Since 1997 in our Franktown yard we've recorded 161 species. 16 sparrows, 14
warblers including Prairie and Parula. all 3 bluebirds. Mockingbird. Purple
Finch. Northern Saw-whet, N. Pygmy & Western Screech Owls (but not Eastern
Screech). N. Goshawk and both eagles.
Adding birds seen along
I have a huge pile of park and trail guides to places all over Colorado, all of
them 20 years old or so. Can anyone suggest a depository for them?
Hugh Kingery
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The Black Forest CBC counted 1948 birds of 39 species; average 1748 birds, 38
species. Our 25 observers went out in 13 partis.
Two new top counts: 75 Red-breasted nuthatches - way above prior high of
35; 217 Red Crossbills - more than double previous high of 130.Besides that,
some minor
We invite any and all to join us on the Denver Urban Christmas Bird Count --
on January 1, 2024.
We now have the count posted on the Denver Audubon website, and you can go
there to check the various sections of the count and to sign up.
Go to denveraudubon.org/events/
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Go to denveraudubon.org/events/
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Just after lunch today Urling spotted under our feeders a Fox Sparrow. We both
had fairly good looks at it, though too briefly (courtesy of one of our
menacing squirrels).
Earlier this morning, I saw a late Orange-crowned Warbler in the bushes by our
stream.
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We enjoyed a The Big Sit! at our house (our 21st), with Laurie Duke
presiding from our roof, the rest of us down below most of the time.We
counted 37 species, 123 individuals; the sixth time for that many species (one
year we counted 38), but a low low number of individuals. We did,
We have a book signing eventat the bookstore this month for you to put on your
calendars. The first event is the last Art Hop of the season on Thursday,
September 21st from 5-8. We will host Hugh and Urling Kingery signing Birding
Colorado: Where, How, and When to Spot Birds Across the
Our 44th annual Fall Count recorded 10,823 birds of 162 species. Count of
individuals lower than average, species count up 7 from average. We had 3 new
species: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Common Tern, and Dickcissel. Say's Phoebes
have increased over the years, with the 66 seen last weekend
Another revision - correcting Rick Crewell's email.
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
| Cherry Creek State Park: Cynthia
Can someone provide me with the email address (or phone) for Ric Creswell?
Hugh
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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
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Eight leaders will conduct Fall Counts from Friday, Sept. 8 to Sunday Sept. 10.
Contact Leaders to participate (except Chatfield):
Sept. 87 a.m. Barr Lake Periphery (mostly driving): Gregg Goodrich
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We will hold our annual Fall Count the weekend of Sept. 9-10 (some trips on
Sept. 8). As it has since 1972 (the past 50 years), we will offer trips to 7 or
8 Metro area sites. Details later -- the leaders still have some times & dates
to settle on.
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Yesterday we watched on Olive-sided Flycatcher feeding above our feeders,
making sorties for insects. This bird makes our 160th yard bird (over 25 years).
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July 15, with a Denver Audubon trip: on the road south of Castlewood Canyon
State Park (westside) we counted 7 Dickcissels and 3 Blue Grosbeaks among the
27 total species. Some folks got decent pictures of a Dickcissel, I don't know
about grosbeak photos.
We had Chipping,Vesper, & Lark
Dan Moore in Parker contacted Denver Audubon, and then sent me photos of a
European Goldfinch coming to his feeder.
It seems unlikely that this constitutes a wild bird that arrived on its own.
Any thoughts? Does anyone know of someone who might have kept one and from whom
it escaped?
Hugh
The final member of our colorful trio arrived this morning: a bright
Lazuli Bunting. We also heard one singing in the gully below our house.
The other member of the trio - Black-headed Grosbeak & Western Tanager -
patronize our feeders today and we hope fo a while.
Big flock of
One other spring arrival I forgot to mention: we have watched a handsome
Lincoln's Sparrow under our feeders off and on all day.
Hugh
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Spring has arrived, or at least some spring birds have. Yesterday we counted 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers in our gully.
Last night, Urling heard a Poorwill - wish I had better ears.Today, a Western
Tanager and a Black-headed Grosbeak, both striking males.20 Chipping Sparrows
flying along a fence
We have revived the Spring Counts that have gone on for 42 years -- starting
in 1980. Here's the list, with some leaders particularly asking for
participants. I hope you can go on one of them.
Chatfield particularly needs volunteers.
Hugh
Friday, May 12
Cherry Creek State Park:
Leader:
Cobirds didn't seem to take kindly to my trying to post the Denver Audubon
newsletter about its upcoming Birdathon. My apologies for what turned into such
a mess.
