Warbler flock-Belmar Park-Jefferson County

[Art Hudak]

This afternoon after 4:00 PM I ventured over to Belmar Park to check on possible migrants.  I was not surprised at all to find a large flock of Warblers.  Orange-crowned, Townsend's and Wilson's were all present.  In addition there were many Yellow-rumped, 75-100 minimum, mostly Audubon's with a few Myrtle thrown in.  I searched diligently but nothing unusual was found.  A worthy afternoon!

 

Good Warblering (Birding)

 

Art Hudak

Denver County

[Art Hudak]

On Friday, September 21, 2012 10:52:19 PM UTC-6, Art Hudak wrote:

First and foremost this is not birding where you arrive and the birds have tea and crumpets laid out awaiting your visit, effort is required.   In three hours on 9/20 I had 2 Orange-crowned (OCWA), 47 Yellow-rumped (YRWA) many more present, 2 Towsend's (TOWA) and 4 Wilson's (WIWA). In three hours on 9/21 I had 1 OCWA, 1 MacGillivray's (MGWA), 1 American redstart (AMRE), 53 YRWA many more present, 1 TOWA and 3 WIWA.  I must admit there are so many YRWA that sorting through them is very time consuming.  Excellent birding.  There was also a Lesser Scaup present both days that eBird has tagged as rare (too early for JeffCo)?

Happy Birding,

Art Hudak