[cobirds] vismig, Walden Ponds, Boulder County, Sept. 22nd

Hello, Birders.


In the U.K., they call it vismig, cutsie Brit shorthand for "visible migration." Anyhow, I got me some yesterday morning, Sat., Sept. 22nd, at Walden Ponds, Boulder County:


1. A steady flight of high-flying, generally southbound Audubon's Warblers;

2. An immature Red-headed Woodpecker that flew in from the east, landed on a snag, and then kept going; and

3. Two fairly low Chestnut-collared Longspurs (thought they would land, no such luck) over Cottonwood Marsh, just rattlin' along.


Meanwhile, migrants "on the ground" were slow, slow, slow. Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows are back in droves, but, otherwise, just some dribs and drabs: a few Greater Yellowlegs and Snowy Egrets; a Wilson's Warbler here, a Western Wood-Pewee there; scattered Lincoln's and Vesper Sparrows; stuff like that... Nice morning.


Ted Floyd

tedfloyd57@hotmail.com

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado

 

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