Indigo Bunting, Fort Collins
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Eric DeFonso
Jun 8, 2010, 10:24:46 AM6/8/10
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Hi,
I relocated the Indigo Bunting found by Aran Meyer yesterday in Fort Collins, just west of Lemay near the Poudre Trail. It was singing profusely near the road, and in fact I heard it singing even as I was getting out of my vehicle in the parking lot. As Aran said, this appears to be a young (first alternate) bird, with brown wings and lightish flanks. The underparts are largely blue, but with a bit of buff on the belly. The song sounds to me like half of an adult Indigo song, lacking the full flourish of the adult but with 3-4 recognizable distinct couplets.
I walked briefly eastward down the trail toward where the trail is submerged by the flooding river, and also heard a singing Swainson's Thrush. Oh, and I also found the mother lode of mosquitos. Since I was unprepared for that, I didn't stick around long.
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Eric DeFonso
Fort Collins, CO
I relocated the Indigo Bunting found by Aran Meyer yesterday in Fort Collins, just west of Lemay near the Poudre Trail. It was singing profusely near the road, and in fact I heard it singing even as I was getting out of my vehicle in the parking lot. As Aran said, this appears to be a young (first alternate) bird, with brown wings and lightish flanks. The underparts are largely blue, but with a bit of buff on the belly. The song sounds to me like half of an adult Indigo song, lacking the full flourish of the adult but with 3-4 recognizable distinct couplets.
I walked briefly eastward down the trail toward where the trail is submerged by the flooding river, and also heard a singing Swainson's Thrush. Oh, and I also found the mother lode of mosquitos. Since I was unprepared for that, I didn't stick around long.
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Eric DeFonso
Fort Collins, CO
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