[cobirds] mountain birds down low or out east

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

Everyone,
I need to reiterate some things said the other day that seem to have been 
somewhat misinterpreted.  First off, we see mountain species come down low and 
perhaps wander onto the eastern plains pretty much every year at this season.  
Corvids, chickadees, nuthatches, kinglets, solitaires, other thrushes, 
warblers, certain sparrows, owls like Northern Saw-whet and many others, at 
least part of their populations, engage in altitudinal migrations and 
post-breeding travel.  The extent to which this happens is highly variable from 
year to year and probably driven by a lot of factors including nesting success, 
food resources, weather and other factors.  Apparently this is a big year for 
chickadees and corvids coming down the hill and fanning out onto the plains.

The crux of my initial post was wondering out loud how much the timing and 
intensity of these movements were influenced this autumn by the added factor of 
fire.  I put these questions out there knowing proof of anything would be most 
difficult.  Because most of the long-running fires blackening hundreds of 
thousands of acres and generating the smoke we are seeing are occurring in the 
middle and upper montane zone (7-10,500 feet in elevation = lodgepole pine up 
into the spruce-fir areas just below timberline), the resident birds both 
populating these areas and that are part of the bird group mix mentioned above 
would seem to be chickadees, Clark's Nutcracker, Canada Jay and maybe a portion 
of the Steller's Jays (note spelling and don't let spellcheck change it to 
"Stellar's" in your posts).  That is to say, most of our Steller's Jays, Pinyon 
Jays and Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays breed in the lower mountains and foothills 
(populated by ponderosa pine, pinyon pine and juniper) and, thus, DON'T live in 
areas being heavily impacted by the present set of fires.  I am speculating 
here that the occurrence of Steller's Jays, Pinyon Jays and Woodhouse's 
Scrub-Jays in unusual places of late is probably NOT due to fire (unless heavy 
smoke passing thru their normal haunts causes them to redistribute themselves) 
but rather factors like nesting success, food issues and/or weather.

I appreciate all the posts about these birds in places where they don't 
normally occur, encourage it to continue, but just want to be clear that 
attributing any of this to the current fires is a slippery slope at best.  
Research ornithologists are best equipped to answer some of these questions.  
Unfortunately, the logistics of research and its funding don't often allow for 
the spontaneous investigation of unplanned natural events that would yield the 
kind of answers to the questions posed here.  Us birders serving as citizen 
scientists can certainly generate enough data and dots on maps to be helpful in 
this regard, but we all owe a debt of gratitude to avian research scientists 
working in NGOs, government agencies and academia.  Also, the supplemental 
funding of research by many of our state's bird organizations and clubs is 
commendable.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Black-throated Blue Warbler - Tucker Gulch - JEFFCO

[Tim Mitzen]

Hello all,

There was a male Black-throated Blue Warbler in Tucker Gulch, Golden this 
evening about 200 meters north of where 1st S cosses the gulch.  

39.768335, -105.227693

At this point, in the big tree cluster on the north side of the creek east 
of the bench..

Cheers,
Timp

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[cobirds] Sandhill Crane behavior - Custer County

[Leon Bright]

COBirders-- At midmorning yesterday (10/7/20) I was virtuously washing our
cabin windows when I heard the call of a very distant Sandhill Crane.
Instantly I dismissed all thought of windows or washing and ran inside for
my bins. 

   Back outside, I was able to spot a flock of 30 cranes calling and milling
around in a relatively tight circle (for cranes), about 2,000 feet above the
valley floor, which is about 1,200 feet below our cabin. They did this for
several minutes until they gradually stopped calling and organized an
orderly flight pattern that headed over the Sangre de Cristo range toward
Monte Vista and John Rawinski. (Note: In doing so, they had to fly at an
altitude of about 13,000 feet.)

   This behavior reminds me of a time many years ago when I saw a flock of
migrating Canada Geese fly into a navigation beam near the Pueblo Airport.
As I watched them flying in their V, the lead geese seemed to hit a barrier
and began to call and fly around erratically. The rest of the flock followed
suit when they arrived at what I believe was the beam. It took the geese
some ten minutes to get reoriented to direction and in their V.  Since the
only beams in Custer County are made of wood or steel, I don't believe
yesterday's crane incident is related to the one at the Pueblo airport. Any
comments are welcome.

