The day began nicely with a parade of 16 Townsend's Solitaires passing over my home near sunrise as singles or in small parties. In the end, I encountered 61 Solitaires in the Valley this morning. Very delightful.
-- I visited various spots along and Massey Draw from upstream of Valley Parkway to near the Dakota formation hogback. Things were very birdy in some areas. A highlight was a Tennessee Warbler near my home among a swarm of some 70 Audubon's Warblers (plus a handful of Orange-crowneds and a Wilson's). Other birds of some note along the Draw were a hatch year Harris's Sparrow, hatch year White-throated Sparrow (different area than a few days ago), a Merlin, a tardyish Red-naped Sapsucker, and a straggling Lazuli Bunting. 14 Rock Wrens were on the same slope of the Dakota hogback where I had even more a few days ago. Mountain Bluebirds remained numerous in that same area, with about 210 noted there. Also along Massey Draw and vicinity were several Green-tailed Towhees, 1 Sage Thrasher and 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Western Meadowlark numbers bumped up with an apparent wave of migrants, and lots of apparent migrant Spotted Towhees, too. Pine Siskins were prominent.
Oh yes, the Arctic Tern and Red-necked Grebe continued at Chatfield Reservoir.
David Suddjian
Littleton, CO
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