American Tree Sparrow, Lagerman Res, Boulder

[Eric DeFonso]

Hi all,

This morning at Lagerman Reservoir I was pleasantly surprised when I saw and photographed a first-of-the-fall American Tree Sparrow. It was in the southwest portion of the loop trail around the reservoir, in the cattails, not far from where I had a small group of chittering Chestnut-collared Longspurs yesterday.

Knowing it's just early October, I thought maybe I had the first ATSP of the season for Colorado. But when I got home I checked eBird and saw that our very own President Komar had one a few days ago up in Larimer County. Oh well - a silver medal is still very pretty.

Eric

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Eric DeFonso
near Lyons, Boulder County, CO