When we lived on Spring Drive, Boulder County we had White- winged Juncos every winter, sometimes as many a four at once.
Suzi Plooster On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, Birders. > > Bill Kaempfer writes: > > > As I was leaving work this afternoon I had a > > flock of about a dozen Bohemian Waxwings fly > > overhead basically heading southeast along > > Broadway toward Baseline Road in Boulder on > > the CU campus. I think this observation is > > right in line with Christian Nunes prediction > > of the possibility of far northern species > > in this weather (while not being quite as > > exciting as Great Gray Owl, Snowy Owl, Gyrfalcon > > or Pileated Woodpecker). It is something else > > to stay alert for right now. > > Well, I got in on the action myself yesterday, Tuesday, February 1st. I saw > a GRAY-HEADED JUNCO at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. > > What? That's all? Just a common junco?? > > Truly, Gray-headed Junco is a rare bird at Greenlee. Indeed, it's the first > I've ever seen at the site. As to Bohemian Waxwings, I've had triple digit > flocks on multiple occasions at Greenlee, and I saw more than a thousand > there on February 4th, 2008. But I'd never before seen a Gray-headed Junco > at a site that has produced for me these past few years such Boulder County > desiderata as Gray Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Chihuahuan Raven, > Eastern Bluebird, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Magnolia Warbler, Prairie > Warbler, Palm Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Mourning > Warbler, Swamp Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, and Rusty Blackbird. And a few > thousand Bohemian Waxwings. But never, until yesterday morning, a > Gray-headed Junco. > > Which just goes to show two things: > > 1. Rarity is relative! > > 2. It's really cool how the different juncos segregate on the wintering > grounds. (For example, when's the last time you ever saw a wintering > White-winged Junco anywhere other than in pinewoods above 6,000 feet?) > Almost makes ya wonder if they're all different species... > > ------------------------------- > > Ted Floyd > > Editor, Birding > > Blog: http://tinyurl.com/2g2staq > > Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2ejzlzv > > Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/2wkvwxs > > ------------------------------- > > -- > 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.
