COBirders, Just some odds and ends from my yard which is on the east side of Colorado Springs. First the odd thing, I have had a CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER the last two days singing every song I think it knows. This is an annual species for my yard (1 or 2 each late spring) but this bird is more than a month off of that. I first heard it doing its dawn song yesterday around 10 a.m. and since I have heard it do many things including things I have never heard from a Cordy. I guess it is trying hard to find a mate?
I also had my first juv. WHITE-WINGED DOVE of the year this past Saturday. This is about 2 weeks sooner than I have ever had them. I have had White-winged Doves since 2003 including young birds every year. And the last thing of note is that I had my first CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD today which in itself is no big deal but what is interesting is that 7 out of the last 9 years I have had my first Calliope on July 12th. The other two years one showed up on 7/14 and the other on 7/16. As for Rufous, it has shown up 3 out the last 9 on the 12th but that has been the latest I have had them show up. I have not seen a Rufous here yet this year. ----- Mark Peterson Colorado Springs -- 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.