Leon Bright

Verdemont Rd., Custer County and Pueblo

 

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[cobirds] Re: Curious about the European Golden-Plover

[Derek Hill]

Consensus on the Maxwell NWR bird is European Golden-Plover. Lots of 
observers and many excellent photos, especially of the bright white 
underwing. What a sweet bird indeed. Would be a lifer! Looking at eBird, 
looks like the bird is still around as of today 8 Oct. And of course 
Colorado birders should always be on the lookout.
Good birding
Derek Hill
Loveland

On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 12:43:24 PM UTC-6 rori...@earthlink.net 
wrote:

> Hi
>
> In North America most spring records of the European Golden-Plover, have 
> occurred annually in Newfoundland with a high count of 350 individuals in 
> 1988. It is suggested the European G-P were mis-oriented or blown westward 
> from their intended summer destination of Iceland. In fall there is just a 
> handful of records from northeastern North America and several fall records 
> from Alaska thought to have occurred from Icelandic migrants drifting 
> eastward following the prevailing winds in the arctic. (*Rare bird of 
> North America*, Howell, Lewington, & Russell-2014).
>
> Looking at the few pictures of a Golden Plover from north-central New 
> Mexico, based on the ratio of the head and bill and the suggestive white 
> showing from the underwing this bird may prove to be an European 
> Golden-Plover. Looking at its history of vagrancy it doesn’t seem possible 
> or does it? Could the Golden Plover arriving to North America in the spring 
> kept traveling westward and summered somewhere in the Arctic and then in 
> the fall headed south to be spotted in NM. Is there any update on the 
> status and identity of the Golden Plover from NM?
>
> Bob Righter
> Denver CO
>
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[cobirds] The Jays are really wandering east

[Brandon]

I went to sw Kansas and nw Oklahoma this week, and saw Steller's, Pinyon,
and Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays in both states, also Mountain Chickadees were in
both states as well.  I never saw any Steller's or Pinyon Jays in any odd
locations in far SE Colorado, though I have seen the in Pueblo along the
Arkansas River recently.  Saw Mountain Chickadees and Woodhouse's
Scrub-Jays in Baca County, at Two Buttes Reservoir last Monday.  It seems
like a good fall to see these Jays in some eastern plains counties, where
they aren't regular.

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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RE: [cobirds] New yard birds, Highlands Ranch, DougCo

[bbeatty7704]

I saw a stellar’s jay at Cherry Creek Reservoir today.

 

Brenda Beatty

Sedalia, CO

 

From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Lesley 
Brown
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 2:39 PM
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] New yard birds, Highlands Ranch, DougCo

 

We have seen a few new birds for our yard the last couple of weeks.  A flock of 
pine siskins have been frequenting the seed feeder for last three days.  We've 
never seen a flock of them before, only a single bird one time last year.  A 
Wilson's warbler briefly landed on our lilac bushes but disappeared before I 
could get it in the binocs, lol.  Last week we had several sightings of a lone 
Lincoln's sparrow, and this week we've been visited by a White-crowned sparrow.

 

We are also seeing the usual Spotted towhees, bluejays, flickers, bushtits, 
goldfinches, red-breasted nuthatches, chickadees, etc. The last hummingbird 
sighting was Saturday, 10/3/2020, on the hummer feeder.  

 

We are using patio mix bird seed and suet cakes.  I don't think we were using 
the seed feeder at this time last year so that could be the reason for the new 
birds in the yard.

 

Lesley Brown

Highlands Ranch

Douglas County

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Re: [cobirds] Pinyon Jays in uncommon places?

[Dave Cameron]

20 - 30 Pinyon Jays in Chaffee County this past weekend, NE of BV.  Not 
sure if that counts as unusual for the bird.  

Dave Cameron
Denver

On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 4:50:08 PM UTC-6 Larry Modesitt wrote:

> I had a flock of 6 Pinyon Jays flying east from Empire last week. But a 
> Blue Jay and a Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay in Empire Sunday, and a Scrub Jay at 
> my feeder near Standley Lake in Arvada on 9/24. These definitely are 
> unusual sightings.
>
> Larry Modesitt, Arvada
>
> On Oct 6, 2020, at 11:15 AM, 'DEBORAH CARSTENSEN' via Colorado Birds <
> cob...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Hmmm, And I’ve had several visits from what I called a Woodhouse jay in 
> Littleton and I’ve not seen them here before. 
> Deb Carstensen 
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 6, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Diana Beatty  wrote:
>
> 
> I have noticed a lot of reports the past few weeks of Pinyon Jays outside 
> of their usual habitat along the Front Range.  It would be interesting to 
> hear from people here who have observed that as well as any thoughts on 
> reasons
>
> Mountain Chickadees are also showing up a bit lower lately it seems, 
> although that is not quite as unusual
>
> What do you think?
>
> Diana Beatty
> El Paso County
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[cobirds] Hermit Thrush Yard Bird, Larimer County

[Caleb A]

Hello CObirders!
I had a Hermit Thrush show up in my yard while eating lunch today outside. 
I've never had one in my yard before, so I was pretty excited.

