Greetings All,
I posted this yesterday, but somehow it never landed at the listserv: The PINE WARBLER was still at Denver West Industrial Park. To get there, Take I-70 south (actually west) from I-25 (assuming one is southbound from places like Longmont) to the Denver West exit (exit 263). Go east to Colfax (a couple blocks). Turn L on Colfax and take the first L onto Cole. Take your first right (which is labelled as being for Bldgs 3 and 4). Building 4 is the one you want. I found it in some conifers on the N side (roughly speaking), but the bird has been found most often on the southeast. There are LOTS of true pine trees here as well as other conifers. When I found the bird it was on its own. The place most have been subjected to a fair bit of screech-owl imitations and pishing, because robins, juncos, flickers, etc immediately split when any of those vocal attempts at attraction were uttered. So, patience, stare at the pine trees, look for movement. I was there mid-day, so early or late in the day visits might find a more active Pine Warbler At Red Rocks Trading Post, bird life was a feast. I spent to warm, sunny glorious hours there. The adult GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW made an appearance for only about a minute during that time, and there were no rosy-finches of any flavor. A N GOSHAWK adult did cruise by, causing all passerines to disappear as if someone had said "arbadacarba." Among the throngs of juncos there was but one White-winged. There were a few oddball juncos, distinctive because of wingbars (on non-WW Junco), or other oddities of plumage. Given the average length of stay/number of visits of these oddballs (6 individuals in all), the time I spent there, the number of identifiable juncos present at any time (15 was a rather conservative estimate) -- a rather conservative estimate of total juncos visiting the feeders whilst I was there was 1800 birds. This seems utterly outlandish, but when looking at rosy finch flocks or hummingbirds, the estimated number of birds present by observers vs the calculated number of birds have given results on par with this. So, my estimated breakdown of junco numbers, being even more conservative in total number, was as such: 550 Gray-headed 150 Pink-sided 75 Oregon 30 Slate-colored 10 Cassiar 1 White-winged and 75 unknown. EGADS!!! There was also a male arcticus Spotted Towhee (big white spangles nearly covering back, huge white undertail spots) Good Birding, Steve Mlodinow Longmont, CO -- 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.
