Date: 6/20/25 11:42 am From: Pauli Driver-Smith <hollyhockfarms...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Different bird at my deck last evening
Another question. Now that we think that it is a Blackburnian Warbler, what do they eat? I still have a bid feeder out filled with niger seed for the gold finches, and a pie plate filled with treats such as slightly ripe strawberries, blueberries, cherry tomatoes, etc. Was it attracted to any of that?
I'm going to keep an eye out for it and if I see it again, I'll notify the list.
By the way, the Yellow headed blackbirds are especially abundant on the south end of Highland Lake this year, and I was able to see my first fledglings. They almost look like chicks that have started to feather out a bit.
Pauli
Higlandlake/Mead, Weld County
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From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleatherman...>
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Subject: Re: [cobirds] Different bird at my deck last evening
Pauli
Could it have been a Blackburnian Warbler?
Dave Leatherman
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Subject: Re: [cobirds] Different bird at my deck last evening
I think it is too small. It was somewhere in size between a goldfinch and a House sparrow. I got a good look at its size because it landed right at my feet, then flew up into the tree next to my chair, sat there for a second, then flew off into the other trees. It looked like a Warbler in body size and shape but which kind, I'm not sure of. The closest it comes to in my bird book is a Blackburne Warbler, but I didn't think they came this far south.
Pauli
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From: Jessi Oberbeck <ivory.billed.wdpkr...>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2025 10:33 AM
To: Pauli Driver-Smith <hollyhockfarms...>
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Different bird at my deck last evening
On Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 10:18 AM Pauli Driver-Smith <hollyhockfarms...><mailto:<hollyhockfarms...>> wrote:
I had a small bird fly down at my feet last evening then take off into the trees. I got a fairly good look at it, and I know for sure that it is one I have never seen before. It took off again before I could get a picture.
I'm not a professional birder or even a avid hobbyist anymore, so I don't know the proper terminology, but I'll do my best to describe it.
It looks like a warbler. right size, beak and body shape, etc. What is different is that it had an orange throat that bled down into his chest, dark brown/almost black body, white wing patches/bars` and a bit of a black cap that stretched down to his back. The orange was really orange until it reached his chest then blended into more of a yellowish tint. If it was a lot bigger, I'd say it resembled some Orioles in coloring.
Any ideas of what it might be?
Pauli Smith
Highlandlake/Mead, Weld County.
I live across the road from the south shore of the lake.
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