CoBirders On the outskirts of the box canyon where I live, in the early fall and early spring, there has been a flock of more than a dozen Western Bluebirds (at least for the past two years). Last summer, we had two breeding pairs. This spring, there is but one, single bird. I keep hoping that more will arrive, but I'm starting to lose that hope.
Rebecca Laroche Southern Colorado Springs On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 12:34:41 PM UTC-6 5mcorp wrote: > Cobirders - > > I'm still "wading" through the article referenced below > about the massive bird die-off that occurred last fall during migration amd > which was attributed for the most part to the two largest recorded fires > ion Colorado; EVER! > > I feel pretty confident when I conjecture that the dearth of bluebirds > during this spring's migration may be attributed to the the die-off > attributed to last fall's two major forest fires. In other words, ther > population pf bluiebiords was hot severely by those fires, and there is > not the "normal" number of those birds available to comprise a "norrmal" > spring migration he on Colprado's Fronmt Ranmge.re > > Mass Bird Die-Off Linked to Wildfires and Toxic Gases > > * > > https://eos.org/research-spotlights/mass-bird-die-off-linked-to-wildfires-and-toxic-gases > > <https://eos.org/research-spotlights/mass-bird-die-off-linked-to-wildfires-and-toxic-gases>* > > > Bill Miller > > Fort Collins > > > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 8:51 AM Barbara Spagnuolo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I can report, although informally, that I did not hear or see many >> bluebirds while I visited various nest boxes around Castle Rock for box >> maintenance & repair this season. In fact, despite visiting 14 different >> sites between the first week of March and yesterday (always on calm sunny >> days), I heard/saw bluebirds only twice. That is definitely very low >> compared to previous years. But I can also report more specifically that we >> found only 3 complete nests and 5 incomplete nests in our 190 nest boxes >> last week during the first week of monitoring, compared to 5 complete nests >> and almost a dozen incomplete nests during the first week of monitoring in >> 2020. We too have a very detailed monitoring program with extensive data >> keeping since 2007, so we will have a good opportunity for data comparison >> at the end of the season. >> >> -Barbara Spagnuolo, Castle Rock (Douglas County) >> >> >> >> *From:* 'Hugh Kingery' via Bluebird-Babble <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 7, 2021 5:50 PM >> *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; >> [email protected] >> *Subject:* {Bluebird-Babble} Bluebird dearth >> >> >> >> We have not seen many bluebirds this spring, so I compared this year with >> the three prior years' data. This year we have seen only one or two of >> either species only once in a while. The last 3 years we saw them almost >> daily starting in mid-March. >> >> >> >> This drop seems striking, at least along our road and on the trail we >> walk regularly. 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