According to e Bird data, the previous early record for a Golden Swamp Warbler* was April 16, 2011. Interestingly 4 birders saw it then in Holly and another person reported a Prothonotary Warbler on that same date, April 16, 2011 from Campo.
I suspect that the observations were of one individual bird in Holly, seen by outof-state "chicken tickers," that and the Campo dude was sleep deprived and entered the wrong location, forgetting that he had left Campo early that morning. This warbler is a bird from my childhood on the Mississippi sloughs. It's name is derived, just like our Cardinal, from the color of the vestments worn by a Catholic official, the First Notary, or Prothro-Notary, who wore a golden hood. Joe Roller Please file this with all my other notes, in your "More Than I Really Wanted to Know" file. * Nickname given by Pete Dunne. On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Joe Roller <jroll...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with what Brandon said. This is a crazy and early spring. > Way to go, Jeff. > joe roller > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Jeff Birek <jeff.bi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The warbler is still being seen. Currently by the CSU Field >> Ornithologists. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f87fcae5-e8dd-4a8c-a65c-184585d3252d%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUB21dthR_EFCt45%3D0FeONwO2m3wtpy_Z0t5aL%2B00qfGDg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
