Re: [cobirds] Continuing crossbills

2023-05-29 Thread Casey Setash 
I've had a flock of about 15-20 in my yard/around my neighborhood just
south of Spring Canyon Park in Fort Collins for the last couple of months
as well. This is the first year since I've lived in this house (2017) that
I've noticed them in the spring. I've been wondering whether others have
been seeing them this late, so I'm glad you mentioned it!

On Mon, May 29, 2023, 11:57 AM Jeff Kehoe  wrote:

> This spring is the first I've ever seen them in 7 years up here. The
> numbers seem to be a little lower than originally, but they're here every
> day.
>
> On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 9:25:38 AM UTC-6 Preston Sowell wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply. Is this a normal occurrence at your feeders?
>>
>> On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 9:26 PM Jeff Kehoe  wrote:
>>
>>> I've had them every day since April 11th. Usually around 20, sometimes
>>> 40. I'm in the Big Thompson canyon west of Loveland, East of Drake. Looks
>>> like they are eating sunflower chips.
>>>
>>> On Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 2:00:02 PM UTC-6 DAVID J WALTMAN wrote:
>>>
 I’ve had a flock at my feeders for about three weeks.  I generally
 report  25 on eBird but there could be twice that.  In the fall of 2007 I
 had up to 150 over a period of a few weeks.
 David Waltman
 6,000 feet; ponderosa pine foothill’s 1/2 way between Boulder and
 Lyons.

 On 05/27/2023 11:45 AM MDT preston...@gmail.com 
 wrote:


 We've had a flock of red crossbills on our feeder (black sunflower
 seed) everyday for 2.5 months now (draining it daily now). Pine Brook
 Hills, Boulder, County. I've had them stop by over the years, but never
 stay for more than a few days, and typically just when it's be cold.

 I'm curious if anyone else is seeing that same thing?

 Preston
 Boulder, CO



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[cobirds] Barr Lake CBC For Kids Jan 18th

2016-01-05 Thread Casey Setash 
Hi CObirders,

For anyone with children who doesn't have to work on Monday January 18th,
Barr Lake State Park is having a Christmas Bird Count for children ages
3-18. Check out the attached flyer and help get the next generation
interested in birding! Hope to see you there.

Cheers,
Casey Setash

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[cobirds] Long-tailed duck Blanca Wetlands

2015-03-14 Thread Casey Setash 
Today on the Blanca Wetlands tour done as a part of the Monte Vista Crane
Festival we spotted a male Long-tailed Duck on the first Playa in Blanca
Wetlands among a group of Bufflehead and Ruddy Ducks. It was the first
record for Blanca Wetlands and the second for the San Luis Valley.

Casey Setash
Fort Collins, CO

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Re: [cobirds] Boulder surprising hawk kill

2015-02-27 Thread Casey Setash 
Having worked on the Cape May Raptor Banding Project this past fall, I had
many discussions with a variety of people about the diminishing Sharpie
populations.  It's been a noticeable trend in the capture data and the
hawkwatch count data that Sharpies have been decreasing steadily over the
last decade or so while Cooper's Hawks have been steadily increasing.  One
of the major theories for this among everyone I talked to was the
increasing fragmentation of forested habitat.  It might be that Sharpies
are more reliant on dense vegetation and canopy cover to catch their
unwitting prey, while Coops have been able to adapt to an increasingly
urbanized environment.  This is just a theory and I'd be interested to see
whether any data has been collected to back this up, but there has
definitely been a noticeable shift in the proportions of these two
Accipiters in the east.  That being said, we did have Sharpies make
multiple passes at the pigeons we used as lure birds.  They commonly landed
on starlings (even the tiny males would go for a starling), but I believe
we only ever had one female land on a pigeon long enough for us to trap
her.  There was a relatively recent discussion on the weight-carrying
capacity of Sharpies on the CFO Facebook page if anyone is interested.

Good birding,
Casey Setash
Fort Collins

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Leon Bright urra...@comcast.net wrote:

 COBirders,

 One late spring a few years ago at our cabin in western Custer County
 (9,200 ft.) I witnessed an interesting episode involving a young
 Sharp-shinned Hawk.  I was watching a group of small passerines on my
 platform feeder when I saw them scatter in a panic.  I noticed a sharpie
 had just landed on a fence post close by.  After a while he (probable
 gender) left, and three Steller’s Jays came to the feeder.  The sharpie
 returned to the post.  The jays didn’t fly off but were very nervous,
 jumping and flitting around.  The hawk made a couple of feints and the jays
 left reluctantly.  With no prey in sight, the Sharpie left again.  A couple
 of hours later there were several Band-tailed Pigeons feeding when the hawk
 showed up again on the fence post.  The pigeons completely ignored the
 accipiter which, even though inexperienced, decided against any try at prey
 whose 13 ounces outweighed his five or less.  He left for the third time,
 not to return at least to my knowledge.

 Leon Bright, Pueblo

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