I’ve had a lone Cordilleran Flycatcher calling in my Lafayette neighborhood for more than a week.
Chuck Hundertmark > On Jun 30, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Jared Del Rosso <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Fledglings galore in Centennial (Arapahoe County), particularly around houses > and shopping centers. My backyard is replete with a House Wren family. I > think it's the male with the fledglings in tow, as I've seen one of the adult > Wrens collecting additional nesting material, for an apparent second brood. > Similarly, Robin families are moving about -- chasing away Blue Jays (and > their fledglings) and Magpies; a female, too, is collecting more nesting > material. (I've written about what Magpie pairs can do to Robin fledglings > here: https://humansandnature.org/what-robins-take-with-them/ > <https://humansandnature.org/what-robins-take-with-them/>.) A Spotted Towhee > fledgling or two have been around the chokecherry, viburnum, and > miscellaneous non-native thicket in my yard. > > Along with the Longmont birders, I've recently heard a Cordilleran Flycatcher > in my neighborhood. They're rather uncommon in the neighborhood itself, > though they now appear to be expected along local trails (the High Line Canal > and Big Dry Creek Trails, especially). Back in 2018, several local birders > and I documented a nesting Cordilleran -- though their effort bore a single > Cowbird, which did not survive. I've not tried to fully document the nesting > since then, but Cordillerans have returned to the nesting site annually. (Our > 2018 account of the Cordillerans is here: > https://groups.google.com/g/cobirds/c/r9dYQjtouQE/m/Lfqngd3ZAwAJ > <https://groups.google.com/g/cobirds/c/r9dYQjtouQE/m/Lfqngd3ZAwAJ>.) I've > seen since Cordilleran Flycatchers in several locations along the High Line > Canal and other birders have reported them elsewhere in Centennial. > > Late last week, behind the shuttered Sears shopping center at Streets of > Southglenn, a Say's Phoebe fed fledglings. (Actually, they were nestlings, > but I couldn't resist the alliteration.) > > Late last week -- and in my happiest of encounters -- Barn Swallow nestlings > filled nests at Cherry Hills Marketplace (University and Orchard) in > Greenwood Village. When I went back early this week, many of them had fledged > and several were using a clothing store display (of fake or real, but > preserved trees) as their perch, as they waited for their parents to return > to feed them. Photo here... > > <IMG_20220628_161142191.jpg> > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en> > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > <https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/> > --- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/49e1569d-5414-4e8e-8d33-530371125911n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/49e1569d-5414-4e8e-8d33-530371125911n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <IMG_20220628_161142191.jpg> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/44001BB3-2316-4861-9E04-0E32425EAFE0%40gmail.com.
