[cobirds] Canada Jay, NE Custer County

[Leon Bright]

COBirders--  This morning (10/4/20) I was standing on my cabin deck in the
Sangre De Cristo range (9,200 ft.) and was elated when a Canada Jay lit on
one of my fenceposts. Unfortunately, it continued to go from post to post
downhill until it disappeared with no photo taken. It is the second Canada
Jay I've seen at this location, or in Southern Colorado, the first being
over 40 years ago. This species is listed as "uncommon" on our Arkansas
Valley Audubon's Wet Mountain Valley checklist, which may be too generous.

   For you newer COBirders, the name "Canada Jay" was changed many years to
"Gray Jay", then recently was changed back again to Canada Jay. In Colorado
they are usually found at high elevations.

Leon Bright, Custer County and Pueblo 

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[cobirds] Request for thoughts/help on Empid IDs

[Thomas Heinrich]

Dear Cobirders,
Last week I had several flycatchers visit my yard and managed to get photos of 
four of them.  Any thoughts/opinions on ID, notes on details of markings, etc. 
would be very much appreciated!  Trying to hone my ID and observation skills.  

https://pbase.com/birdercellist/flycatchers

Thanks for any help,

Thomas Heinrich
Boulder, CO
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[cobirds] Blue Jay Clear Creek

[Larry Modesitt]

Cobirders,

Just welcomed a Blue Jay to feeders and birdbath at my Empire cabin 294 E 
Mountain Avenue, Empire. Yesterday a Woodhouse's Scrub-jay.  They sneak in 
when about 10 Steller's Jays thin out. Only one Band-tailed Pigeon left. 
Pink-sided and Oregon Juncos now are outnumbering the Gray-headed Juncos.

Larry Modesitt
Arvada

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Re: [cobirds] Rock Wrens (?) at Rocky Mtn. Arsenal

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

There have been reliable clusters of Rock Wrens @ the Arsenal in recent
weeks, including in the boulder-filled drainage ditch by the little loop
drive around the staff parking behind the north side of the visitor center
(west of the ferret building and north of the fenced garden)  . . . .
Also, all along the length of the boulder-covered slope or dam that defines
the west/northwest shoreline of Lake Ladora.
Walk the path along that stretch and they almost seem to follow or fly
ahead of you among the rocks.
(Lots of sparrows there, too, including White-crowned, Vesper, Savannah,
Lincoln's. . . .)
I've seen at least 4-5  ROWRs in both those places my last three times out
there in late September-early October.

Individuals pop up elsewhere, too, including north of the headquarters
building (the newer building just up the road north of and beyond the
visitor center), between the north edge of its parking lot and the fence to
the bison meadows beyond.

Most unexpected sighting was one perched on a sign on the southwest corner
of the intersection of 64th Avenue (the main east--west road when first
entering the Arsenal) and Havana Street (the road that runs north to Lakes
Mary/Ladora and Rattlesnake Hill).

Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver


On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 8:00 AM Charlie Chase 
wrote:

> Not sure about the black and white bands you describe but everything else
> sounds pretty typical for Rock Wrens in general and the Rock Wrens I have
> been seeing at the Arsenal and Barr Lake recently.  We banded one a few
> days ago at Barr Lake that was working its way through downed cottonwood
> brush on the lake bottom, far far from a rock.  Last week I had a Rock Wren
> working the road edge near Lake Ladore and another prowling cottonwood bark
> on a trunk at the Arsenal.  They are moving through the area and showing up
> in lots of interesting places.  And yesterday, one was in my neighborhood
> in Denver digging bugs out of concrete cracks in the sidewalk. Great
> fun out in Nature!!
>
> Charlie Chase
> Denver
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 6:57 AM J V Rudd  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Had a great day at RMA with a Lesser Yellowlegs & a Sage Thrasher being
>> added to my 2020 list. https://ebird.org/checklist/S74362841
>> However, there was a 3rd bird which stumped me. I initially thought it
>> was a Rock Wren given the long bill (too long for a Vireo), drab
>> cream-colored breast (no stripes like a Sage Thrasher), size (slightly
>> larger than the other Rock Wrens we saw), and eye stripe (very bold).
>> However, it wasn't anywhere near a rock.
>> We saw it twice, once on top of an outhouse building, and then on some
>> logs. It was foraging for insects and not making a sound. One interesting
>> behavior I had not seen before in Rock Wrens: it was bobbing up and down.
>> Not rocking, not tail flicking, it looked like it was doing deep knee
>> bends! I have never seen this.
>> Later on we saw two other Rock Wrens (on rocks this time) and the eye
>> stripe was less distinct and there was no bobbing. they also looked smaller
>> than the bird we saw.
>> One last identifying feature: the bird had black and white bands on the
>> underside of its tail.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Good birding,
>> Van Rudd
>> Louisville, CO
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[cobirds] Re: Have call of European Golden-Plover

