On my way to scope some waterfowl at Stagecoach Reservoir (Routt Co.) this
morning, I encountered a single waxwing that flew across the road as I
drove by. I found a safe place to park and discovered a large flock of
mixed waxwings with ~75 individuals. It was pretty evenly distributed, with
They are in trees in my area and even on the sidewalks on Lois Way this
morning according to one birder who is driving around the area looking at
them.
There are at least 150, probably more.
When it started raining harder, they disappeared into some junipers. Now
that the rain is lighter, they
They are here now.
545 West Fir Way, Louisville
This is for the many people who have not seen them yet.
Paula
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At least 200 Bohemian Waxwings were sitting in the top of a neighbor’s
cottonwood tree until 5 minutes ago. I heard them as I went out to get my
paper. They were stretching in the morning sun.
I live near the Police Station.
This may be as an underestimate!
They flew low north towards Via Appia
About a dozen Bohemian Waxwings were sitting in my neighbors’ cottonwood
tree at 6:00 pm today!
I recognized them by their calls. They flew to the east, towards Warembourg
Open Space.
Paula Hansley
Boulder County
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Bohemian Waxwings, NW of Deckers, near Wellington Lake
While exploring a new trail, Rolling Creek, about a mile from trailhead,
strayed from the trail about 100 yards to get a better pic of the Castle
formation and slopped into a large flock of Bohemian Waxwings, first heard
the vocal flock of
A Bohemian Waxwing flock of at least 50 birds has spent at least the past
90 minutes in my neighborhood in Centennial (Arapahoe), just north of
Arapahoe Rd and University Ave. I first heard the birds vocalizing around
3:00 PM from a cottonwood at the edge of my neighbors' yard, visible from
my
Flock of 22 Bohemian waxwings near 8754 Aberdeen Cir. Highlands Ranch,
Douglas County. Eating crabapples.
Tim Ryan
Douglas County CO.
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Around 3:30 PM today I was at the mailbox and noticed a large flock of birds
fly over. They were the right size for Waxwings. So I rushed back to the house
and told my husband that we needed to take a drive in the neighborhood to the
north of our house (the heck with the groceries we had just
We just had 100-150 Bohemian Waxwings at Hudson Gardens. Got photos and
recordings. They flew in a big group SE after about 20 minutes of viewing.
There is a nice water feature just west of the parking lot they were
drinking from. I suspect they will be back.
Gregg Goodrich
Highlands Ranch
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We tried for the Bohemian Waxings this morning but no luck at the Mamie
Eisenhower Park. Then driving by the Wellshire Golf Course we noticed a
large flock on the SW side of the course from Hampden. We parked on the NW
side of the course in the residential area. This flock is likely the same
one
There is a large flock of waxwings with at least 75 Bohemian Waxwings
about 150 m west of the Prospect Park bridge over Clear Creek now! Most
vocalizations I heard were from Bohemians.
Park at Prospect Park parking lot off of 44th Ave. They are along the trail
which goes along the Wheat Ridge
This morning, there were at least two large flocks of Bohemian Waxwings in
west Arapahoe County. Birders along the Big Dry Creek in Centennial
reported one, of about 200, moving along the Creek and landscaping trees in
the area.
I had the good luck to encounter another, along the High Line
There were several Bohemian waxwings, mixed in with cedar waxwings, hanging
out at the top of tall cotton woods in the wheat Ridge Greenbelt area. I
recognize them by their grayIsh abdomen, rusty under-tail coverts, and trill
like high-pitched call.
If you go to the main entrance, park in
A friend sent me a video today of a smallish flock of about 8 Bohemian waxwings
in or near Gold Hill, at about 8,500'. I couldn’t actually see from the video
to distinguish them from cedars, but the audio was very clear, and clearly
Bohemians. Having just had a large (81) flock of them on the
On January 1, a sharp-eyed participant in the urban Denver CBC spotted a
Bohemian Waxwing amid a large flock of Cedars along the High Line Canal in
Cherry Hills Village in Arapahoe County. (Apologies to that person -- I
don't have a list of participants and so can't credit them.) This allowed
Bohemian Waxwings have been showing nicely and enjoyed by many the past two
days in Colorado Springs since their discovery by Steve Getty along South
Cheyenne Canyon Road near the Starsmore Discovery Center. At least 40 were
present this afternoon, along with a few Cedar Waxwings.
