In RMNP the last 2 weekend days we saw many more Green-tailed Towhees than usual. We hiked in Wild Basin and Upper Beaver Meadows at about 8000 feet. No Rock Wrens, however. It was the only species that had increased numbers, however; warblers and sparrow numbers seemed to be down. Candice Johnson, Denver
On Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 3:35:38 PM UTC-6, ouzels wrote: > > A miscellany of observations: > > A Rufous Hummingbird visited the Denver Audubon Nature Center July 2. Seen > by the Denver Audubon group on Walk the Wetlands. > > A Lark Bunting seen east of Castle Rock on Upper Lake Gulch Road, June 30, > by Sharon Hines. Apropos of Jared Del Rosso's 2 observations in western > Arapahoe County the same day. > > On our Cheesman Lake BBS route, June 30, we heard/saw > 23 Green-tailed Towhees -- 5 times the previous high count -- and > 16 Rock Wrens, 3 times the previous high count. > Why the high towhee numbers I'm not sure (unless I've improved at > identifying its song) but Rock Wrens have increased due to Habitat change. > They have burgeoned in the aftermath of the 2002 Hayman Fire, and to a > lesser extent, the 1996 Buffalo Creek Fire. > We also counted 31 Western Tanagers, not a record but still a high > count and 30 Broad-tailed Humm. > > Hugh Kingery > Franktown, CO > -- 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/0b1787d5-6b79-4150-8c76-0c81e524ea21%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
