Yes, Duane Nelson, thanks for that pic and your description.
I have no photos, but based on this thread and Duane's description, I'm now
convinced that what I had identified as a female Cassin's Finch on 10/25-27 in
our back yard was actually a Purple. Present 3 days but only for very brief
Last night around 8:30 I heard a group of sandhills (unknown #s) calling while
flying south in the dark probably roughly over I-25.
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I had two Nashville warblers moving quickly thru our oaks yesterday afternoon.
Brief visit, but was able to have binocs on them most of the time. Beautiful
little bundles of energy.
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Just now (15 minutes ago) had a Townsend Warbler in the back yard,
contemplating our "bubbling boulder" fountain from an ornamental cherry above.
Both a new yard bird and yes (!) a new life bird for me.
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eBird flagged my Lazuli Bunting (a male) that appeared out back yesterday.
Today I've got three beautiful males feeding with the Pine Siskins, House
Finches, nuthatches & chickadees, two Chipping Sparrows (& one Lesser
Goldfinch).
A couple pics of bunting in yesterday's report.
Hey, CObirders,
I took an afternoon walk yesterday over toward a hogback just SE of the Flying
W Ranch entrance in NW CO Spgs, in a Mountain Shadows natural common area, and
over the course of 45 minutes saw a number of migrants heading north along or
beside the hogback into a stiff N/NW wind.
Greetings, CObirders,
The young male Summer Tanager that arrived late on the 16th during the storm
has been hanging around every day since (including today, now the fourth day),
feeding on seed below our feeders as well as graduating up to the tube feeders,
and drinking at the water bath. Must
And just to reinforce the "stay-at-home" expectations and extent, Gov. Polis
just now finished a press conference in which he must have said half a dozen
times, that while we may walk around our neighborhood (maintaining social
distancing) we should NOT be driving off anywhere EXCEPT for
Hear hear Matt! Well said. Coloradans don't need to go any deeper into this
epidemic. Only YOU (and me and each and every one of us) can prevent and
flatten this exponentially spreading fire. Just stay home.
Marty WolfNW CO Spgs
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State parks themselves and their trails are still open. Also closed, however,
are USFS campgrounds AND yes, trailheads. (Scroll down to bottom)
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Yes, thanks Hugh, and Joe too--
Definitely something to consider among globe- or even state-trotting rarity
chasers and devoted birders, the irony of which I've often thought about!
Joe: "The main point is to get a buddy or three to join you for longer trips."
And/or drive an electric
Karl et al-- and the beat goes on... You may or may not know about Aurora's &
Colorado Springs' longterm joint water project to put a second dam on Homestake
Creek immediately adjacent to the Holy Cross Wilderness Area in Eagle County.
Gotta keep up with our endless growth! Currently awaiting
We had a FOS male Blue Grosbeak in our yard in NW CO Springs--which was also a
new yard bird (our 120th)--in the wake of this storm. We got about 6" of very
wet snow, after mixed rain/sleet/snow yesterday (1.2" total liq. precip. in 24
hrs, much needed). Fun day with birds, including a very
We too had a female broad-tailed this morning in the snow and yeserday morning
at the one feeder we left up--after not having had a single hummer for 3.5
weeks now. This is why I left this feeder up...
Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs.
6626' eleva.
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And for those looking in the other, lower side of the state, in Rio Grande
Cnty, I found ATTWs on my BBS route in the San Juans on 6/28 & 6/29 at two
spots: on Forest Service Rd 360 about 13 miles south of South Fork; and about
20-21 miles southwest of Del Norte on Forest Service Rd 329 east
For the record, with these several Vermilion Flycatchers reported this spring
along or east of the front range, another (the fourth?) was seen in the
foothills on May 2 by some friends who live on a small ranch on the South
Platte River, roughly 11-12 miles SW of Roxborough St Pk "as the crow
Poignant lesson of human intentions gone awry...
https://gizmodo.com/nigel-the-bird-found-dead-next-to-the-concrete-partner-1822655398
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Varied Thrush still there (100 yds south of Starsmore Nat. Ctr., in & along
west bank of iced-over South Cheyenne Crk, just off southerly end of parking
lot off S. Cheyenne Rd) at 2:45. Feeding among a dozen or more robins.
Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs
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Four or five of us got a great show around 2:30. The bird was perched about 8'
up on the western-most large limb of the cottonwood tree adjacent to the three
Austrian pines, & stayed fairly stationary & in plain sight for close to 10
minutes, occasionally preening & stretching, before slipping
Greetings, CObirders,
I had a female yellow-bellied sapsucker in my large Ponderosa pine feeder tree
in the back yard yesterday, feeding from old taps and making new ones. Possibly
the same individual who spent a day here last year on March 19, as it too only
stayed for a day and went back &
Yep, as of 1:15 pm one of the pair (male in daylight hrs?) is sitting on the
nest, presumably uncubating eggs.
Saw both fly into the tree & hop over toward the nest together around 8:30 am,
with no more trips for nesting material. Every now & then the mate pays a visit
(maybe with food in
Hi, Cobirders,
I was a little surprised by a pair of Eur. Collared Doves this morning building
a nest from 8-9 am, in 32 F...
Birds of North America online says they breed from February to October, but
will do so year-round in warmer climates. I know we had a warm fall, right into
I had a male calliope earlier this morning at my home feeder also (El Paso
Cty).
Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs
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Fun pie-chart on birding, from a couple of North Carolina youth. Buzzer-beater
loss to 'Nova? ...meh... (actually an old post, but good)
http://birdersconundrum.blogspot.com/2015/03/pie-chart-how-birders-spend-their-time.html
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Hey, COBirders,
I've got a female (1st-year?) yellow-bellied sapsucker in & out of a Ponderosa
pine in my back yard late this morning (still here now).
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Just before noon today in Red Rocks Canyon Open Space, south of the frozen
pond, I came across a yellow-rumped warbler (1st-winter male Audubon's I
think). Competed for my attention with a flock of male H. sapiens that were out
on the ice of the pond, had cut a 4' x 6' hole in
CoBirders,
For the 4th consecutive winter now a female Acorn Woodpecker has migrated north
to sw Colorado Springs, and can be viewed at the usual spot & time (Dec-March?)
along Cheyenne Blvd between the two ends of Willow Circle--mostly in or behind
the side yard at 1804 Cheyenne Blvd. I
Several years ago when my CO Spgs Area 11 CBC crew first spotted the female
Acorn Woodpecker along Cheyenne Blvd in mid-Dec., it and a N. Flicker were both
clinging to and working along the fascia on front of the roof overhang of a
house, picking at or lapping up some unknown grubs or eggs (or
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