Black-throated Green Warbler in Bent County

[Duane Nelson]

Birders,

Just before noon today, I found an adult female (or very similar first
year male) Black-throated Green Warbler at Clayton Grove on the north
side of John Martin SWA. This grove is along the north border of the
State Wildlife area about four miles west of the dam. This has been a
banner year for Townsend's Warblers in this part of the state, and the
Black-throated Green Warbler was in the same flock as a female
Townsend's Warbler. Seeing both of these similar species within a couple
of feet of each other in the same binocular field was a first for me.

Duane Nelson

Las Animas, Bent County, CO