But -- if you'd like to support Denver Audubon through its Birdathon, go to the
website, denveraudubon.org and read about it.
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We added two new year birds on this morning's walk.First, a Ruby-crowned
Kinglet that drew our attention by singing off and on. What a great sound.
Then, a couple of Violet-green Swallows skimming insects off the surface of
the local pond.
Hugh
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Denver Audubon will hold a Sale of nature books -- mostly bird books -- this
Saturday and Sunday at the Audubon Nature Center at Waterton.
It will open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Urling and I donated 175 books from our nature library -- surely one or two
will appeal to you.
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This morning we added two new year birds for our patch.Two Vesper Sparrows
perched on a fence along our road, looking quite crisp.
Then we saw a Loggerhead Shrike, perched on a phone wire near the Vespers. We
flushed it and itflew across the road and perched on a fence line where we
could see
| We plan to conduct our annual Spring Bird Count, as usual on the second
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See the list of counts & leaders below. If you'd like to go on one or more,
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Cherry Creek State Park:
Leader: Cynthia Madsen,
We had new year birds in our Franktown patch yesterday and today: Yesterday, a
Common Grackles.Today a lone Tree Swallow. We have seen both Western and
Mountain Bluebirds for the past week or so.
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Nature's Notes Vintage Book and Art Sale
Saturday April 28 and Sunday, April 299am to 3pmDenver Audubon Nature Center at
Chatfield
We are excited to announce that Denver Audubon is hosting a Vintage Book and
Art Sale! This is the perfect opportunity for book and art enthusiasts to
browse our
The Black Forest CBC on Jan. 2, 2023, encountered adverse weather. Only 4 of
us went out, and we had 4 counting at 2 feeders. The fog and the snow made
conditions unsafe, so that none of the walking parties covered their (mostly
ponderosa pine) territories, and the drivers elected not to
The 35th Denver Urban CBC tallied 90 species (ave. 87) and 30,147 birds
(ave. 39,674). We failed to cover one section of the South Platte, so that our
waterfowl numbers dipped. 135 observers went out in the field and 12 watched at
feeders.
* We found three new birds for the count:
We will hold the Denver Urban CBC on New Year's Day, 2023 (as usual). We
welcome participants to count with one of the parties or in your yards. The
count circle covers western Aurora & east Denver to Cherry Creek Res. and a
little bit south of Hampden.
We have the count up on the Denver
We will hold the Denver Urban CBC on New Years Day, as usual. Go to
https://denveraudubon.org/events/ and then click on January 2023 to see the
list of sections for which you can sign up.
We also have a pot luck chili dinner scheduled afterwards, at the Wash. Park.
Church, 400 South Williams,
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a Denver Audubon Master Birder, graduating class of 2009-2010, a wonderful
field trip leader for Denver Audubon, a caring mentor to new field trip
leaders, and very active on our photo contest
Two amazing birds today.As Urling drove out this afternoon she flushed a
Nighthawk from the road -- she thinks probably a Common Nighthawk.
Earlier we spotted a Northern Goshawk that perched near our feeders for 10
seconds or so. An immature.
Other than that, we tallied usual numbers of the
As usual, the Denver Urban Count will occur on Jan. 1, New Years Day.
Black Forest we scheduled for Jan. 2.
Hugh
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The birds we see this month don't merit a special trip here -- we see just the
normal ones. We do enjoy the constant serenades of Solitaires. Juncos have
gradually started to arrive -- we counted around a dozen today. And we have
Pygmy Nuthatches, a species we haven't had regularly in past
After walking the conifer patch, while Urling talked to the mail delivery
woman, I briefly saw in immature Red-headed Woodpecker. It perched in a dead
cottonwood for 10 seconds, then flew off, and we couldn't find it again.
We also recorded our first Pink-sided Juncos today, along with most of
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:
One of our neighbors posted a message today that she saw two Golden Eagles
feeding on a carcass in a nearby pasture. Pictures of the victim show a Great
Blue Heron!
Probably the eagles caught it in flight somehow, but what a sight.
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Denver Audubon held a Volunteer Appreciation brunch this morning. As we
arrived, a scope in the middle of the trail greeted us. It pointed at a Golden
Eagle perched on a power pole. The Eagle shifted around, and provided the
volunteers views for 45 minutes to an hour. What a great
We see lots of juveniles this month. One day, 14 junior Spotted Towhees.
Several fledgling Gray-headed Juncos and Mountain and Western Bluebirds. 12
fledgling Robins gorging on a Chokecherry bush.
House Finches, Black-headed Grosbeaks, and Lesser Goldfinches feeding begging
youngsters.
