long our access road, the list goes up to 184.
We have several feeders, and I report daily lists to eBird, even the low
counts. We watch and listen throughout the day. Some species (W.Scr-Owl) we
heard until we chased it to confirm the ID.
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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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We invite any and all to join us on the Denver Urban Christmas Bird Count. 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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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 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
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Can someone provide me with the email address (or phone) for Ric Creswell?
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Eight leaders will conduct Fall Counts from Friday, Sept. 8 to Sunday Sept. 10.
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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?
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lock of Chipping sparrrows - maybe 30. A singing Vesper Sparrow in the
patch below the house.
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One other spring arrival I forgot to mention: we have watched a handsome
Lincoln's Sparrow under our feeders off and on all day.
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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.
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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
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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
Finches continue
their drop in numbers from the first counts.
* Other drops: Magpie 335 vs ave. 587; Bald Eagle (39 vs. 46 and highs of
94-95 from 2016 to 2019); lowest count for Rock Pigeons (832, ave. 1,966)
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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
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Feel free to come with or without a dish; we would appreciate confirmation that
you will join us, though. Send an email to
Casey Davenhill to confirm that you'll come.
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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.
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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
of the
usual species. A lot of corvids (Steller's, Blue, Scrub, magpie, crow & raven.
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other than
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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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* All po
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.
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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'.
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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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at by (probably) a Prairie Falcon;
* 1 Red-naped Sapsucker;
* One (1) Juniper Titmouse;
* 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet;
* Lots of Townsend's Solitaires (12 according to the group).
Along Tunnel Drive we didn't find a Rufous-crowned Sparrow, but did study an
Eastern Phoebe.
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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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Can anyone get me in touch with Chris Shultz?
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ions doesn't change the
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An album made entirely of endangered bird sounds beat Taylor Swift on a top 50
chart
Songs Of Disappearance is an entire album of calls from endangered Australian
birds. Last month, it briefly perched at No. 3 on the country's top 50 albums
chart – ahead of Taylor Swift.Read in NPR:
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
(2 vs.
23). Two increased: Rock Pigeon 74 vs. 25, Eur. Collared-Dove 32 vs. 6.
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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
than the ducks prefer?Or does something else
affect their preferences?
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. Then the whole
flock flew in a tight formation we-know-not-where. I had the impression of
rosy-finches, based on shape, call note, and behavior. Urling disagrees, so I'm
not sure what to report. Suggestions welcome.
Hugh Kingery
PS: Urling & I will work on responding to Nick Komar's chall
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
d our lawn - we
would have said 16 Juncos.
Yesterday a mini-drone perched on Castlewood Canyon Road, and dropped down to
capture something and disappeared Otherwise we would have said Northern Shrike.
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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!
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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.
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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.
Hugh
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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?
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Phoebe. Yet hardly any swallows!
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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
ing over the pond like swallows, and 37 robins.
Maybe the bluebirds will snap back from their scarcity in March and early
April. We feel encouraged to see today's groups.
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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?
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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
iles NW of Highline Lake; N on
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I've used this for years (and for 1000s of checklists).
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I forgot to mention the two Say's Phoebes: we have found this species on 6 of
the last 8 Denver Urban counts.
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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
had as many as 180. The count this year recorded no
crossbills.
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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'
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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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hite secondaries but none of the field guides show
that on a bird on the water.
It resembles the winter adult shown in an Eastern Peterson field guide that we
have.
It floated along the water, dove occasionally and caught food.
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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.
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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
Vultures moving south over her home in Arvada. I wonder where
they might have gone to roost (she says probably not Crown Point).
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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
s, 8 Wilson's Warblers, a Western Tanager, a
Merlin.
Migrants moving!
Hugh Kingery
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