Hi Everyone, I'm pretty sure that the Boulder CBC has had all four Zonotrichia on the same day, but I don't think they were all seen by the same person. My contribution was a Golden-crowned at Teller Farm.
Mark Miller Longmont, CO On Tue, Nov 8, 2022, 9:58 PM Mary Keithler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > On November 1, the Tuesday Birders saw all three Zono sparrows in the same > field by the boat launch at Bear Creek Lake Park, also in Jefferson County. > There were probably at least a dozen of us observing these birds together. > It was quite exciting! > > Mary > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 8, 2022, at 9:28 AM, David Suddjian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My breakfast on the front porch was spiced up by a Zono Hat Trick, as the > usual few White-crowned Sparrows were joined by a gorgeous adult > White-throated Sparrow and a spiffy hatch-year Harris's Sparrow. It was so > interesting to compare their relative sizes, shapes and colors as they fed > side by side on the lawn under the feeders. > > I don't know if a Zono Slam (WCSP, WTSP, HASP *and* Golden-crowned) has > ever been enjoyed in a Colorado yard, but I'm watching for that western > wanderer to appear to make it a party of four! Have all four of Colorado's > *Zonotrichia* sparrows ever been seen simultaneously in the state, or > even all on the same day? I'd guess some red hot birder has maybe pieced > all four into a single day, but maybe not all together. It is something to > dream about. > > Out on Monterey Bay the term Skua Slam was part of the birding lexicon > when South Polar Skua and all three jaegers were seen on the same boat > trip, but that was less rare than a Zono Slam would be. A Colorado Skua > Slam is something else to dream about. Dream on! Say, why are jaegers so > lacking this fall? eBird suggests just one Parasitic at Jackson Lake was > all there was. > > David Suddjian > Ken Caryl Valley > Littleton, 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 > * 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/CAGj6RopXio-7zZ0FPyphv_KJR9rTKpc0wjpeEgCA8aNBR%3DpnPA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RopXio-7zZ0FPyphv_KJR9rTKpc0wjpeEgCA8aNBR%3DpnPA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > -- > 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/7D3DA8E3-0929-47B9-A7C8-7A1169F4EE54%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7D3DA8E3-0929-47B9-A7C8-7A1169F4EE54%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- 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/CADLCh%2Bx8fvo%3DpweXJ4%2BGEag0shkEp760a%2BU5J8-HdG%3D5juFVnA%40mail.gmail.com.
