Worm-eating Warbler, Tempel Grove, Bent County

[Duane Nelson]

Hello birders,

Janeal Thompson and I visited Tempel Grove this afternoon. Our best bird
was a Worm-eating Warbler. We found it by walking east from the parking
area along the south side of the canal until we reached two utility
poles with wires spanning the canal to two similar poles on the north
side of the canal. The warbler was in the first juniper tree east of the
poles on the north side of the canal. In this same exact location, we
also observed two White-throated Sparrows.

We looked for Dave Leatherman's Harris' Sparrows south of the parking
area, but dipped on them. However, we had a third White-throated Sparrow
among the big flock of White-crowned Sparrows.

Finally, we saw a Gray Catbird in the undergrowth south of the memorial
benches. Dave's ears did not let him down.

Duane Nelson

Las Animas, Bent Co., CO