Although I haven't observed crossbills feeding on sunflower heads (as Richard &
Dave have), when they're in the ponderosa pines around our house west of Ft.
Collins, they frequently feed on black oil sunflower fruits at our feeders.
Occasionally, they even visit a nyjer feeder, extending their
Even warmer than yesterday and continued slow.
The birds of note today were the three Red-winged Blackbirds, all in the
middle of body, wing and tail molt. Like the Grackles we caught earlier
this week, RWBLs are rare captures at the station (these were the first
since 2016), probably having
Eight leaders will conduct Fall Counts from Friday, Sept. 8 to Sunday Sept. 10.
Contact Leaders to participate :
Sept. 87 a.m. Barr Lake Periphery (mostly driving): Gregg Goodrich
303 655 9135
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Today had a nice diversity of species captured including five warbler
species. Eight species were new for the year or season (Least Flycatcher,
Townsend's Warbler, Black- and- white Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Lincoln's Sparrow, Bullock's Oriole, and Broad-tailed Hummingbird.) We have
In Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend I saw many immature Crossbills eating thistle seeds in two different locations, in case that is of interest. Robin JasperLarimer CountySent from my iPhoneOn Aug 30, 2023, at 10:27 AM, Diana Beatty wrote:In general, if breeding is successful in
I just read the "Breeding" section about Red Crossbills in Cornell's Birds of the World. I learned that Red Crossbills in North
America potentially nest twice each year, once in the early spring and again in the late summer, depending upon the availability of cone
seeds. A hypothesis, based on
These posts remind me of when I moved from Boulder up to 8600 ft in North
Beaver near Pinecliffe in 1996. While I didn't actually move up until June
1st, the homeowner had me come up to housesit in either late April or early
May. They had a big kitchen window planter box that they filled with
Richard Trinker just reported to eBird an observation of juvenile red
crossbills at low elevation eating sunflower seed obtained from flowers at a
public garden in Boulder. I had the same exact experience yesterday in two
different yards on the east side of Fort Collins. The individuals I
Still here. Flying along west shore at north end near last parking area
8:56
Thomas Heinrich
Boulder, CO
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> On Aug 29, 2023, at 6:37 AM, Nicholas Komar wrote:
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> A juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger just flew over Boyd Lake swim beach. Seems to
> be hanging around.
>
> Nick Komar
Visible now, flying/circling, straight out from swim beach.
Kyle Carlsen
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> On Aug 29, 2023, at 6:37 AM, Nicholas Komar wrote:
>
> A juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger just flew over Boyd Lake swim beach. Seems to
> be hanging around.
>
> Nick Komar
> Paul Gordy
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Dear Scott,
Thank you for bringing this marvelous radio episode to the attention of the
nature-net and co-birds communities. It is indeed an outstanding example
of journalism for all involved. Kudos to Shelly Schlender for her expert
moderation and brava/bravo to Ruth Carol Cushman, Steve
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