I had only one Green-tailed Towhee on my Great Divide BBS route in Moffat County when I've been in double digits, even approaching 20, every year over the past 4 years.
Chip Clouse Golden, CO On Jul 3, 2017 1:01 PM, "Tim Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0b1787d5-6b79-4150-8c76-0c81e524ea21%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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/CAPHVJehpU%2B8fBGH7e8RAt974d3xgLi_qj4JaGgAr99xLWGzD%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
