[cobirds] Re: Cordilleran Flycatcher, Common Nighthawks - Centennial (Arapahoe)

The Cordilleran Flycatcher continues on the Little Dry Creek (Arapahoe), near the High Line Canal Trail, along East Orchard Rd. Very vocal this morning (6/3), calling madly. I briefly fooled myself into thinking that another Cordilleran called back to it. But no.

Also today:

• While looking for the Cordy, I had the good fortune of watching a raccoon forage in the creek.
• Back along the Canal Trail, I spotted a fledgling robin, hanging around what appeared to be its nest. And a flock of six or so Bushtits on a nearby trail (the "Centennial Link" trail). Have they already nested and fledged, or is this some other sort of group?  
• Western Kingbirds continue nearby at the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. By no means unexpected, but they're among my favorite local nesters, and this is the closest I've found a pair of them to my home.

On nighthawks:

• On June 1, I heard a Common Nighthawk call over my home. Also...entirely expected. But they are my very favorite spring through fall guests, and I hope to find a spot in my local birding area where they can be observed through the summer. So far, I only have migrants...and, over the past two years, this is the week when the migration spigot is turned off and I no longer hear them over my yard.

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:46:44 AM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote:

Last night (5/27), I heard then spotted two Common Nighthawks over my west Centennial home (Arapahoe). The birds appeared northbound, until they hit a wall of wind that they couldn't break. When I last saw them, they looked like they were being pushed southeast.

This morning, while dog walking, I heard the Cordilleran Flycatcher still calling from the Little Dry Creek, near the High Line Canal Trail, along East Orchard Rd. I previously heard & saw the bird last Thursday (5/24).

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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