Not that it is terribly significant, but in addition to the birds cited by Nick at Last Chance, we also had a few Lincoln Sparrows, a couple Townsend's Solitaires and a brief flyover of what we are fairly sure was a dark-morph juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. It was pretty whatever it was.
Eric DeFonso Sent from the Aether On Oct 10, 2012, at 8:29 PM, "Nick Komar" <quetza...@comcast.net> wrote: > Dear Hermit Warbler chasers, > > Note the date and time of Mel and Jeanne’s note – apparently their > observation was from Tuesday afternoon, not this afternoon. I was among the > unsuccessful chasers today. Some additional species that moved through the > oasis that were not mentioned by others were: > House Wren > Winter Wren > Ruby-crowned Kinglet > Brown Thrasher > Orange-crowned Warbler > Green-tailed Towhee > Spotted/Eastern Towhee hybrid female (brown above – like Eastern - with white > spots on scapulars - like Spotted - and extensive white mark on wing – like > Eastern) > Pine Siskin (flock of 13) > > Back closer to home I was able to refind the Red-necked Grebe at MacIntosh > Reservoir in Longmont. I had to look at each individual Western Grebe (about > 500 present) twice before I found it, using a telescope. > > Two attempts to refind the Anna’s Hummingbird in Longmont (one in the > morning, and one in the afternoon) were unsuccessful. > > Nick Komar > Fort Collins CO > > From: melg...@comcast.net > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:51 PM > To: Cobirds > Subject: [cobirds] Hermit Warbler at Last Chance, Washington County > > > Thanks to all who reported on the Hermit Warbler at Last Chance. We got a > late start today and did not arrive there until just a couple of minutes > after 3pm. We went straight to the northeast corner and began our search. > After about 20 minutes, the bird landed on one of the mailboxes and then went > into the elm directly above. We got three short but clear views and as > reported, it appears to be an immature female. Of course, having some great > cobirders report on the bird made it much easier for us to ID. > > > > We also got great views of the Black-throated Blue Warbler, but we did not > see a Nashville Warbler. We also had great views of the Sora and had a band > of Cedar Waxwings go through. > > > > Mel and Jeanne Goff > > Colorado Springs > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
