Hello, Birders. First things first. There's a fine Swainson's Thrush flight over Lafayette, Boulder County, right now, in the 3am hour on Thursday, May 26th. I can hear them through the office window. When I stepped outside earlier, I heard ~20 Swainson's Thrush flight calls in just 6 or 7 minutes. (I note that conditions are perfect right now for such a flight, with light southerly winds; plus, it's overcast right now, having been clear yesterday evening.)
Meanwhile, Hannah and Andrew and I saw a Gray Flycatcher yesterday evening, Wednesday, May 25th, at Walden Ponds (technically, Sawhill Ponds), Boulder County. Here's a map, with the blue-shaded polygon showing the area in which the bird was present: http://tinyurl.com/3szwllr. The Gray Flycatcher was working the Russian olives, and it tended to stay pretty close to the ground. Other birds for us at Walden/Sawhill included: Clay-colored, Brewer's, and Lincoln's sparrows; Great-tailed Grackle; Eastern Kingbird; Snowy Egret; Willet; Osprey; a few Western Wood-Pewees; several fly-over flocks of eyebye; and the Marsh Wren chorus. Of possible interest was a Blue-winged Teal with chicks; the date seems a bit early, given that Blue-winged Teal is one of the last duck species to arrive in the spring in Colorado. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Blog: http://tinyurl.com/4n6qswt Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2ejzlzv Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/2wkvwxs ------------------------------- -- 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.
