The yard, probably like everyone's, has been popping with visitors and new residents all week. I've posted a few FOS's, but since the Oregon weather arrived, it has gotten really interesting.
Yesterday I had two Harris's Sparrows, one of which was singing so loudly, and so badly, that I almost held my ears. By badly, I mean it was singing its typical song but emphasizing all the flats and sharps in a most 21st century way, none of that harmonics, thank you. And did I say LOUD? Today there were at least two others--and I know they were others because at least one of them was doing the complex song more often than the simpleflat-and-sharp whistle notes on a single pitch. And the song was so weird that I went to XenoCanto to make sure it was not a Great-tailed Grackle trying to fool me. A short while ago, two beautiful male Bullock's Orioles began mixing it up with the flocks of other rabble (RW Blackbirds, CO Grackles, lots of WC Sparrows, and 3 or 4 GT Towhees) outside my office, and were soon joined by a female. A Black-chinned Hummer has been sputtering around the yard for 3 days; I'm daring to hope it will stay and breed. I wish some of those uncommon sparrows would show up so I could practice IDs on them. An Ovenbird would be super: Not on the yardlist! Thanks for all the news, everybody. Linda Linda Andes-Georges Boulder County (W of Lagerman, N of Haystack, E of Table Mtn) [Jean-Pierre says: W of Paris, S of Quebec, E of Tahiti] 8417 Stirrup Ln Longmont CO 80503 Tel. 720 668 5214 -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BD4D1E0A-A17D-445C-8BB2-4C0FBF5A8402%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
