a flyover Accipter.
Then, I crossed Plantation Rd. to the small parking lot that looks
down on the Plantation Headquarters and Mundy and right into the
canopy of some sizeable trees. Again, within 5 minutes I saw a flock
of about 15 Cedar Waxwings, lots of Robins and Blue Jays zipping
around, some skulking Catbirds, and Cardinals, a Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker, several Downy Woodpeckers, a Red-eyed Vireo, a male Rose-
breasted Grosbeak, and then, for the finale, a spectacular male HOODED
WARBLER that popped into view about 10 feet below me for the best
looks I've had of his ilk this year. No neck-craning required.
Best...Stuart
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