Snowbirding, Boulder Co.; ABA article by Elena Klaver

[Ted Floyd]

Hey, all. Lots of nice birds in the snow late this Tues. afternoon, May 5, at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve & Waneka Lake, Boulder Co., including a black-throated gray warbler (found by Eric DeFonso), a yellow-throated vireo (also found by Eric), and a broad-winged hawk (found by Pete Christiansen and me). The vireo and warbler were in the dense vegetation near the west shore of Waneka Lake; the hawk was, and presumably still is, roosting in the trees near the southwest corner of Greenlee marsh. Lots of orange-crowned, Audubon, and myrtle warblers, too, and a handful of Brewer sparrows. Here's the vireo in fading light this evening in the snow:



In other news, the ABA has republished Colorado birder Elena Klaver's 2023 article in Birding on birding in Colombia. The English-language version, available free of charge, is the first feature on the ABA homepage:

aba.org

And the Spanish-language version, also by Elena, is available free of charge at the Birding magazine archive:

aba.org/pdfviewer/birding-2023-apr/?auto_viewer=true#page=24

Enjoy the snowbirding tomorrow. Should be good!

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder Co.