Landbird migration has remained slow at Ken Caryl Valley (no public access), but today there were a few species of interest and I encountered individuals of some of the regular species which have been missing for me in Ken Carly for the last 1-2 weeks. The highlights were 1 *Gray Flycatcher*, 1 *Orchard Oriole*, and 1 *Chimney Swift*.
Among the other migrants I noted this morning at Ken Caryl were 1 *Osprey*, 1 *Western Wood-Pewee*, 3 *Say's Phoebes*, about 20 *Barn Swallows*, 4 *House Wrens*, 20+ *Mountain Bluebirds*, 3 *Townsend's Solitaires*, 4 *Blue-gray Gnatcatchers*, 1 *Sage Thrasher*, 1 *Orange-crowned Warbler*, 3 *Audubon's Warblers*, 7 *Wilson's Warblers*, 1 *MacGillivray's Warbler*, 2 *Lincoln's Sparrows*, 1 *Green-tailed Towhee*, 1 *Western Tanager*, and 1 *Black-headed Grosbeak*. *Steller's Jays* are showing a stronger movement than I've noted in the three prior falls that I've been here. Each day lately I find individuals in areas where they are often missing, and there are loose flocks moving through the area, consistently southward. For example, today I saw flocks of 11 and 9 Steller's passing over local neighborhoods. *Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay* is also more widespread than usual in the KC Valley, presently occurring widely in areas where it is sporadic or usually absent. *Pine Siskins* are numerous around by yard, with 75-100 there lately, and widespread generally. David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, 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/CAGj6RopgASYcJCX3XLiR-3P3vcvhYHMxA7m7yM%2B7rrwdfkKaZQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
