CBR, El Paso Co, Wednesday

[Steven Brown]

Hi COBirders,

I was at Chico Basin Ranch - the Holmes Grove, this morning doing some preliminary clearing before the banding station opens up after Labor Day. I got pretty good looks at several migrants including:

15 Com Nighthawks, all together, about 1100
Black-chinned Hummingbird female
Empid Flycatcher - probably Dusky based on long tail
Warbling Vireo
Wilson's Warbler - several females
Yellow Warbler probably hatch-year male
Yellow-breasted Chat
Red-breasted Nuthatch - male
Western Tanager male
and a few Chipping, Lark, and Vesper Sparrows

also an adult Brown Thrasher - maybe not a migrant.
Western Kingbirds
Blue Jay
Am Robins

It wasn't THICK with birds, but a good variety anyway. It is dry. The only things that appear to be growing well are the unwelcome Russian Olives.

Good birding,
Steve Brown
Colorado Springs (Mountain Shadows)

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Can someone post "helpful cheat sheet" ... :-) ... Fall identification tips for our "common", not singing empids?

Nick K did nice job here for one of them:
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/id-help-3


Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn
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