I went to Last Chance on 9/28 . On 10/1, I went back to last Chance on 10/1
with Deb Carstensen. This is Washington County and Last Chance is on highway 36
where the highway intersects with highway 71. I noticed many, many, Red-tailed
Hawks on the power poles on highway 36th on 9/28.
In no particular order on 9/28 I saw the following down in the little drying up
puddle.
1, ad. SORA to my surprise. I heard for a while, a bunch of noise in the Golden
Currants and assumed it was a Thrasher, when out jumped a Sora The bird was
turning over wet leaves and feeding on perhaps seeds.
1, Hermit Thrush
3, Song Sparrow
1, Lincoln's Sparrow
1, Oregon Junco
3, Townsend's Solitaire
1, Brown Thrasher
1, Brewer's Sparrow
1, White-breasted Nuthatch
1, American Goldfinch
1 ad. Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow and 2, im. White-crowned Sparrow
2, Gray Catbird
1, Audubon's Warbler and 2 Wilson's Warbler
1, ad. almost breeding plumage Chipping Sparrow and 1, first winter Chipping
Sparrow
On 9/28 several blocks west on highway 36, on county rd. B, I found gobs of
Chipping Sparrows[mostly ad. in pretty much breeding plumage], along with
Vesper Sparrows. The gang was chowing down on what most Junco's and Sparrows
adore, the non-native grass Setaria [Bristlegrass]. Even though I am not fond
of non-natives I always leave a small patch of them in my yd. BUT I don't let
them get out of control. Yeah, you say! I've watched birds feed on Kochia
seeds, Ragweed seeds, Lambsquarter seeds, Plantain seeds, Curly Dock seeds,
Purslane, Amaranth and Knotweed seeds etc, etc, etc. and many more weed specie
seeds, all of which they love but which give me super bad allergies. I guess if
you want to leave one non-native grass in a section of your yd. it might be
Bristlegrass. This grass has little round seeds that look like a small version
of the birdseed, millet. Bristlegrass seeds are much smaller than those of
millet and the plant is an annual so it is easy to pull out of the ground.
On 10/1 Deb Carstensen & I saw the following : 2,ad.,Tan-striped WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, 1, ad. SORA[I presume the one I saw on 9/28]. I also presume the bird
was migrating BUT is this in anyone's bird breeding atlas block? I did not see
young Sora's. Seen also were 1, Spotted Towhee, 1, Gray Catbird, 2, Townsend's
Solitaire, 1, Song Sparrow,1 ad. Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow along with 2,
im. We saw 3 Pink sided Junco, 1 ad. and 2 first winter Chipping Sparrow,
Northern Flicker and last, but not uncommon, 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and 1
Wilson's Warbler.
Happy Birding!
Tina Jones, Littleton, Jefferson County, CO
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