Usually I would list any rare species in the title line - but I had too many good birds today banding at Clear Spring Ranch. The morning started out normally, 5-6 Yellow Warblers by 8:00, then slow, but a wave of migrants definitely arrived about 9:45. Maybe the cloud cover we had kept them moving, after the heavy rain last night. ??? But it was fun. Birds included:
FOS Cassin's Vireo (juv), a first for me at this location - photo below
Red-eyed Vireo -(ad) my second this week - that too has never happened
Northern Waterthrush (juv), okay - that happens all the time here
FOS Clay-colored Sparrow (ad) - eBird marked it rare, but I have been getting them regularly in Augusts
FOS Lazuli Bunting - second-year male, late for a FOS
FOS Western Kingbird - (2 juv F), these rarely get caught in the nets - they usually stay too high
FOS Bullock's Oriole, (ad F)
FOS Wilson's Warbler (ad F), also late for a FOS
and 20 more Yellow Warblers - 99 for the week, previous best FALL was 68! (and a flock of 150+ Chipping Sparrows in the shade as I left.)
But besides that, there were very few local birds around again. It is surprising to see so many migrants with so few local birds around.
Happy Migration,
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs
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