Thursday, 16 August 2012

[cobirds] El Paso County fallout under way right now

Hello, Birders.


This message will perhaps prompt the following question: "He was doing *what*?"


The rest of the story:


I slept outside near Dry Creek, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, this past night, Wed.-Thurs., Aug. 15-16. After the front passed and winds calmed, sometime overnight, there was a good flight of nocturnal migrants: mainly Yellow Warblers and Chipping Sparrows, and lower numbers of Lark Sparrows and Brewer's/Clay-colored Sparrows. Then, as I prowled the mean streets of nw. Colorado at sunrise ("He was doing *what*?"), I heard migrants' flight calls everywhere. Right near I-25: Chipping and Lark sparrows galore; a Western Tanager here, a Black-headed Grosbeak there; the little "electric buzzer" flight calls of Yellow Warblers; more Chippies and Larks; and a smattering of Brewer's/Clay-coloreds.


I'm sure they're all headed for Chico Basin Ranch...


Ted Floyd

tedfloyd57@hotmail.com

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado

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