I suppose this is in light of the recent discussion about the wildfires 
causing mountain species to venture further east than usual. I live in east 
Timnath, near the Weld County border, and the only other time I've seen a 
Hermit Thrush in my neighborhood was last spring migration along a road 
with plenty of trees and along the Poudre. I definitely didn't expect to 
see a mountain species today, so I suppose keep your eyes out for 
surprises, even if you're east of the foothills a ways.

*The birds are happy, and so am I*
*~Caleb Alons, Larimer County*

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[cobirds] Steller's Jays and Mountain Chickadee at Littleton Cemetery, Arapahoe

[David Suddjian]

Today Karen Strong and I observed 10 *Steller's Jays* passing north over
Littleton Cemetery, moving through at tree-top level, some pausing briefly
and others flying through without stopping. They passed in loose
assemblages of 8 and then later 2, without calls. This is my second record
for Steller's at the cemetery, and the species is rare at Littleton. The
other for the cemetery, on10/18/2017, occurred during another fall when
there was movement of montane species to lowlands. I think our count of 10
today is high for Arapahoe County. We also had one *Mountain Chickadee*,
which is also only rare and sporadic at the cemetery and generally rare
along the So. Prince street area of Littleton.

David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO


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[cobirds] Curious about the European Golden-Plover

[Robert Righter]

Hi

In North America most spring records of the European Golden-Plover, have 
occurred annually in Newfoundland with a high count of 350 individuals in 1988. 
It is suggested the European G-P were mis-oriented or blown westward from their 
intended summer destination of Iceland. In fall there is just a handful of 
records from northeastern North America and several fall records from Alaska 
thought to have occurred from Icelandic migrants drifting eastward following 
the prevailing winds in the arctic. (Rare bird of North America, Howell, 
Lewington, & Russell-2014).

Looking at the few pictures of a Golden Plover from north-central New Mexico, 
based on the ratio of the head and bill and the suggestive white showing from 
the underwing this bird may prove to be an European Golden-Plover. Looking at 
its history of vagrancy it doesn’t seem possible or does it? Could the Golden 
Plover arriving to North America in the spring kept traveling westward and 
summered somewhere in the Arctic and then in the fall headed south to be 
spotted in NM. Is there any update on the status and identity of the Golden 
Plover from NM?

Bob Righter
Denver CO

 

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[cobirds] American Tree Sparrow, Lagerman Res, Boulder

[Eric DeFonso]

Hi all,

This morning at Lagerman Reservoir I was pleasantly surprised when I saw
and photographed a first-of-the-fall American Tree Sparrow. It was in the
southwest portion of the loop trail around the reservoir, in the cattails,
not far from where I had a small group of chittering Chestnut-collared
Longspurs yesterday.

Knowing it's just early October, I thought maybe I had the first ATSP of
the season for Colorado. But when I got home I checked eBird and saw that
our very own President Komar had one a few days ago up in Larimer County.
Oh well - a silver medal is still very pretty.

Eric

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Re: [cobirds] I have thumbed through 3 bird books and can't find this guy

[Caleb A]

Hello Jim!
You've got a Red-breasted Nuthatch! A quick note about looking up birds in 
field guides: sometimes it's best to try the approach of noting key marks 
before opening a guide, because that way you won't be simply looking for an 
exact image match.
For example, your photos show clearly a red breast, a black head with a 
conspicuous white "eyebrow" and a black line that continues through the 
eye. It's got a thin, pointed bill.
When you go to the field guide, look for these *marks* rather than 
necessarily a bird that "looks similar," and that might help you for future 
identifications!

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[cobirds] AGAIN Field Sparrow Barr Lake Adams Co

[Susan Rosine]

We banded another Field Sparrow!! Second one of the season. We also had a 
WINTER WREN! We haven't banded one since 2012! 
AND...we caught the RTHA that has been haunting our mist nets for weeks---it 
has a band already on it!
EXCITING MORNING HERE!
Susan Rosine
Brighton, Adams

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Re: [cobirds] I have thumbed through 3 bird books and can't find this guy

[DuWayne Worthington]

I would agree as well.  Red-breasted nuthatch.

