To all who provided thoughts about the CLNU and GRJA -- thanks! The ranger speculated that the late snow-melt meant that picnickers weren't able to "draw" the birds to the picnic areas.
Thanks for the eBird data. I didn't have access to that up in the mountains -- and hadn't checked it since I returned home. Gary Brower Englewood, CO On Jul 15, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Jim Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Prompted by Gary's and Derek's observations concerning Gray Jays and Clark's > Nutcrackers, I checked eBird for the Rocky Mountain National Park area for > this year and past years. At least as far as reported observations in eBird, > Clark's Nutcrackers are being reported in and around RMNP this year in > numbers comparable to past years, but Gray Jays aren't being reported as much > this year as in some past years. With more and more data, eBird is very > useful for checking things like this. > > Jim Nelson > Bethesda, Maryland > > From: Derek Hill > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [cobirds] Re: Two missing birds for CO. > > To add to Gary's observation, I spent several days in the Fraser Valley, > Grand Co. over the last month, and an afternoon tour through RMNP along Trail > Ridge Rd., and throughout all the traveling, hiking, biking, and camping I > was surprised at the lack of birds (and also no GRJA or CLNU in RMNP). > Granted our drive through RMNP was pretty direct with no woodland hiking, and > much of the time in Fraser Valley was spent with family and a wedding, but it > was somewhat disappointing birdwise. Hardly needed to carry binocs for the > lack of birds, and I wondered if it was the pine bark beetle damage. Though I > have very little experience summer birding in the mountains and not sure if > my perception of lack of birds is accurate for that locale/season. However > with all the wildflowers, lepidoptera, other wildlife, and awesome scenery it > took me a while to wonder where the birds were! > > Good birding, > Derek Hill > Fort Collins > > On Monday, July 14, 2014 8:03:34 PM UTC-6, Gary Brower wrote: > All, > > A different take on this thread. > > I spent the weekend in RMNP, and saw no/zero/nada/zip Gray Jays or Clark's > Nutcrackers. I talked a volunteer at Lake Irene; she had noticed the same > thing. And I spoke with a ranger at Kawuneeche Visitor Center who had the > same report. > > Any thoughts? (The ranger suspected it was because the snow melted so late.) > > Gary Brower > Englewood, CO > > PS By the way, I did see two WTPT's (perhaps male and female, as they > were in pretty close proximity to one another) at the Rock Cut on Trail Ridge > Rd, and a female-on-the-nest Broad-tailed Hummer at Lily Lake. > -- > 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/5a686e93-f95b-4463-b18e-c9df4e2ab008%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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/0BBA0B18BC2B42D29638248C546BA92A%40jimPC. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/8A11049F-C3D4-4264-9B98-699DB8896B69%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
