FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER near Rawhide Power Plant (Larimer)

Andrew Bankert

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Sep 14, 2018, 4:05:58 PM9/14/18

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I just got a 3rd hand report that a Fork-tailed Flycatcher was photographed on Buckeye Road near the Rawhide Powerplant. It was reported near the solar panels on the north side of Buckeye Road, and David Wade said he saw the photographs.

Andy Bankert

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Todd Deininger

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Sep 14, 2018, 6:40:25 PM9/14/18

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Do you know when was it photographed?

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Rachel

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Sep 14, 2018, 7:21:59 PM9/14/18

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The bird was photographed this morning at 9 a.m. There is a 2-track road that runs north along the solar panels (entry from Buckeye) and we think that is where it was seen. Lots of people up there looking. It is a long-tailed adult.

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David Wade

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Sep 15, 2018, 2:02:47 AM9/15/18

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Greetings all. I bolted out to Rawhide as soon as I could after hearing about and seeing a photo of the Fork-tailed Flycatcher. I searched far and wide, taxing my car on a rutted out two-track, up and down Co Rd 5 and the roads to the West but came up empty. I counted 8 other birders while I was out there and I haven't heard of anyone else seeing it. It's anybody's guess where it got off to.

I was under the impression that it was seen around 9 am but that was wrong. It was seen around 6 am and I started searching around 2 pm, eight hours after the fact.

I did see a photo and have no doubts about the identification. It was dark above with a black cap, white underneath and the eponymous tail streamers. I would post the photo but it's not mine and not my decision to. I will certainly ask for permission and put it up if okayed.