Plumbeous and Red-eyed Vireos, Yellow Warblers singing, phoebe update in Canon City

[SeEttaM .]

I spotted a first of the year Plumbeous Vireo this morning and heard a Red-eyed Vireo singing yesterday, both on the Canon City Riverwalk near the Sell's Lake parking lot. The Yellow Warblers quickly got on territory as I saw the first on Monday and heard a couple of them singing on Thursday.  Today was a big push of Yellow-rumped Warblers with good numbers of both Myrtle and Audubon's.  I have uploaded a couple of good pics of the Plumbeous Vireo and one of the Myrtle Yellow-rumps onto my Birds and Nature blog.

The typical appearing Eastern Phoebe I noted that was attending a previously used nest location near the Sell's Lake parking lot of the Canon City Riverwalk is paired with a typical appearing Black Phoebe-this is the same configuration as the pair that nested there last year.  The nest is under the concrete structure over an irrigation return flow ditch almost straight across the Arkansas River from the vault toilets near that parking lot.  I also spotted a second typical appearing Eastern Phoebe at the Sanitation District's enclosed area several hundred feet further east of that vault toilet.  The pair of typical appearing Black Phoebes at Sell's Lake continue though not as vocal (maybe starting to nest).  And the typical appearing Eastern Phoebe that I have posted photos of last week sitting on eggs is still on the eggs. 

SeEtta Moss

Canon City

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