[Adrian Lakin]

Hi Rob,

It's also on YouTube here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxondwKXd4

Or you can get the Merlin app on your phone and then download the "Europe: 
Britain and Ireland" bird pack. That has the European Golden Plover song 
and call.

Cheers,

Adrian Lakin,
Mead, CO

On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 11:14:05 AM UTC-6, Robert Righter wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Two summers ago, while in Iceland, I recorded the call of the European 
> Golden-Plover-not great but also not that bad of a recording. Let me know 
> if anyone is interested and I’ll try to figure a way of sending it to you. 
> Or maybe if someone has the ability to post the sound could be even a 
> better approach.
>
> Bob Righter
> Denver CO
>
>
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[cobirds] Have call of European Golden-Plover

[Robert Righter]

Hi

Two summers ago, while in Iceland, I recorded the call of the European 
Golden-Plover-not great but also not that bad of a recording. Let me know if 
anyone is interested and I’ll try to figure a way of sending it to you. Or 
maybe if someone has the ability to post the sound could be even a better 
approach.

Bob Righter
Denver CO


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[cobirds] Rock Wrens at The Arsenal--oh yeah!

[tedfl...@gmail.com]

Thanks to Van Rudd for this note. 

The *rock wren* show yesterday, Sat., Oct. 3, at Rocky Mountain Arsenal 
National Wildlife Refuge, Adams County, was brilliant. Easily the most 
impressive rock wren migration I've ever witnessed. My companions and I saw 
at least 8--some of them on rocks, others elsewhere: in fields of mullein, 
even under a parked pickup truck.

It was a lovely day to be out. We found more than 60 species of birds, 
highlighted by a *Woodhouse scrub-jay,* two early *hooded mergansers,* 48 
*high-flying 
sandhill cranes,* a *snowy egret* hanging on, a *sage thrasher* and a 
couple of *mountain bluebirds,* a *hermit thrush* and another *Catharus*, 
flyover *pine siskins,* and all those marvelous rock wrens. *Dark-eyed 
juncos* and *white-crowned sparrows* were back in force, and the sparrow 
show was, on the whole, quite decent; most intriguing was a briefly 
glimpsed candidate LeConte's sparrow near the refuge entrance off Gateway 
Road. Here's our eBird checklist:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S74378880

Great insects out there, highlighted by a queen, a brilliant orange 
butterfly from the South. Festive tiger beetles were legion, and we saw 
several purple tiger beetles--some of which are dazzlingly green. Go figure.

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County
On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 6:57:38 AM UTC-6 van@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all,
> Had a great day at RMA with a Lesser Yellowlegs & a Sage Thrasher being 
> added to my 2020 list. https://ebird.org/checklist/S74362841
> However, there was a 3rd bird which stumped me. I initially thought it was 
> a Rock Wren given the long bill (too long for a Vireo), drab cream-colored 
> breast (no stripes like a Sage Thrasher), size (slightly larger than the 
> other Rock Wrens we saw), and eye stripe (very bold). However, it wasn't 
> anywhere near a rock. 
> We saw it twice, once on top of an outhouse building, and then on some 
> logs. It was foraging for insects and not making a sound. One interesting 
> behavior I had not seen before in Rock Wrens: it was bobbing up and down. 
> Not rocking, not tail flicking, it looked like it was doing deep knee 
> bends! I have never seen this. 
> Later on we saw two other Rock Wrens (on rocks this time) and the eye 
> stripe was less distinct and there was no bobbing. they also looked smaller 
> than the bird we saw.
> One last identifying feature: the bird had black and white bands on the 
> underside of its tail.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Good birding,
> Van Rudd
> Louisville, CO
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Re: [cobirds] Rock Wrens (?) at Rocky Mtn. Arsenal

[Charlie Chase]

Not sure about the black and white bands you describe but everything else
sounds pretty typical for Rock Wrens in general and the Rock Wrens I have
been seeing at the Arsenal and Barr Lake recently.  We banded one a few
days ago at Barr Lake that was working its way through downed cottonwood
brush on the lake bottom, far far from a rock.  Last week I had a Rock Wren
working the road edge near Lake Ladore and another prowling cottonwood bark
on a trunk at the Arsenal.  They are moving through the area and showing up
in lots of interesting places.  And yesterday, one was in my neighborhood
in Denver digging bugs out of concrete cracks in the sidewalk. Great
fun out in Nature!!

