In Colorado Springs, there are a few places where I can pretty regularly get a trifecta of jays - Blue, Steller's and Woodhouse's. There are a couple where Pinon and Gray are also not entirely out of the question although a lot 'harder' but I haven't yet got all 5 species in one park.
Diana Beatty El Paso County On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 1:04 PM Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO < [email protected]> wrote: > Seeing an Eastern Phoebe this morning (Boulder Creek at 75th St.) got me > thinking about Trifectas or Hat Tricks. It is getting more likely each > year that someone could see the Black, Eastern, and Say’s Phoebes all from > the same spot. There are several other Hat Tricks possible, at varying > levels of difficulty. I’m sure many of us have seen three Jay species > together. Swallows (several possible combinations). Nuthatches (red, > white, pygmy)? Bluebirds (east, west, mountain)? Rosy-finches? Wrens > (house, rock, canyon)? Longspurs??? > > > We live in an area that makes several Trifectas possible that would be > inconceivable in most parts of the country. I’m sure there are many > additional with varying degrees of complexity. -Curt Brown > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/025915ae-9808-4672-a473-72ee0f9d4526%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/025915ae-9808-4672-a473-72ee0f9d4526%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ****** All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAM-_j9u3u18oFaeHeYPR7fPKoN921QEPpQ2E7XMrHPVx8kK%2BxA%40mail.gmail.com.
