November Warbler Summary Update

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

So, thanks to updates provided by Myron Gerhard, John Barr via Bill Schmoker, Brandon Percival, Austin Hess via Nick Komar, and Sean Walters via Ted Floyd, the new "November 2013 Warbler Summary for Colorado" stands at:

Tennessee  (1)  Pueblo
Orange-crowned (1)  just south of Loveland
Northern Parula (3)  Jackson Res, Fort Collins, and Boulder
Yellow-rumped  (several)  several locales
Black-throated Green (1)  Pueblo
Pine (1, possibly 2)  Boulder, possibly south Fort Collins
Palm (1)  Lafayette
Bay-breasted (1)  Boulder
Blackpoll (1)  Pueblo
Common Yellowthroat (at least 5)  Blue Lake n of Las Animas and 4 in Pueblo (probably others)
Wilson's (1)  Jackson Res

It gets more remarkable by the day.  What's next?

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

[Brandon K. Percival]

I was looking over the Pueblo Area Migration Calendar, that Dave Silverman has kept track of.  The following warblers have been seen over the years in the Pueblo Area, during the months of November or December.

1. Blue-winged

2. Tennessee (this year, first Nov sighting for the Pueblo Area)

3. Orange-crowned *

4. Nashville *

5. Northern Parula *

6. Yellow

7. Magnolia

8. Cape May *

9. Black-throated Green *

10. Townsend's

11. Blackburnian

12. Yellow-throated *

13. Pine *

14. Prairie *

15. "Yellow" Palm * (I'm unaware of a Nov or Dec "Western" Palm in the Pueblo Area

16. Blackpoll (this year, first Nov sighting for the Pueblo Area)

17. Ovenbird

18. MacGillivray's *

19. Common Yellowthroat *

20. Wilson's *

The starred warblers have also been seen in December in the Pueblo Area.

Fremont County November warblers, that haven't been seen in Pueblo in Nov:

21. American Redstart

22. Worm-eating

Pueblo also had the following three species, in extreme late October.

Chestnut-sided

Black-throated Blue

Hooded

So, to answer Dave Leatherman's question, on what is next this November, well pretty much anything.  Pueblo has been a good warbler location over the years in the Nov and Dec.

Brandon Percival -- Pueblo West, CO

[Joe Roller]

This is an interesting thread. Brandon is correct in answering David Leatherman's question, of "what's next?"

with the reply, "pretty much anything."

And there are specific, evidence-based answers to David's intriguing question:

First, Pine Warbler is not our only "winter warbler."

That status also applies to Cape May Warbler, with multiple "after Halloween" records.

It has been found at bird feeders in winter and visited both Jane Axtell's and Alex Cruz's feeders daily for a week or more. 

(Keep that suet feeder filled, and find a source for overnight Fed-Ex delivery of meal worms).

Another winter warbler is Painted Redstart. Two of Colorado's first four Painted Redstart records were

from late fall:

Oct 25 through November 8 in El Paso County and

November 16 through 22, Larimer County.

And I recall, possibly correctly, that Peter Gent explored a southeast Colorado woodlot 

in December, a long time ago, and the only bird present was a hardy Connecticut Warbler.

This ancient information is from "Bob and Bob," where else?

Joe Roller, 

Denver

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