Ted et al, To back up your report here, Ted, for the first summer in the last several, Chipping Sparrows did NOT breed at Grandview Cemetery in 2013. I heard my first one since late spring there yesterday (the 19th). I also have had them on the 17th and 18th in the High Park Fire area west of Fort Collins (lower Rist Canyon) on a hillside where I am pretty sure they did not breed (charcoal black trees only). I was up there collecting insects attracted to the dead trees (buprestid beetles, cerambycid beetles, robber flies with larval stages that feed on rotten wood, parasitoid wasps, etc.).
Dave From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [cobirds] Nice Chipping Sparrow flight winding down, Lafayette, Boulder County, July 20th Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 03:46:15 -0700 Hello, Birders. For the past 2.5 hours this Saturday morning, July 20th, there's been a slow but steady night flight of Chipping Sparrows over Lafayette, eastern Boulder County. In July adult Chipping Sparrows begin migrating to molting grounds in eastern Colorado and western Kansas (and presumably elsewhere). Many migrate by night, and their piercing flight calls, once learned, are distinctive--and one of the characteristic sounds of summer nights in the Front Range metro region. Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BAY177-W52395E76F6CEF683C7B712C06C0%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SNT139-W353469C5A21BE556F99AAEC16C0%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
