It was a cold, snowy late May (1-2 feet of snow on May 30 in the foothills above 8500' in the foothills S and SW of Boulder). Golden Gate Canyon State Park had 18" in one storm and 6" the next day. I suspect this also has something to do with the breeding juncos in Denver.
Paula Hansley Louisville On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 11:58 AM Bill and Suzanne Wuerthele < [email protected]> wrote: > In the Winter 2022 edition of Colorado Birds, there is a report entitled > *Occurrence > of a Breeding Population of Gray-headed Juncos in Urban Denver, Including a > First Confirmed Breeding Record*. In the report, the authors detail the > occurrence of a breeding population of juncos at as many as five sites in > the Hilltop neighborhood of urban Denver. The breeding confirmations in > 2021 follow an increase in reports of late-staying juncos in several Denver > neighborhoods in recent years, with several of those reports supporting > probable breeding. Dark-eyed Junco colonization of urban habitats has been > reported in other cities around the country as well. This is a relatively > new phenomenon, and juncos are not the only species demonstrating an > ability to adapt to urban habitats. > > This summer, the authors of the 2021 report have documented: frequent male > singing at three of the sites; singing males at other sites in the > neighborhood, including counter-singing at one site; foraging pairs at two > sites; nest building at one site; and fledglings/juveniles at two sites. > Lynne, what you and others have observed appears to be consistent with what > has been reported in Hilltop and other urban Denver neighborhoods. Juncos > are moving in. > > On Friday, July 1, 2022 at 10:09:02 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > >> FWIW, last summer I observed a Dark-Eyed Junco nest near downtown >> Colorado Springs - a bit higher than metro Denver but still pretty low >> elevation. >> >> Diana Beatty >> El Paso County >> >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 9:16 AM Jared Del Rosso <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Following up, in an indirect way, on Lynne's earlier message about >>> juncos -- >>> >>> This morning, my Centennial yard (western Arapahoe Co., approx . 5,600 >>> ft) was visited by an apparent immature Dark-eyed Junco. The looks I had at >>> it were not definitive -- but the call, white-edged tail, size, and shape >>> seemed satisfactory to me. >>> >>> Interestingly, in 2019, an eBirder who only goes by their initials, G P, >>> reported a Dark-eyed Junco pair in their yard, which is very close to my >>> yard, in late-June. Earlier that same year (April), a junco briefly played >>> with nesting material in my yard; my dogs, unfortunately, inadvertently ran >>> them off. I described this on CO Birds (which is the only reason I know >>> when this happened) here: >>> https://groups.google.com/g/cobirds/c/6KTdd5sFiIo/m/3irZhTuLBwAJ >>> >>> This year and last, eBirders east of Cheesman Park in central Denver >>> appear to have documented a nesting junco -- there are eBird reports of >>> junco activity and a fledgling throughout June. The most recent checklist >>> is here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S113745605 >>> >>> Perhaps a few juncos have followed Cordilleran Flycatchers from the >>> higher elevations into the Denver metro area? >>> >>> Related / unrelated: Does Denver now have a pair of nesting Mississippi >>> Kites -- the eBird reports from this and last year seem suggestive? I've >>> read that Mississippi Kites nest in urban locations throughout their range, >>> but is this a new development for the state? >>> >>> - Jared Del Rosso >>> Centennial, CO >>> >>> On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 11:18:12 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I live in Littleton, east Jeffco at ~5600', in the middle of suburbia >>>> about two Peyton Manning throws from Southwest Plaza Mall. >>>> >>>> The last two days I've had a juvenile Dark-eyed Junco coming to my yard >>>> foraging under the feeders. Do they breed this low down and east? I've >>>> always associated them with the foothills. 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