This morning, when the sun still made it hot, we drove up the road to
Castlewood Cyn. Church, near Willow Lake Drive. The ranch there has a fence
made of metal pipes that extends to its corrals.
There we saw a flock of 7 Lark Buntings and 3 Meadowlarks, all huddled in the
shade of the
Hummers like red.
A few days ago Urling & I watched a male Downy Woodpecker at the suet cage. As
we watched a hummingbird flew up and checked out the red patch on the Downy's
head. After a few seconds, it decided that the Downy did not offer delectable
nectar and flew off.
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We wentout this afternoon to see what the snow brought, and on our Willow
Lake Drive, saw all three bluebird species. The Eastern, a stunning male, flew
along the road between the first & second turns. Plus 3 Westerns & 3 Mountains.
After observing it on the fence, we didn't see it again,
Some posts of 2-3 days ago suggest that Cobirders might enjoy
hearing about Urling's and my Birdathon quest on Friday. Starting at our Willow
Lake Drive patch: A frenzy of Violet-green Swallows! A dozenswarmed above a
conifer forest like a throng of bees. A couple of pods ofTurkey
Bryan Guarente predicted a good migration today, and we sure saw a lot of
birds.
Several flocks of 2-3 dozen sparrows: Vesper, Chipping, Clay-colored, Lark,
White-crowned. One Lark Bunting - surprisingly a female.Green-tailed Towhee,
Bullock's Oriole, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeaks at
And, just now, a Western Tanager sampling a suet cake.
Hugh & Urling
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Today we enjoyed two Black-headed Grosbeaks, our FOS. One started singing
nearby. Both visited our suet cakes.
Yesterday we saw two Vesper Sparrows, one of them singing lustily.
Spring's a'comin'.
Hugh
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We just saw our first of season Lazuli Bunting -- sparkling blue, white, and
tan in the bright sunlight.
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Denver Audubon's Master Birder class, 14 of us explored Red Canyon Park, north
of Canon City, and Tunnel Drive, yesterday.We didn't see many birds, but did
see some quality ones.In Red Canyon's pinyon/juniper they included:
* 3-5 Evening Grosbeaks;
* 2 Golden Eagles, dived at by
Yesterday we saw two new arrivals: 11 Pintails at McClain Gravel Pit; 1
Western Bluebird on Willow Lake Drive.This morning, lots of the regular birds
at our feeders.
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Urling just watched 50 Snow geese fly north along the ridge. Following Cherry
Creek sort of
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We drove the DIA Hawk loop yesterday and enjoyed numberous raptors:
11 Bald Eagles10 Ferruginous Hawks4 Red-tails3 Rough-legs3 Harriers
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Our Denver Urban Christmas Bird Count tallied 85 species and 31,151 birds.
That's an average number of species, but the count of individuals dropped to
78% of the average of 40,066. We saw big drops for non-native species: Rock
Pigeon (1,031 vs. 2,024 ave.); Starling (652 vs. 4,244
An album made entirely of endangered bird sounds beat Taylor Swift on a top 50
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No one reacted to my description of a mystery flock that Urling and I saw. We
watched about 100 small birds feeding on a brushy hillside. The birds in back
kept flying over the front ones -- until they all took off for parts unknown. I
thought they sounded like Rosy-finches, but Urling saw
The 51st Black Forest CBC, held on Jan. 2, recorded 40 species and 1,635
individual birds. Average number of the 51 counts: 35 species and 1608 birds.
We had 21 observers in 8 parties, plus 7 feeder-watchers.
I don't detect much of a pattern of high and low counts.
We found fewer than
Responding to Nick's posting a couple of weeks ago asking for our top ten,
Urling and I put together this list.
* "Palomino" Junco returned for the 4th winter. Palomino, a Gray-headed Junco,
has splotches of white that distinguish it from other juncos.* Oct. 6, sitting
outside for lunch, we
Urling & I surveyed the southern section of the South Platte on the Urban
CBC today. A plethora of ducks!
We counted 466 Shovelers, 225 Mallards, and, the best, 160 Buffleheads. 12
duck species. They included one striking male Barrow's Goldeneye, located just
south of Florida Ave.
We enjoyed a pleasant day yesterday on the Black Forest CBC. The temperature
cooperated, and we even ate lunch outdoors at Davis Ammons' ranch. We got most
excited by seeing the first Rough-legged Hawks in 3-4 years. We saw 3 of them,
2 Bald Eagles, one each Golden Eagle, Red-tail, and
With the daunting weather prediction, I've postponed the Denver Urban CBC from
Jan. 1 to Wednesday, Jan. 5. This, of course, means many counters can't
participate because of work.