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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 7:53 AM linda hodges  wrote:

> Looks like a Red-breasted Nuthatch.
>
> Linda Hodges
> Colorado Springs
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 7:36 AM  wrote:
>
>> This bird was at our backyard feeders for 2 days in August, disappeared
>> and
>> came back for 2 days and has not been seen since. Located near Southwest
>> Plaza in Jefferson County.  I cannot figure out what he/she is.  He was
>> never around long enough to grab a camera, just these lousy cell phone
>> photos.
>>
>> I’ve been waiting too long to post trying to get my forehead ready to be
>> hit when I get the answer.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jim Moss
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[cobirds] Large Blackbird Flock, N Boulder, 10/8, 7:40am

[Thomas Heinrich]

A huge mixed flock of blackbirds just moved south through the neighborhood of 
Newlands N Boulder, spending 5-10 min in treetops close to my house.   The vast 
majority was Common Grackles, though there were at least some Red-winged 
Blackbirds and European Starlings as well. From what I was able to see, I 
estimated in the low thousands (2-3k), but there could have been substantially 
more as my view was obstructed by trees.   

This is by far the largest flock I have seen in the neighborhood.  I wonder if 
its presence had anything to do with very thick layer of wildfire smoke in the 
valley. 


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Re: [cobirds] I have thumbed through 3 bird books and can't find this guy

[linda hodges]

Looks like a Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Linda Hodges
Colorado Springs

On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 7:36 AM  wrote:

> This bird was at our backyard feeders for 2 days in August, disappeared and
> came back for 2 days and has not been seen since. Located near Southwest
> Plaza in Jefferson County.  I cannot figure out what he/she is.  He was
> never around long enough to grab a camera, just these lousy cell phone
> photos.
>
> I’ve been waiting too long to post trying to get my forehead ready to be
> hit when I get the answer.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim Moss
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Re: [cobirds] Influence of the CO/WY fires on birds

[Robert Raker]

Thanks for this Dave. I was scratching my head when I saw 6 Stellar's Jays 
fly by on Monday at Bluff Lake. Hadn't thought that the fires might have 
been a factor.


On Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 4:37:47 PM UTC-6 m.rec...@comcast.net 
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> I also had a Steller’s Jay in my Aurora yard yesterday. Near Buckley and 
> Mississippi. 
> Meg Reck
> Arapahoe 
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[cobirds] New yard birds, Highlands Ranch, DougCo

[Lesley Brown]

We have seen a few new birds for our yard the last couple of weeks.  A 
flock of pine siskins have been frequenting the seed feeder for last three 
days.  We've never seen a flock of them before, only a single bird one time 
last year.  A Wilson's warbler briefly landed on our lilac bushes but 
disappeared before I could get it in the binocs, lol.  Last week we had 
several sightings of a lone Lincoln's sparrow, and this week we've been 
visited by a White-crowned sparrow.

We are also seeing the usual Spotted towhees, bluejays, flickers, bushtits, 
goldfinches, red-breasted nuthatches, chickadees, etc. The last hummingbird 
sighting was Saturday, 10/3/2020, on the hummer feeder.  

We are using patio mix bird seed and suet cakes.  I don't think we were 
using the seed feeder at this time last year so that could be the reason 
for the new birds in the yard.

Lesley Brown
Highlands Ranch
Douglas County

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Re: [cobirds] Influence of the CO/WY fires on birds

[Robert Raker]

Thanks Dave for this explanation. I was scratching my head when I saw six 
Steller's Jays fly overhead at Bluff Lake in Denver on Monday.
Rob Raker
Lakewood, CO
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 4:37:47 PM UTC-6 m.rec...@comcast.net 
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> I also had a Steller’s Jay in my Aurora yard yesterday. Near Buckley and 
> Mississippi. 
> Meg Reck
> Arapahoe 
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> her Aurora yard, Peoria & Alameda. Farther east than normal.
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[cobirds] Stellar’s Jay, Louisville, Boulder County

[Carol McCasland]

I also have had a Stellar’s Jay at my backyard.  Maybe not unheard of but it’s 
only the second time I’ve had one in the 11 years I have lived here.  The other 
one was during a blizzard.   I am on the plains and this bird is unusual for 
me. 

Carol McCasland, Louisville, Boulder County

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