Usually, I'll hear my first Common Nighthawk from my Centennial backyard by
May 26 or so. A night or two later, I'll see one or more -- over my home,
neighborhood, and the High Line Canal. Then, for about two weeks the birds
will pass over my home, before disappearing for the summer.
This year,
Just a word of warning. Up in the Sangre de Cristos this morning Merlin
told me there was a Black-throated Gray -- and I've seen them here before.
But on tracking it down it was a Yellow-rump. (But Merlin got the
MacGillavrys right!)
Mary Kay Waddington, Custer County
On Sat, Jun 17, 2023, 10:4
I had a larger flock of 35-40 fly over my house just south of Crown Hill
Cemetary at 26th and Carr yesterday morning around 7am and about 6pm on Wed
evening. Lots of conifers in the cemetary but more Spruces than Pines. I
also wasn't able to record them but they didn't sound quite right for Type
II
Pueblo City Park is getting some interesting birds for mid June.
Adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron found on June 15th by Mark Oreskovich at
Lake Joy in Pueblo City Park, he saw it again on June 16th. Other birders
saw it this morning at the pond east of the Pueblo Zoo. It flew east, not
sure wher
I stand corrected. Actually located a nice singing male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
just now (~10am, Sat., 17 Jun.'23) in roughly the same spot I thought I'd
heard a Black-throated Gray earlier. This guy is giving two songs, the
typical quick, buzzy, high pitched song as well as a slower, clearer version
Where do we contribute funds to repair the fellow's hard drive?
On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 9:07:14 AM UTC-6 John Shenot wrote:
> I spoke this morning with a not-very-serious birder who saw a very large
> bird in fall of 2020 at Dixon Reservoir (Larimer) that he struggled to ID.
> He claimed to
Just took the dogs for a walk up at Huston Park (Athmar Park neighborhood,
SW Denver, Denver Co.) and had a probable singing BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER in a spruce about a half block north of the park on Alcott St. This
was strictly a "purist", heard only encounter as I didn't have my binoculars
Back in Colorado for a couple of weeks (BBS season) and was very surprised
to have a nice sized flock (10-12) of RED CROSSBILLs fly over our place
(Athmar Park neighborhood; SW Denver, Denver Co.) earlier this week. I
didn't get a chance to post then, but just this morning (Sat., 17 Jun.'23)
we've
