Birders, On Saturday, June 11, Tom Halverstadt lead a group into a presently closed area of the DuPont Property in Louviers that may soon be open as Dougco Open Space. We were looking for Yellow-billed Cuckoo that he had seen there fairly regularly as of late. We found them and are pretty sure they will nest as copulation was observed.
Now, on to the oriole. We found an oriole singing that sounded to me to be somewhere between an Orchard and a Baltimore. To me it was more like a Baltimore. The head was turning black but the upper breast was barely tinged with the brick red of an Orchard but the lower breast and belly looked yellowish orange. When it flew the rump was the greenish of an Orchard. The pictures I got are not clear as to whether or not it has wing bars or shoulder marks. I have some poor pictures of it if anyone wants to take a shot at it. Ira Sanders Golden, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
