November warbler rally continues: Ovenbird in Longmont
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William Schmoker
Nov 21, 2013, 9:51:03 PM11/21/13
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This evening in the last of the light I ventured out to fill my feeders. A little bird I hadn't seen skulking on the ground scurried over to my brush pile, and with bare eyes I could see heavy breast striping. I first thought it must be a Song Sparrow but something about it rubbed me wrong so I ran back inside to get my bins. In the dark (around 4:50 with light snow falling) I couldn't get much of the bird other than to eliminate any of the normal suspects for this time of year, so I ran back again for my camera. I popped a few flash shots and saw to my amazement that it was an Ovenbird picking around under my feeders: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9047968@N02/
I scattered a handful of freeze-dried waxworms & hope the little guy finds them. Not a good night for a bird that should be in a much warmer place by now- forecasted low of 6° F.
Enjoy- Bill Schmoker, Longmont
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Peter Burke
Nov 21, 2013, 10:44:01 PM11/21/13
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...just happened to have a supply of freeze-dried waxworms on hand, eh? Classic.
Peter Burke
Editor, Colorado Birds
Colorado Field Ornithologists
935 11th St. Boulder, CO 80302
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