Migrants in addition to the Eastern and Black Phoebes I reported on a few
days ago:
About 40 White-throated Swifts were feeding above the city water pond on
Tunnel Dr Rd a week ago.
Yellow-rumped Warblers, both Audubon and Myrtles, have been moving through
the Canon City Riverwalk for the past 5
I am back from being out of commission. Regarding access on Tunnel Drive
to the lower area around the water pumping building: the city has always
wanted to stop public access to this area since it is a part of the city's
water infrastructure. While I doubt that ISIS or some other persons/groups
Yesterday I saw my first fall migrating Western Tanager just east of Canon
City along the Arkansas River. This species nests just to the west ( south
north) of Canon City in just a little higher elevation so we see them
during spring and fall migrations.
I also saw my first dark ibis of fall
I birded the east end of the Canon City Riverwalk this morning. A small
flock of magpies were acting like they were mobbing something but I failed
to find an owl or snake (didn't look that hard). It was nice to see magpies
here as they are still not recovered from the impacts of West Nile Virus
Last week I found a second Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Centennial Park.
Though it is also an adult male I can differentiate it from the one I found
on Oct 29 because it has substantially less red on it's crown. I have
posted a series of photos of this newer sapsucker on my blog at
I am really behind on posting and uploading photos to my blog. Earlier this
week a Black Phoebe visited as my friend's place just east of Canon City,
the location where many Black Phoebes have visited, foraged and bred.
Though the photos I got of the bird were not the best due to the lack of
Since I returned from an out of state trip late last week I have only found
1 Black Phoebe, an adult at on my friend's property east of Canon City. I
birded the most easterly quarter mile by the McKenzie end of the Canon City
Riverwalk and part of the Riverwalk from midpoint to the Sell's lake
