My friend Steve Kingswood and Steve's third grade daughter Ruthi birded Crow Valley today from 7:30 AM and found in addition to what has already been reported for May 31 a Nashville Warbler and a nice male MacGillivray's Warbler. Steve saw his first Colorado Ovenbird. We did not see these warblers until we walked the trail along the fence *eastward* from behind the picnic area. Also an immature Broad-winged Hawk soaring over the prairie at the north end of the campground.
We found almost as many species at Norma's Grove (just east of the intersection of county roads 57 and 100) including nice looks at a Northern Waterthrush and a male Chestnut-sided Warbler. The biggest surprise was a male Orchard Oriole on a barbed wire fence at the 57/100 corner. We counted ourselves lucky to see a Red-headed Woodpecker on the north end of Crow Valley Campground but ended up with a total of* four* for the day, all in different locations (Norma's Grove, 57 and 104, and on the west side of CR 77 just north of the ranger (?) station. Birders spotted (almost as interesting as birds) included Dave Leatherman ten feet from a dozing Common Nighthawk and Warren Finch (very glad to see him out and about). Who is this Norma? I want to thank her personally! Does it seem to you that there have been an unusual number of "eastern warblers" this year on the Rare Bird Alert? It might be a good project for someone to come up with a total tally. I don't recall so many Bay-breasteds in the six years I have been checking CoBirds. Bob Shade (Lakewood) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
