The Golden-crowned Sparrow continued in my west Centennial (Arapahoe) yard this morning (10/3). It's drawn to my catmint and, of course, the bird seed. But it tends to come out only for short periods of time (3-5) minutes and seems to take lengthy breaks in the brush. It waits out, too, the squirrels, who are the first to arrive to new seed.
Also in the yard was a Green-tailed Towhee and a continuing, late Black-chinned Hummingbird. If the sparrow continues tomorrow, I'll be doing a small, trial run of visitors, to see how my dogs (a Chihuahua-Terrier who contains multitudes and a one-eyed Shih Tzu...quite a crew!) respond to people milling about the yard as I work from home. If it goes well, I'll post about visiting. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 9:09:11 AM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: > > One last update... > > I think this bird arrived yesterday (10/1), as I briefly saw an > unidentified, but large & interesting sparrow in my yard (in west > Centennial, nearish deKoevend Park [Arapahoe]) yesterday, late afternoon, a > bit before dusk. > > If this bird hangs around through the week, I'll try to figure out a way > for birders to visit with it. > > Finally, as I left to walk my dog this morning, I heard and then saw a > Pygmy Nuthatch in a neighbor's tree. But whatever birds were around when I > left the house seemed gone when I got back, perhaps owing to one of the > neighborhood cats, which we saw a few doors down on our walk. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > > On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7:44:27 AM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: >> >> This morning (10/2), I spotted a large sparrow foraging in my yard. Seen >> through binoculars, themselves seeing through the kitchen window, I saw a >> mostly gray-faced sparrow with a black lid to that face and a yellowish >> spot atop it all. Though stupefied, this bird came to mind. >> >> I went outside to put down seed and look for this bird. My dog insisting >> on joining me, and then insisted on crashing through the brush to chase >> squirrels away from the feed. So there was no chance the sparrow would >> visit the seed with us out there. I did see it, though, in a tree at the >> border of my neighbor's yard and mine. It seems to be loosely associating >> with a Spotted Towhee. The second view, though brief, affirmed the first. >> The bird called a few times, too. Though I'm tone deaf and unable to >> describe any qualities to sounds, it seems to me to be the right call for >> this bird. >> >> I hope it returns to the seed, and I hope to get a photo. But I reserve >> the right to be wrong on all of this. >> >> - Jared Del Rosso >> Centennial, 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/26a3103e-c395-4fee-a6b9-5aced478e37c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