Any of you who would like to participate on Wednesday and who haven't signed up
should let me know. I think you
Now that The Denver Post has explained that 'Birds Aren't Real" we have
noticed some interesting stuff. A drone perched briefly on our hanging flat
feeder, found it unstable, and flew off. Previously we would have called it a
Goshawk. And during the snowstorm, some space debris cluttered our
We plan to hold the Denver Urban Christmas Bird Count, as uusual, on Jan. 1.
You can sign up with the leaders -- I'll post their names and areas closer to
the date, or contact me to see which areas merit more birders.
Reserve the date!
Hugh
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This afternoon Urling and I spent an hour checking bluebird boxes on the
Winkler Ranch (inexplicably called "Castlewood Canyon Road, Lake Gulch north"
on eBird). We counted two magpies. Period.
Then we went to McClain Pit, on Castlewood Canyon Road; you can see its birds
in late afternoon
After looking at these terns today, Urling and I convinced ourselves to call
them Forster's. The Black eye patch gets bigger behind eye but does not extend
to nape. Grayish wash on back of neck. No carpal bar. Light colored legs. Long
thin black bill.
Hugh
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Finally ducks showed up at the Franktown ponds today.
At Walker Pit, we saw 3 coots and 18 Redheads -- until Bald Eale flushed
them.At McClain Pit, 150 ducks shimmered in the sunlight so that we couldn't ID
them. I think diving ducks comprised most of them. We did ID 6 Am. Wigeon, 4
GWTeal, a
During lunch today, Urling saw something snap at a ground-feeding Spotted
Towhee. Several other towhees and a couple of White-crowned Sparrows perched in
plum and oak bushes to see what had happened.
We went over to inspect and found a large rattlesnake starting to consume
a dead
This week David Suddjian replaces me as BBS Coordinator for Colorado. If you'd
like to volunteer, contact him. [dsuddj...@gmail.com]. David seems to have
taken on a whole bunch of tasks, including running DFO field trips. Thank you,
David.
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I failed to explain this clearly. Lots of agencies have published checklists
for people's reference. The pile I have consists of blank ones that these
agencies have published over the years. They would serve as an historical
record of birds recorded at these various sites.
Any thoughts on an
Does anyone know of a place that might have an interest in saving old bird
checklists? I have a packet several inches thick of everything from Chatfield
to Rock Creek to Durango to Bonny and I'm ready to give them away or to toss
them.
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Denver Audubon received a note from an observer in Central Park, who says that
she hasn't encountered Meadowlarks this year. We Cobirders do well in posting
what we do see, but not so well in discussing what we don't see.
As far as our patch here in Franktown (Douglas) we have about the normal
I just compared our August 2021 records with those for the last 3 years.
This year we saw no Western Bluebirds, and only a few Mountain Bluebirds. Also
only a few Tree Swallows; in 2018 we had lots of swallows of several races,
though not in then next two years.
Another species that has
We saw our first Chipping Sparrow of the fall going to our (rather
dilapidated) water feature this afternoon.
We also have a family of White-breasted Nuthatches buzzing around the yard, a
passel of junior Spotted Towhees, and a family or two of Black-headed
Grosbeaks. A Yellow Warbler
Providing people see it today, does anyone who plans to drive down to see the
bird tomorrow (Wed) have room in their car for Urling and me. From Denver, Colo
Spgs, or even Pueblo?
Hugh & Urling KingeryFranktown
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What a great joy to return from Seattle to find a mass of birds around our
home patch -- and here, us able to identify them (mostly).
Most impressive: Swallows on Castlewood Canyon Road: 500 Cliffs, 75 Trees
(eBird alert), 50 Barns, a few Rough-wings, Violet-greens, and one Bank. A
Bullock's
We have recorded five FOYs for us today:
6 White-faced Ibis, at McClain Gravel Pit; may have flown north to Walker
Gravel Pit or maybe farther.2 American White Pelicans at McClain.1 Osprey at
McClain.
1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird in our yard.1 Mourning Dove in our yard.
Yesterday, at Walker, 23
Urling & I just came back from a rewarding trip to the Franktown post office
-- and Walker & McClain gravel ponds.
In the Walker Pit area, we counted 26 Western Bluebirds; 8 Mountain Bluebirds
perched and fed on an island in the pond. Most amazing: a dozen Say's Phoebes
feeding over the water
I have another gripe with common names: I dislike ones that demean the bird:
Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Flycatcher.
Would you like us to call you the Least Birder, or a Lesser Observer?
Hugh
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We have not seen many bluebirds this spring, so I compared this year with the
three prior years' data. This year we have seen only one or two of either
species only once in a while. The last 3 years we saw them almost daily
starting in mid-March.