I watched
This morning during our Black Canyon Audubon Society "First Tuesday" field
trip we found four Bohemian Waxwings at Cerise Park along the Uncompahgre
River in Montrose. They were "lifers" for many of us. Here is my eBird
checklist with photos: eBird Checklist - 3 Jan 2023 - Cerise Regional Park
A flock of about 20 Bohemian Waxwings just flew over my home at Ken Caryl
Valley, heading off southwards as they left the view. It was wonderful to
hear their calls. These were my first in the area.
David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO
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Has anyone seen the BOWA in Fort Collins today. Several reports were made
in eBird yesterday, but here is one example:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S124222393
Adam Johnson
Fort Collins
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I have a 35' tall Washington Hawthorne tree with lots of ripe red berries
on it now. A few Cedar Waxwings have stopped by in the last week. Even a
bushtit flock has been eating the berries in preference to suet.
I'll listen and watch for Bohemian waxwings,
Paula Hansley
Louisville, Boulder
I took the family snowshoeing up to Guanella Pass, from the road closure to the
top of the pass. About half way up we encountered 14 Bohemian Waxwings working
through the conifers at about 11,300 feet. Also of interest was a Turkey
Vulture high above the pass and several Pine Grosbeaks. We
Saw roughly 25 (give or take 5) Bohemian Waxwings late Sunday afternoon,
3/25, driving south toward the summit of Hoosier Pass. Perching at tops of
trees--not terribly close since the trees were very high. I believe there
are three major hairpins on Colorado 9 above where I saw the birds. Point
I was hoping for Tree Swallows near Rollinsville or an Osprey at the
traditional nest site at Los Lagos at the Boulder/Gilpin county line on CO 119.
That didn't happen, so maybe an early Fox Sparrow? I stopped at my favorite
FOSP spot in Gilpin just east of Tolland on the Rollins Pass Road.
Today at 10:45, I discovered 6 Bohemian Waxwings along the entrance road to
Bobcat Ridge Natural Area southwest of Masonville. They were approximately
75-80 yards (half way between county road and the castle) from the main
county road. They were frequenting the tops of the budding trees along
Coincidentally and FYI, minutes before your post, someone on the WYObirds
Facebook page posted of seeing this morning a flock of 4K to 5K Bohemian
waxwings flying through in the Alta, WY area, on the Idaho border near
Grand Teton National Park.
Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at
I just saw a fairly large flock (~50) of. Bohemian Waxwings in Walden, Jackson
County at the intersection of Hwy. 14 & Main St. Photos later.
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Rachel Hopper
Ft. Collins
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A wonderful surprise of an early arrival of about 80 Bohemian waxwings working
hawthorn berries on RCR 18 just ½ mile east of the Stagecoach reservoir dam.
Tom Litteral, Steamboat Springs
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A serious number of bohemian waxwings are working the Yampa River bugfest as
new hatches are available on each sunny day. Almost any bridge over the Yampa
in town is offering great views of flocks of 50-200 waxwings feasting on the
wing. Tom Litteral, Steamboat Springs
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Today there were 6 Bohemian Waxwings in a flock of about 45 Cedar Waxwing
at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins.
Eric Lutomski
Fort Collins CO
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There was a small group of about 50+ Bohemian waxwings on The Oval at
Colorado State University today around 1:30pm.
Adam Johnson, Fort Collins
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The beautiful waxwings are still here, though in greatly reduced numbers. Id
estimate 80-100. We witnessed a mass - 600+ - exodus here last Monday.
Connie Kogler
Kingfisher Cabin, Loveland, CO
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Hi, Cobirders.
For what seems like the thousandth time we left home this morning to chase the
mythical Bohemian Waxwing. This time we headed north to Loveland and the
Simpson Ponds SWA.
