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Birders,
I'm posting to let you know of two new field trip opportunities added on
the DFO calendar that are coming up real soon.
Sept 30 a short morning birding time at private *Ken Caryl Ranch*.
Oct 3 an evening chance to watch the *White-throated Swifts* at their night
roost at Deer Creek. They
Townsend's Solitaires have arrived in our patch to serenade us with their
lovely melodic songs. We have probably a dozen or more along our road. Beyond
that, we still see an occasional Western Tanager; the males have started to
change their head colors from orange to yellow.
Still regular:
We thought the Black-billed Magpie in the 8:40 run would be the bird of the
day - big, beautiful, lots of personality, iridescent blues and purple in
the sun. But then Colin came back a half hour later with a Northern
Harrier, which pretty much blew us away. First ever caught at the banding
The juvenile was perched on a phone wire on Oxford between 39th & 49th, gently
complaining with its feeble RTHA imitation. After a few minutes as I studied
it, a parent swooped in to monitor me. Fair is fair. Then the two took to the
air.
Linda
I acknowledge that I live in the territory of
A nice day to be outside. A White-throated Sparrow was trying to sing
before we put up the mist nets. Twenty bird species were captured at the
station. It appears from our recaptures today, that a few hatching year
birds are needing to bulk up before moving along. A surprise of a
Sharp-shinned
The Thick-billed Kingbird was still calling a lot and hanging out near
Mack, Mesa County yesterday (26 September) at the usual location, from
around 9-11am (it was nice to see a few familiar faces), and it sounds like
it's still around later too. It seems to be hanging around the house, we
could
