Warbler migrating machine still kicking out birds near Lamar

Winds were terrible, strong and very gusty but there were still migrating warblers at Temple Grove @ Ft Lyon Canal north of Lamar. Fortunat...

Hooded Warbler pulling nictitating membrane over eyes

The top pic shows the nictiating membrane as it comes up over the Hooded Warbler's eye. The bottom pic, taken about 1 minute later, sho...

More Hooded Warbler pics

This great little warbler would forage for awhile then stop to loaf, sometimes groom a little then sing. A couple of times he would fly in ...

Today a Hooded Warbler at Temple Grove

I ran into some Boulder birders this morning who told me there was a singing Hooded Warbler and a singing Red-eyed Vireo at Temple Grove ear...

Another Temple Grove rarity: Chestnut-sided Warbler

This is the third warbler that is rare to Colorado that I found on Saturday at Temple Grove on the Ft Lyon Canal north of Lamar, CO. Though...

More Magnolia Warbler pics

Three more pics of this very good-looking Magnolia Warbler (even it's name sounds gorgeous) that I photographed over the week-end. I sa...

Photo of Magnolia Warbler I found at a hotspot north of Lamar,CO

After I found this lovely male Magnolia Warbler yesterday at Temple Grove, along the Ft Lyon Canal, I spent about 45 minutes trying to get a...

More MOURNING WARBLER pics

In the pics on the earlier post and in the top pic, it is clear that this bird has bright yellow plumage on it's underparts and a dark g...

MOURNING WARBLER, very rare bird I found today near Lamar, CO

This morning I birded at a super neotropical migrant trap called Temple Grove. This is a unusual nice grove of trees and shrubs extending f...