A Northern Parula male was catching midges from bushes and small trees on the north side of Sheldon Lake in Fort Collins City Park from at least 9am thru noon. I am guessing it will stick in the area at least until tonight. There is a boardwalk that skirts the south end of the swimming pool complex. The bird was in vegetation between this boardwalk and the lake shore just east of the swimming pool complex (another way to say it is "along the boardwalk north of the boat ramp"). It's favorite haunt was a leafless willow about 20 feet tall about 30 yards east of the white building where swimming pool patrons pay (when the pool is open). Also present were a few orange-crowns and yellow-rumps. Northern Parula was both chipping and singing (mostly the former). The bird was seen by at least 4 other birders who tried for it.
Migrants seen today at nearby Grandview Cemetery included FOY House Wren (just n of 7-11 across street from nw corner of cemetery), Broad-tailed Hummingbird (heard), Violet-green Swallows (high in the sky), Spotted Towhee (southeastern corner under cotoneaster n of the pump house), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (se corner), Orange-crowned Warblers (2 in cotoneaster shrubs), Chipping Sparrows (big flock midway along the south boundary road) and Yellow-rumped Warblers (few in flowering cottonwoods). Lots of waxwings continue in the cottonwoods.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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