Tuesday, 20 May 2014

[cobirds] El Paso county, Fountain Creek Regional Park --- Purple Martin 5/20/14

COBirders,

Late this afternoon I made a stop at Fountain Creek Regional Park in hopes of seeing a few of the recently reported warblers.  While looking for them I had a female or an immature male PURPLE MARTIN fly over head.  I only had brief looks as I was in the trees and it was only in the clear for a few seconds but it was just above the tree tops and gave decent views.  There were probably about 30 to 40 (maybe more?) CLiff Swallows around plus a few Barns and Northern Rough-winged Swallows and a single White-throated Swift.

As for any of the recent reported rare warblers, I was unable to find any of them.  There were a few others that came later and maybe had better luck as it was very quiet almost the whole time I was there.
 
-----
Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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