Following up on Brad Biggerstaff's finding Philadelphia Vireo this morning, I visited the Spring Creek Trail/Cottonwood Park/Spring Canyon Community Park area over the lunch hour and again this evening and found several flocks of migrants. The vireo was still present in the evening (although I missed it). Some interesting birds I did see:
Clark's Nutcracker - 1 flyover
Calliope Hummingbird - 1
Archilochus species hummingbird -1 (I am leaning towards Ruby-throated, but need better photos)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird - 1 (getting late? Not according to ebird)
Rufous Hummingbird - 12 (all female types; remarkable number)
This area is reached by car by driving to the south end of Overland Trail or the west end of Horsetooth Road. It is just east of the south end of Pineridge Natural Area (Dixon Res. is at the north end). A thorough survey of the area would probably turn up 50 species of birds. I put some photos (including possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird) from today's visits in my recent pics gallery at http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/. Scroll to bottom of page. I will probably be back at first light tomorrow to try to get better photos of the possible Ruby-throat, which was visiting a feeder in a backyard that abuts the east side of Cottonwood Park (park at south end of Overland Trail; walk east across grass sports area; feeder is just south of a flooded cattail marsh).
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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