After parking and speaking to two folks who just saw them before they flew
off we started walking
COBirders,
I had a flock of ~100 Bohemian Waxwings in the neighborhood next to Bear Creek
Park in Colorado Springs.
They were moving around high in trees west of where Argus Blvd ends at Orion
Dr. (west of tennis courts)
Steve Getty
Colorado Springs
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Hi folks,
The Bohemians along with Cedar Waxwings are back in full force today. There are
400+ that split off in smaller flocks and come back to the north and east sides
of the north pond.
Please note!! This is a busy road, do NOT park along side of the road or on
private property, but park
Several large flocks of B. Waxwings hanging out around old bridge that crosses
over the river to McMurry Natural Area. Eastern Screech Owl calling south of
paved trail near bridge. Took video of the owl. Pretty cool.
Aran Meyer
Old Town Fort Collins
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Hello all!
There is currently (10am on 3/18) a flock of approx. 60 Bohemian
Waxwings in with some Cedars at the intersection of Laurel and
Whitcomb across from Cafe Bluebird and Run PC across from CSU in Fort
Collins. They are patrolling the Hackberry trees as far as I can
tell. Get 'Em while
: [cobirds] Bohemian Waxwings , Monument .
Cobirders :
I had a flockof 60 Bohemian Waxwings visit my yard in Knotty Pine Way
, Woodmoor development , Monument . They stayed for about 10 minutes , then
moved north , and I was able to relocate them on Winding Hills Rd for Jackie H
and her
There have been about 150 Bohemian Waxwings across the street from my house at
Simpson Ponds SWA on CR 9E in the Cottonwood and Russian Olive along the road.
Very Cool.
Connie Kogler
Loveland,CO
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Cobirders :
I had a flockof 60 Bohemian Waxwings visit my yard in Knotty Pine Way
, Woodmoor development , Monument . They stayed for about 10 minutes , then
moved north , and I was able to relocate them on Winding Hills Rd for Jackie H
and her two grandchildren but Jeannie M was too
I went out today in hopes that the bad weather would have the Bohemian
Waxwings would show up where they had been see before. We visited Cala
Roja, lots of American Robins, several Western Bluebirds, Western
Scrub-Jay, and Townsends Solitaires. Spring is in the air! The Robins
were singing
Marilyn Rhodes here, posting for John and Diane Sears:
1pm Saturday March 9th. Blizzard conditions on top of Conifer Mountain and
a flock of about 12 Bohemians have found the cedar tree in our front yard.
Life list yard bird! MADE OUR WEEK!!!
John Diane Sears
Evergreen Wild Bird Store
I am currently at. Holicum Wetlands. I just saw three Bohemian Waxwings near
the arkansas river on north side of the Wetlands. Thanks to SeEtta finding
them yesterday. I also 6 cedar waxwings.
Brandon K. Percival -- Pueblo West, CO
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The three Bohemian Waxwings didn't stick around very long, they flew off to the
west shortly after my cobirds post at 728am. Hopefully when it gets warmer
today, the birds will come back and look fly catch for insects, like they were
doing yesterday. Before I left the Holcim Wetlands this
I had a meeting tonight in Pueblo so left a little early and stopped by
Holcim Wetlands on the way to see if the Bohemian Waxwings might be back
sallying after aerial insects on this very warm afternoon (72 F). I did
not find any waxwings in the trees or shrubs along the Arkansas River where
I
I had almost given up after my last message, but one more drive through
Gunbarrell turned up at least 8 Bohemians along White Rock Cir., just east of
the tennis court.
The Bohemians , robins, house finches and chickadees were eating from a
crabapple sandwiched between the building to the east
Hi all,
While I was out on a ride on the bicycle during this gorgeous day, I spotted
two Bohemian Waxwings near Waneka Lake, where High Country Dr. intersects with
Waneka Lake Dr. The pair seemed completely free of concern regarding my
presence, as I watched them for a solid fifteen minutes
Just saw and heard flock of 33+ Bohemian Waxwings upon returning from
lunch at my Forest Service office on Prospect Rd/College Ave (just
west of). Heard them calling in tree on West Lake Ave (CSU Campus)
walked over there to look at them; after few minutes they flew SE.
