Hello, Birders.
This rainy Tuesday morning, May 5, a *blackpoll warbler* was singing at
Confluence Park ("CU East Campus") near the intersection of Foothills &
Arapahoe, Boulder County. I'm still surprised, after all these years, by
how early blackpolls pass through Colorado in spring. Back East, the big
flights go through around Memorial Day.
Also in the vicinity: several *orange-crowned warblers*, a couple *yellow
warblers*, and just 1 *yellow-rumped warbler*; and a *Lincoln sparrow*. Of
interest was a bedraggled *pecho amarillo* atop a cottonwood. It was a fair
distance off, so I wasn't sure of the ID. I was leaning toward Cassin
kingbird, but I can't rule out western kingbird. All the birds this morning
were pretty bedraggled-looking.
Prince Lake No. 2 had 2 *willets* and 1 *semipalmated plover*, and the
Jasper Road mudflats (Boulder Creek at 109th Street) had 6 *long-billed
dowitchers*.
Yesterday: a *lark bunting* at the Coalton Open Space, and *lazuli buntings*,
*yellow-breasted chats*, and *Virginia warblers* back at the Fowler Trail.
All day, every day: *bushtits* and *African collared-doves* in Lafayette.
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County
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