This drop seems striking, at least along our
We invitequalified observers to participate in the Breeding Bird
Survey “BBS.”Participants must have the skills to identify the likely species
on theirroutes by sight and by sound. Since 1966 (1968 in Colorado
and theWest) the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BBS office just announced that the BBS field work will resume this year. It
also said, "Safety has always been a top priority for the BBS program and
remains so. Much of this upcoming season will operate as in years past but
there will be additional guidelines for observers to follow that will
You can also import lists to eBird from Excel by using the Import option. It
requires that you: * Use a Comma Separated Values file (when you open Excel
files, go to the box after File Name which ordinarily says 'All Excel files' --
click -- and then click on the first line, "All files.")
I forgot to mention the two Say's Phoebes: we have found this species on 6 of
the last 8 Denver Urban counts.
Hugh Lingery
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This summarizes the results from our 33rd Denver Urban CBC; we still have
a handful of birds to tweak, but this provides an accurate picture of our
count. We covered all but two sections (which might have changed the raptor
totals), with masks & distancing and fewer counters. We tallied
On the Black Forest Christmas bird count, on Jan. 3, we covered the usual
places with the usual amount of effort, so I think we can fairly compare to
prior years. My records show this as the 50th count, with the first one in 1957
-- initiated by Dick Beidleman.
This year we counted 34
Paul Malinowski sent a photo of a Mute Swan that he saw on Cooley Lake, South
Platte Park. (If Cooley is the first lake north of Mineral & west of the
river). He saw it, I think, Dec. 9.
Have other seen this bird? Does it remain?
Did it escape from somewhere? Does it qualify as a 'wild'
We chime in to express our admiration of all that Joe did for the Colorado
birding community. We knew him for 40--50 years as he advanced our appreciation
& enjoyment of Colorado birds. We can't add to the heartfelt & articulate
tributes already posted on Cobirds but endorse them all.
Urling
Urling and I just saw the bird we think is an immature adult red necked grebe
on the Walker pit west of Franktown. Amid zillions of geese. Also redhead
canvasback buffleheads and goldeneyes.
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The grebe resembled the winter immature shown in the eastern Peterson field
guide (not the adult).
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Subject: Probable Red-necked Grebe - Walker
Urling and I just spent a half hour looking at a probable Red-necked Grebe, at
the far north side of the Walker gravel pit near Franktown.
It had the shape of an RNGR, with a particularly noticeable long, pointed,
dagger-like, yellow to yellow-orange bill. Size of a goldeneye but slimmer.
Yesterday at least 5 flocks of cranes flew over our house, most of them a mere
100, but one that spent 5 minutes swirling overhead had 650 in it. Today 3
flocks -- one seen with about 75 cranes.
And with the cold temperatures, we spent only 2 hours outside - late morning -
and didn't pick up
Denver Audubon just had a report from Susan Nobles of a Steller's Jay in her
Aurora yard, Peoria & Alameda. Farther east than normal.
Hugh Kingery
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An addendum: while I was watching for fly out from the main night roost for
summer resident Turkey Vultures (and expecting some migrants to be using the
same vast night roost area), other CPW Raptor monitors were watching from a
more southeasterly location — and counted more than 300 TUVUs in
We reported 175 migrating Turkey Vultures Sunday afternoon, and that Karen
Metz, Castlewood Canyon State Park raptor monitor went to the part Monday
morning and counted 174 leaving the roost there.
Yesterday Cheryl Thompson reported that, on Sunday afternoon about 6 pm, she
saw 175 Turkey
45 minutes ago, while re-potting hummingbird plants, Urling heard
migrating cranes. Over a half-hour, at least 4 flocks of 50-100 cranes flew
over our house as they circled south. Quite high up and hard to find and to
hear, under the gray clouds.
But then - the most amazing sight:
In the last week we saw a sick House Finch and a sick Spotted Towhee.
Accordingly we quit putting out the feeders for a week or two, in hopes that
our feeder birds might disperse. So far with limited success. We see only 1-2
House Finches (15 = a recent high count), BUT the towhees
The Solitaires arrived! We heard one tooting 3 days ago; counted 2 and 4
the next 2 days, and so far 2 today. A few of them singing. This morning two
Eastern Bluebirds perched on a power line in a neighbor's yard, flew down to
snare something, and then flew on. Probably at least one
Urling & I walked the Walker Trail this morning (Cherry Creek trail, south
from Walker Road). It had zillions of birds; we tallied 31 species that
included
32 Mourning Doves 25 magpies 43 Western Bluebirds 44 House Finches
25 meadowlarks.
Also a family of Cedar Waxwings, 8
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