Been cool here lately-- coming up on the end of May. Had four inches of snow the other day, followed by more overcast days and drizzle. Just fine for birding and keeping the migrants here a bit longer...
Hit Wheatridge Greenbelt yesterday, after dropping Clem at dance. Figured I had half an hour...
Caught some cliff swallows at the first lil pond, furthest to the west. The one that seems it's prone to all kinds of nasty seepage and run-off... A grand Snowy Egret as well...
Moved on, chasing the peeps. Several Killdeer that eventually lead the way, luring me away from their breeding grounds with their dance displays of injury.
But in-between, a tiny little peep-- several of them-- that really just looked like sparrows. Short beaks, near all-brown, and tiny. Have not been able to ID yet. Closest thing is the Least Sandpiper, but that one is white underneath, and this guy was mostly brown all over.
Cruised onwards with my umbrella and the clock ticking-- needed to get back to pick Clem up soon already. Yellow warbler singing high in dead tree. Then a catbird across the way-- my first. This guy was great-- up there with the Curved Beak Thrasher I saw/heard in Santa Fe-- not QUITE as fabulous, but pretty dang cool. Raining.
Other things flitting by. With more time I'd probably nab a few more first-time sightings...
Back at CC, headed back west, there are still masses of what I thought might be a different warbler, but I'm pretty sure is the same Yellow-Rumped. Except is rump isn't yellow anymore. Yellow head, throat, chest, with white wingbars. Darker than the yellow-rumped was three weeks ago. But probably the same crew...
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