I walked Cheesman and the Botanic Gardens this afternoon. A single, Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) was in the flowering trees in Little Cheesman. In the Gardens, a Rock Wren is still around, but I did not see the Common Poorwill. I last saw it yesterday, May 5. My dog and I (inadvertently) flushed it from under a tree in Little Cheesman around 7:15 a.m. It flew low to perch under a different tree, but did not stay long. Robert Martinez reported (on eBird) later than morning (9:00) in the Conservation Garden.
Earlier this morning, my dog and I came across a male Black-headed Grosbeak singing on E. 6th Ave and Pearl St. This was a happy find, my first (living) member of this species in my neighborhood. (Last May 19, I came across a female Black-headed Grosbeak that appeared to have struck the "Logan Building" on the corner of E. 9th ave and Logan. The bird was deceased with no obvious damage from a predator; the Logan Building, moreover, is lined with mirror-like windows.) Though I often believe that I need to leave my energetic, noisy dog at home to properly bird, he appears to be good luck this spring, helping me find the sapsucker, red crossbill, and now the poorwill and grosbeak that have been around central Denver. Finally, to correct the record, the Cordilleran Flycatchers that I reported in Cheesman and the Gardens on May 2 and May 3 have transformed into Dusky Flycatcher. Those who struggle, as I do, to identify these birds, can find a really helpful conversation on the birds on the CFO Facebook page. Thanks, especially, to Mark Peterson, who spoke out against the consensus that the bird that I shared photographs of was a Cordilleran. His contributions led me to review my photos more extensively and provoked some additional conversation. Paul Hurtado and Bill Maynard also contributed some detailed posts that moved things along. - Jared Del Rosso Denver, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2505e74a-b436-4af3-bdef-2eca2adea311%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
