Hi all, I read with interest the reports on the Golden-crowned sparrow at Red Rocks. I would have to go back to my year lists ( Oh, where are they?? difficult to find after a move). But when we started birding 20 years ago we were eager to find that sparrow and took a number of bags of seed to Red Rocks (courtesy of us and Boulder Bird Club). and were thrilled to find it.
I am curious to know if someone (Brandon perhaps?) has records that show when the Golden -crowneds' were first found there? Has anyone ever done any banding there to determine what the yearly population has been? I would think there would be a larger population now that these birds have been here for decades at least. Any thoughts? Suzi Plooster Lafayette, CO On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning, I decided to run over to Red Rocks to see if the > Golden-crowned Sparrow would show at the feeders. When I arrived, Carol > Sullivan was looking for her life bird. I scattered some hulled millet and > waited for at least an hour, looking through the various sparrows > (White-crowned, Juncos, and Song) and enjoying good conversation. At last, > the Golden-crowned made a short visit before giving up trying to get food > near the aggressive Scrub Jays. Distant photos can be seen later today at > the site below. > > > > > Mark Chavez > Lakewood-Green Mtn > http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cobirds%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