Charlie Chase
Denver




On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 6:57 AM J V Rudd  wrote:

> Hi all,
> Had a great day at RMA with a Lesser Yellowlegs & a Sage Thrasher being
> added to my 2020 list. https://ebird.org/checklist/S74362841
> However, there was a 3rd bird which stumped me. I initially thought it was
> a Rock Wren given the long bill (too long for a Vireo), drab cream-colored
> breast (no stripes like a Sage Thrasher), size (slightly larger than the
> other Rock Wrens we saw), and eye stripe (very bold). However, it wasn't
> anywhere near a rock.
> We saw it twice, once on top of an outhouse building, and then on some
> logs. It was foraging for insects and not making a sound. One interesting
> behavior I had not seen before in Rock Wrens: it was bobbing up and down.
> Not rocking, not tail flicking, it looked like it was doing deep knee
> bends! I have never seen this.
> Later on we saw two other Rock Wrens (on rocks this time) and the eye
> stripe was less distinct and there was no bobbing. they also looked smaller
> than the bird we saw.
> One last identifying feature: the bird had black and white bands on the
> underside of its tail.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Good birding,
> Van Rudd
> Louisville, CO
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Re: [cobirds] Rock Wrens (?) at Rocky Mtn. Arsenal

['Peter Ruprecht' via Colorado Birds]

 Hi Van,
Your mystery bird actually sounds just exactly like a Rock Wren to me.  The 
bobbing behavior is very distinctive for them.
And they're on the move now; I had two in my backyard yesterday and one this 
morning.  (It's pretty common to have them here during migration; they seem to 
like our brick patio.)
Peter RuprechtSuperior

On Sunday, October 4, 2020, 7:24:12 AM MDT, J V Rudd  
wrote:  
 
 Hi all,Had a great day at RMA with a Lesser Yellowlegs & a Sage Thrasher being 
added to my 2020 list. https://ebird.org/checklist/S74362841However, there was 
a 3rd bird which stumped me. I initially thought it was a Rock Wren given the 
long bill (too long for a Vireo), drab cream-colored breast (no stripes like a 
Sage Thrasher), size (slightly larger than the other Rock Wrens we saw), and 
eye stripe (very bold). However, it wasn't anywhere near a rock. 
We saw it twice, once on top of an outhouse building, and then on some logs. It 
was foraging for insects and not making a sound. One interesting behavior I had 
not seen before in Rock Wrens: it was bobbing up and down. Not rocking, not 
tail flicking, it looked like it was doing deep knee bends! I have never seen 
this. 
Later on we saw two other Rock Wrens (on rocks this time) and the eye stripe 
was less distinct and there was no bobbing. they also looked smaller than the 
bird we saw.
One last identifying feature: the bird had black and white bands on the 
underside of its tail.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Good birding,Van 
RuddLouisville, CO


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[cobirds] Rock Wrens (?) at Rocky Mtn. Arsenal

[J V Rudd]

Hi all,
Had a great day at RMA with a Lesser Yellowlegs & a Sage Thrasher being
added to my 2020 list. https://ebird.org/checklist/S74362841
However, there was a 3rd bird which stumped me. I initially thought it was
a Rock Wren given the long bill (too long for a Vireo), drab cream-colored
breast (no stripes like a Sage Thrasher), size (slightly larger than the
other Rock Wrens we saw), and eye stripe (very bold). However, it wasn't
anywhere near a rock.
We saw it twice, once on top of an outhouse building, and then on some
logs. It was foraging for insects and not making a sound. One interesting
behavior I had not seen before in Rock Wrens: it was bobbing up and down.
Not rocking, not tail flicking, it looked like it was doing deep knee
bends! I have never seen this.
Later on we saw two other Rock Wrens (on rocks this time) and the eye
stripe was less distinct and there was no bobbing. they also looked smaller
than the bird we saw.
One last identifying feature: the bird had black and white bands on the
underside of its tail.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Good birding,
Van Rudd
Louisville, CO

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