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 [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/BD4D1E0A-A17D-445C-8BB2-4C0FBF5A8402%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
