We've had a black-backed lesser goldfinch male feeding a female in our backyard
in Monument over the last few weeks. I was also surprised to see what I take
to be mating behavior so late in the season.Stephanie Longo and Tom Pavlik
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From:
Compiler: Allison Hilf
Date:October 8, 2009
e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, October 8, 2009 at
6 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain
Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes
Hello, Birders.
Dick Ashford, raptor enthusiast and President of the Board of the ABA, will be
giving a presentation on hawks at the Chautauqua Community House, Boulder
County, at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15th.
Dick is a skilled and entertaining speaker, and I'm sure it will be a fine
Rob Raker and I toured Bear Creek Lake Park this morning in the mist
and found a large mixed flock of American and Lesser Goldfinches in
the thistles next to the road. We observed fledglings of both species
exhibiting fluttering wings and begging behavior. We also coaxed an
As snow softly fell this morning at Crow Valley (Weld County), a
Blackburnian Warbler fed on cedars in the southwest corner. The Red-naped
Sapsucker
persists, weeks after the initial sighting.
At Barr Lake, a first cycle Sabine's Gull was seen flying over the middle
of the lake.
Joe
The bird I saw in waning light last night in my yard and identified as a
female Black-headed Grosbeak, reappeared throughout the day today. With
better light and now with photos, I am changing my ID to a immature male
Rose-breasted Grosbeak in first autumn plumage. It looks similar to a
Today in the light snow flurries here in SW Lakewood, we still have an immature
female Black-chinned and immature male Broad-tailed Hummingbird. My latest
Broad-tailed record was Oct. 4th and Black-chinned was Sept 30th. It seems
that hummingbirds are holding on a little later this fall.
