Hello, Birders.
Peter Burke and I went out early, very early, this "morning," Sunday, June 9th for night birds in the Flatirons, Boulder County. All birds were legally detected. (Do heed the various warnings and restrictions up there.) We heard two Northern Saw-whet Owls at one stop, a Flammulated Owl at another, and two Great Horned Owls at a third; we also heard for Common Poorwills, Common Nighthawks, and a spooky Wilson's Snipe. Of greatest interest, perhaps, were the supposedly diurnal bird species singing in the middle of the night: Cordilleran Flycatcher, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, and especially Violet-green Swallows. Violet-green Swallows were constantly aloft, just twittering away up there, above the pines, beneath the Milky Way.
Down at the Gregory Canyon trailhead, a noisy male Rose-breasted Grosbeak continues. We also saw a tardy Lincoln's Sparrow, presumably still on its way north and/or up.
Ted Floyd
tedfloyd57@hotmail.com
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
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