That is very interesting that you posed the question about the sage thrasher at high altitude. Today, I saw a Sage Thrasher in my neighborhood at near 8700' elevation, north of Nederland in Boulder County. I ran for my camera as I thought no one would believe this. I was shocked myself. However, I checked the species on ebirds, and see it reported in some high altitude areas: Niwot Ridge, Rainbow Lakes, and Brainard lakes in Boulder County were a few of those listed. So, I guess its not as usual as I thought. (Maybe unusual, but not unheard of... : )
Thanks for raising the question. Maureen Blackford Boulder County Stephen Getty <[email protected]> wrote: >COBirders, > >I was encouraged by another C Springs birder to report... > >1. Sage Thrasher hopping around atop Tenney Crags (10,100 ft) west of C >Springs on July 4. Weird! It is many miles from what I think of as Sage >Thrasher habitat. I was curious if other CO birders have encountered them at >such elevations. (we could also have some natural selection here from a >wanderer; it would have had to flown over a lot of pine/spruce/aspen forest to >get there!). Perhaps this is more expected around areas like Gunnison. > >2. 80-100 Ravens were swirling in a cloud at Tenney Crags. There are a couple >apparent nests, but this species is increasing in C Springs. For example, at >5:30 AM June 18 (I was heading out for Chestnut-collared Longspur), I noted a >raven flight at high elevation flying down from Crags fanning out to Colorado >Springs (dumpsters, parking lots?). On another evening in early June I noted a >tight flock of 26 ravens flying up to crags area, presumably to roost. In the >past I'd seen 2-3 flying up there. > >3. Calliope (m) on July 3 at house was several days ahead of records from >prior 14 years (but within error...low n) > >Best, >Steve Getty >Colorado Springs > >-- >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/CY1PR0601MB1424CCD24CCA9C40BEC2F995F83B0%40CY1PR0601MB1424.namprd06.prod.outlook.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/e8q3dlef27pwppufkqyi8w3c.1467861020293%40email.android.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
