I had a co-worker who started birding earlier this year over to my west Centennial (Arapahoe) yard this morning (10/4). We were to stake out the Golden-crowned Sparrow in advance of a few other visits from birders later today. That bird never showed; perhaps with the dry weather overnight, it was able to up and leave. (I'll keep watching for it, of course.) But it was a birdy morning nonetheless. A Green-tailed Towhee (lifer for my visitor) provided good views all morning, foraging alongside a Spotted. A Western Tanager made a brief visit, fetching what looked like a butterfly from a tree across my yard. (Looked more like a skipper than a Painted Lady, but it wasn't much of a view.) A Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- my first in the yard this fall & a lifer for my guest -- made a brief visit. We also had a pair of Mourning Doves, my first in my yard since early-September. And a Red-breasted Nuthatch visited my feeders.
After my guest left, the yard came alive. An Orange-crowned Warbler moved through. Two Red-breasted Nuthatches joined the first; one made what sounded like hissing scolds at the others. A Broad-tailed Hummer made a brief visit to my feeders; I haven't, though, seen the Black-chinned today. And a lone Turkey Vulture passed over, headed southish. There were also plenty of Painted Ladies -- 20-30 in my back yard and even more up front. This is the most I've had of them this fall. Elsewhere, I had my first neighborhood junco this morning, while walking my dog near Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO -- 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/c1384f81-a620-43a5-bbf2-933de808b8b8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