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
Went looking for the Waxwings yesterday with Rob King from Longmont, went
to Crane Hollow road with no luck so we went over to
Gunbarrell, the first office park off 63rd and Longbow was a cottonwood
tree with about 60-70 Bohemian Waxwings, drove a half block
west on Longbow to the Juniper bush
About 85 Bohemian Waxwings were on the SW corner of Spine and Orchard Creek
Lane in Gunbarrel just now (11:30 AM). No Cedars with them. Cole Wild
told me there were up to 500 Bohemians in this neighborhood yesterday.
Also, the 5 Harris's Sparrows originally reported by Bryan Guarente
continue
Today at 12:30 pm, Diana King and I found the previously reported large flock
of Bohemian Waxwings in Niwot (thanks to general information from John
Vanderpoel). they were feeding on two berry trees and often coming down to
drink melting water on a driveway at 7152 Gold Nugget Drive, Niwot.
At 10:30 this morning a large flock of apparent Bohemian Waxwings (about
400 birds) flew over the road in front of my car. My looks were brief but
the lighting was excellent, and I was pretty sure of the ID, given the size
of the birds (large for waxwings) and their multicolored, dark-vented
Today, Daren O'Brien and I went to Longmont in search of Bohemian Waxwings.
After searching the neighborhood around Mcintosh Lake we were rewarded with a
nice flock of Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings. Photos of these beautiful birds can
be seen in the rare and uncommon 2013 gallery below:
Mark
After Brian G alerted me to an ebird report yesterday, I headed to McIntosh
lake to have a look around. The intersection of Drake and Lakeshore had
trees full of American Robins and one lone Cedar Waxwing.
Driving south on Drake a flock of *Bohemian Waxwings *flew from the
direction of the lake
At 1:10 this afternoon, I heard something while biking that sounded like Cedar
Waxwings, but it didn't sound right and I wasn't sure it was a bird at first
since I was right next to the highway and not on my usual bike. Heard it again
at slower speed and stopped to find them. A flock of 85
On my walk to work this morning at 8:15 I observed a large flock of
waxwings at Library Park in Old Town, probably 40-50, half flying over and
half perched high in a tree. Some if not all were BOWA based on call and
field marks on the only one close enough for me to see with naked eyes. Do
CEWA
Hi COBirders,
There are about 25 Bohemian Waxwings hanging out with a group of Cedar
Waxwings in the Long Pond neighborhood, Larimer County. This morning they
were on Hillside Dr. at Belmont Dr. Here is a link to a map showing the
location: http://goo.gl/maps/C8wo3
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A nice surprise in the backyard this morning was a flock of 42 Bohemian
Waxwings! They stayed perched in the top of one of big cottonwoods for
about 30 min doing their buzzing high-pitched trill. Yard species #180 at
Rain Crow Farm! There are also 3 Bald Eagles perched near each other along
the
Cobirders
Just had a big flock of Starling and Robin land in the trees on the ditch out
behind my house. I searched through the flock hoping for a Varied Thrush, but
instead found two adult Bohemian Waxwings. The white wingtips and rufous
undertail coverts were obvious as I examined them
This morning at 8:30am, I was returning from dropping my daughter off at
school. As I pulled into the driveway, I noticed two Waxwings at the top of my
neighbors tree. When I got out of the car, I heard the trilled call of Bohemian
Waxwings. I sprinted inside and grabbed the binoculars. When I
As I was leaving work this afternoon I had a flock of about a dozen Bohemian
Waxwings fly overhead basically heading southeast along Broadway toward
Baseline Road in Boulder on the CU campus. I think this observation is right
in line with Christian Nunes prediction of the possibility of far
Several birders in the Steamboat Springs area have called/e-mailed to let
me know about large flocks of Bohemian Waxwings. Even up in Steamboat, its
not the norm to have such large numbers of Bohemians -- perhaps it will
also be a good year for them in the Denver-metropolitan area. I
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