European Starling? Don Marsh Ouray County On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 7:33 PM Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, Sebastian, I absolutely considered that selfsame strigine > possibility. Here's my story. At a great distance, I was thinking I'd maybe > come upon a little troupe of piñon jays. As I got closer, I thought the > mystery bird was going to be a bluebird, although not a mountain bluebird; > instead, I was thinking eastern bluebird, not out of the question in the > Boulder County foothills in summer and known to breed there occasionally. > Then, as I closed in on the songster, I, like you, was wondering if I had > one of the "small mountain owls," and northern saw-whet in particular. > > But it's not an owl, and it's not a bluebird (or any other kind of > thrush), and it's not a jay (or any other corvid), and it's not, as we've > already established, a finch or flycatcher. It's an adult of a common > diurnal species in the foothills. Anybody else? :-) > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > P.s. While I got y'all's attention: Kudos to Peter Gent on his discovery > of Boulder County Cassin sparrows. And shame on the rest of you (I'm joking > of course...) for going to see Peter's sparrows. But there is something to > ponder here. The last time we had a Cassin sparrow discovery in Boulder > County, it proved to be a five-YEAR phenomenon (2009-2013). Looking at my > own records, at least one detection per summer in each of those five years, > I can see that they were all clustered within the narrow range of dates of > June 15 through July 5. So right now is the time to go out and find more of > these spectacular, skylarking sparrows. With dedicated searching, I > wouldn't be surprised if we find many more in the next couple of weeks. Or > maybe it's a one-off. But we won't know if we don't go looking. > > > On Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 6:43:27 PM UTC-6, sebastian patti wrote: >> >> To my ears this sounds like the persistent begging of a young bird, >> possibly even an owl?? >> >> [email protected] >> Sebastian T. Patti >> 770 S. Grand Avenue >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/770+S.+Grand+Avenue+%0D%0A+%0D%0AUnit+3088+%0D%0A+%0D%0ALos+Angeles,+CA+90017?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/770+S.+Grand+Avenue+%0D%0A+%0D%0AUnit+3088+%0D%0A+%0D%0ALos+Angeles,+CA+90017?entry=gmail&source=g> >> Unit 3088 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/770+S.+Grand+Avenue+%0D%0A+%0D%0AUnit+3088+%0D%0A+%0D%0ALos+Angeles,+CA+90017?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/770+S.+Grand+Avenue+%0D%0A+%0D%0AUnit+3088+%0D%0A+%0D%0ALos+Angeles,+CA+90017?entry=gmail&source=g> >> Los Angeles, CA 90017 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/770+S.+Grand+Avenue+%0D%0A+%0D%0AUnit+3088+%0D%0A+%0D%0ALos+Angeles,+CA+90017?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> CELL: 773/304-7488 >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of >> Ted Floyd <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, June 20, 2020 7:33 PM >> *To:* Colorado Birds <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [cobirds] Re: Another bird sound quiz >> >> Thanks for the response, everybody. Despite enthusiasm--here on COBirds, >> as well as over at Facebook and in my inbox--for Say phoebe, mountain >> bluebird, and lesser goldfinch, it is not any of those species. The mystery >> songster is in a bird family nobody has come close to yet. Anybody else >> want to chime in now? :-) >> >> Ted Floyd >> Lafayette, Boulder County >> >> P.s. Up at Rabbit Mountain, northern Boulder County, this sunny solstice >> morn, June 20, Hannah Floyd and I saw a pair of *brown thrashers* >> bringing food to an apparent nest near the parking area. Didn't investigate >> the matter too closely, but I imagine that "apparent" nest is a real one. >> >> >> On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 7:22:39 PM UTC-6, Ted Floyd wrote: >> >> Hey, folks. Alrighty, that last one was fun, er, "fun." >> >> Here's a new one: >> >> https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/244160651 >> <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacaulaylibrary.org%2Fasset%2F244160651&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf25b0cd61f174889240908d8157aad1e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637282963910588340&sdata=FVGAmTwwNb7%2Fo%2FgKXx6%2BqE8bwTWkTut0qLV4a%2B9vhNg%3D&reserved=0> >> >> And another cut from the same bird: >> >> https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/244160711 >> <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacaulaylibrary.org%2Fasset%2F244160711&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf25b0cd61f174889240908d8157aad1e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637282963910588340&sdata=BU1nX5%2Fl%2BloKG8HZ2RgbzmK9RYW1%2FUz3dzStS2Cj2s0%3D&reserved=0> >> >> You can hear several species in those two cuts, but the one I'm talking >> about is the slowly and rather steadily repeated whistle, falling in pitch >> a bit and wavering, uttered every 2-3 seconds. The bird vocalized like this >> for at least a minute at a time for much of the morning. Audio-recorded >> (and seen, so I know what it is) near the intersection of Lefthand Canyon >> Drive and Old Stage Road in Boulder County, yesterday, Wed., June 17. >> >> Any takers? >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Ted Floyd >> Lafayette, Boulder County >> >> -- >> 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/241d6502-0a10-4258-bcc6-24f7b4761f1do%40googlegroups.com >> <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fcobirds%2F241d6502-0a10-4258-bcc6-24f7b4761f1do%2540googlegroups.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf25b0cd61f174889240908d8157aad1e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637282963910588340&sdata=eIaaSkDl145PtvGJcMC9qtDq%2B4BppH3VjX7T4SbyKMc%3D&reserved=0> >> . >> > -- > 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/e1d76bb7-0170-40a0-bba0-19da7674f7f0o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e1d76bb7-0170-40a0-bba0-19da7674f7f0o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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