There are articles about the Painted Ladies from Nebraska this week too. Some would call this a dispersal instead of a migration. In either case some folks on my block are opening their eyes to "nature," and that's a good thing.
Joe Roller, Denver On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Bart Deferme <[email protected]> wrote: > Hugh, > > The Painted Lady irruption you mention is incredible right now. I ran > around Quincy Reservoir this morning, and I saw - no exaggeration - > thousands. There is quite a bit of Rabbitbrush around the reservoir, and > some bushes were just covered in them, turning them solid orange rather > than yellow from a distance. I ran through clouds of butterflies. I've > never seen anything like it. > > The Red-breasted Nuthatches continue at Quincy Reservoir as well. Two or > three visit my feeders in the mornings, and I heard several other ones > throughout the neighborhood. The Woodhouse's Scrub-jays are back here > regularly too, along with the families of Blue Jays that have been hanging > around all summer. > > Bart Deferme > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 4:50 PM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This morning Urling & I saw at least 40 (forty) Painted Lady butterflies, >> gorging on our bright blooming rabbit brush. I have never seen such a >> stunning butterfly show. >> >> We also have some fall bird visitors: 5 Steller's Jays (occasional during >> the summer), a Red-breasted Nuthatch (a September arrival), 2 Vesper >> Sparrows. Our winter Blue Jays arrived in July (early). >> >> A Black-capped Chickadee banded in our yard in June we see off and on, >> about once a week; we have to examine all the chickadees that come in >> (daily) to pick out its red leg band. >> >> Two species have entertained us with fall-echo singing. We still hear a >> Western Meadowlark singing, and up until two days ago heard a Plumbeous >> Vireo singing. House Finches, of course continue their song mastery. >> >> 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/ms >> gid/cobirds/15e972f9a4e-c0e-12b94%40webjas-vad219.srv.aolmail.net >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/15e972f9a4e-c0e-12b94%40webjas-vad219.srv.aolmail.net?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/CADxWATBv2hq0Qh2ij69WZ60M%2BrJXpWdDmqR%3D79mKh1DtqRO% > 2B7Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADxWATBv2hq0Qh2ij69WZ60M%2BrJXpWdDmqR%3D79mKh1DtqRO%2B7Q%40mail.gmail.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/CAJpZcUBw5Qw%3DdHbpf%2BbS2rDkTwnJed5wro7cseXatGc01qJq5w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
