Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Larimer

[David Wade]

Trough a series of texts, email, and Facebook posts I heard of a possible Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in northern Larimer today. I was a little pessimistic about finding it because of my late start but was lucky enough to find it. It's about a half mile north of Ted's Place (hwy 287 and 14 or the Poudre canyon turnoff). That's where 287 makes a 90 degree turn to east. It was perched in the dead trees above a farmhouse on the north side of the highway. This all private land but it can be seen from a pull off of the highway there.

David Wade
Ft Collins CO

[John Shenot]

FYI this local rarity was originally reported on the Fort Collins Audubon Society facebook page by Daniel Stangeland, a birder visiting from Florida who probably hasn't heard of COBIRDS. Thanks to Daniel and congrats to David Wade, who hopefully won't be the last local to find this gem.

John Shenot

Fort Collins, CO

[Sean Walters]

Continuing on fence across from lumber yard ~3/4 mile north of Highway 14 on 287. 

Sean Walters

Fort Collins, CO

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[Megan Miller]

At about 4:15 a few more of us saw the bird. We found it about a mile north of teds place, on the north side of 287 on the other side from the sawmill. This is further up the road from where Dave Wade saw it. The road bends northward at this place and then continues straight north afterwards. The bird was headed back west when we left.

Good but brief views. The wind is blowing like crazy and it seems to be struggling to forage. 

-Megan, Fort Collins, Co

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-Megan

[Nick Komar]

The ST Flycatcher is hunkered down in a large shrub (maybe a plum, with reddish leaves) on the north side of US287, evading the 50 mph wind gusts. This is across the road from the entrance to Forks Lumber. Other birders showed it to me, so I will hang for a while in case more birders show up. There is a safe pullout on the south side of the road (northbound side). 

Nick Komar

Fort Collins CO

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