Date: October 25, 2010
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At 7:45 this morning the juvenile sandhill crane was feeding in his
usual spot just west of the entry road to south teller lake
trailhead. AND a brilliant morning rainbow, with a partial double,
made a complete arc across the sky. The crane has now been hanging
around here since last
Birders and SeEtta,
I once saw similar behavior in a Goshawk as it flew into a spruce tree up the
street and come out with a squirrel.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
Presently in exile near Chicago
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From: SeEtta Mossmailto:seet...@gmail.com
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This weekend I was unable to relocate any swamp sparrows at Manitou Lake.
I did have a singing Am Dipper at the dam spillway. I also had a Virginia
Rail calling at the east end of the boardwalk, as well as a ruby-crowned
kinglet. The winter-plumaged eared grebes continue at the lake also.
I observed a pied-billed grebe (solitary) fleeing (me) in a manner
that surprised me. (at Pella Crossing, Hygiene)
I was quiet and all was quiet around so it was not the result of a
startling or significant threat.
It dove under (as expected), resurfaced some distance away, but only
it's head came
Hi,
After seeing the report that the Sandhill was still present early this
morning I decided to head over myself to see if I could relocate it. True
to the directions the juv. Sandhill Crane was feeding in the wheat field.
I was afraid it was going to leave just as I spotted it, because just as
It's been my experience that raptors will go after pretty much anything that
moves. This instance reminds me of the video of a Golden Eagle persuing a
white-tailed deer that was circulated around the net last winter. If I remember
that was a young bird. Inexperienced youngsters are more apt to
Bushtits are regular visitors at our house in Littleton on Jackass
Hill.
They seem to enjoy aspens and hawthorne trees, both of which have some
shiny, sticky, saplike substance on their leaves.
Jane Isaacs
Littleton, CO
On Oct 24, 10:34 am, Dave Cameron davedn...@msn.com wrote:
6 -8 Bushtits in
Golden Eagles have been observed successfully preying on Sandhill Cranes (and
even Whooping Cranes), though all the cases I'm personally familiar with
involved a mid-air attack on a flying crane. In one observation on the Platte
River, the crane fell to the ground after having been hit from
Hey all,
I just looked at my feeder and found 2 Brown-capped Rosy Finches, this is the
first of the season for us. Hopefully they are the scout finches who will
tell the other gazillion to come here for eats.
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
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It's also well known that Bald Eagles are lazy scavengers. Those Balds at the
Platte probably figured they'd come back later when the crane died from
exhaustion. Jerks. Golden's are much more courageous. If they didn't have such
a circumpolar range, they'd be a more fitting choice as our
This post is in reference to Hugh Kingery's comments re: the Varied
Thrush in Douglas County and the bird's October wanderings.
A small group of people with me on a hike at the private John Wesley
Ranch in Divide (next to Mueller State Park) saw a Varied Thrush on the
afternoon of October 16.
Jane et al,
My strong suspicion in the case of your hawthorns is that the attraction for
the Bushtits (and source of the substance you note on the leaves) is the
Hawthorn Mealybug (Phenacoccus dearnessi). The individual mealybugs (mostly
nymphs that look like tiny, pinkish-with-white-trim,
We were down at Bosque del Apache a few years ago in November, watching
the cranes there, and there were also the usual huge flocks of snow
geese present. At one point a bald eagle dived on the browsing goose
flock, and as they rose into the air, the eagle smashed one to the
ground and killed
A number of years ago, Jeane and I, together with Jack Reddall, Harold Holt,
Kathy Hawkings and Sil, saw a Varied Thrush outside of Barrow, Alaska. Would
this be out of the ordinary?
Glenn Hageman
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Barrow is pretty far up, on the north slope, though I don't have the best
Alaska information. Their range extends almost all the way up to Barrow,
and probably is in reality part of their summer range, as your record shows.
However Varieds are all over the place in Alaska generally. If you
Sorry for the late post. With Brad Andres as leader, Evergreen Audubon
birders observed the following highlights Sun, Oct 24 in Jeffco:
NW corner of Standley L
Common Loon close in
Lots of W Grebes
Horned and Eared Grebes
One CA Gull amidst ring-billeds
Two adult Bald Eagles in
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