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/
Hugh Kingery
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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/
Hugh Kingery
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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,
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
South Platte Renew (Littleton Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant)
discharges their treated effluent into the South Platte just upstream from
the Grant Frontier Park. Like Metro Wastewater Plant and the Centennial
Wastewater Treatment Plant, they provide warm water in the winter that can
keep
Awesome!! Forensic CBC's.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 5:43 PM Charlie Chase
wrote:
> Hey Hugh
>
> Look to the area of the river with all the ducks and see if there is warm
> water/or other fluids entering just above that point. There are numerous
> stormwater inflows into the Platte along that
Hey Hugh
Look to the area of the river with all the ducks and see if there is warm
water/or other fluids entering just above that point. There are numerous
stormwater inflows into the Platte along that stretch. I'll do more
research and see what i can find.
You see that in dramatic fashion at
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.
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
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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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
Finally, a report on the results of the 32nd Denver Urban CBC.We had 166
observers in 18 field parties & 12 feeders.
We tallied and average 85 species (depending on one Rare Bird Form to come
I hope) and 46,597 birds (117% of average). This year Canada & Cackling Geese
comprised 64% of
The 32nd Denver Urban Christmas count had, at the compilation dinner, recorded
84 species. (Average 83). We still have all the feeder counts and 4 or 5 of the
count sections left to report, so we probably will add to that total.
So far, of course, I don't have any numbers. However, on our
We welcome you to join us on the Denver Urban Christmas Bird count on New
Year's Day. The Denver Audubon website lists the sections and estimates how
much walking/driving each may entail.
And, afterwards, we have a compilation pot luck atWashingtonPark United
Church of Christ400 S.
At last, the totals for the Denver Urban Christmas Bird Count. We tallied 83
species, 54,310 individual birds -- averages for the 31 counts: 83 and
38,809.New to the count: Lark Sparrow, seen at Rocky Mtn. Arsenal NWR.Numbers
above average: Canada & Cackling Geese 40,656 cf. 22,985
N.
I should add that Santiago Tabares took the Virginia Rail masterpiece photos
-- Doug photographed several other species, as well as the rail.
Hugh
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From: Hugh Kingery
To: cobirds
Sent: Wed, Jan 2, 2019 4:03 pm
Subject: Denver Urban CBC - Denver, Adams, &
The 30th Urban count tallied about 80 species (some reports not received yet).
The weather, cold but pleasant. Thanks to hand-warmers, foot-warmers, and many
layers, we all enjoyed the day.
I can't report yet on numbers, although the two Arsenal groups (Urling's and
Patrick O'Driscoll) count
We finally have count totals for the 30th Denver Urban CBC; below, a few
highlights.
* 95 species (a high count), 46,017 individuals -- 117% of the average number
on the 30 Urban counts.)
* Three new species:
Black Phoebe, staked out by Bob Canter at the Water Plant along the
Platte;
We experienced a chilly but productive count yesterday. I don't have reports
from all areas or all feeders, but our preliminary species count has gone to 94
-- equal to the highest number for the 30 years of the count.
We have at least three new birds for the count:
Black Phoebe
Hello,
I will be leading an Aurora section of the Urban CBC this year, and I'm
hoping I can find a few more people to join the fun. Please respond if you
can make it, and depending on how many people we have we'll coordinate car
pooling.
The (loose) schedule, barring any Red-breasted Sapsuckers,
The 29th Denver Urban CBC, on a balmy day that I can hardly remember now,
tallied 84 species (so far - one area count & a couple of feeder counts yet to
come in). That's one more than the average for the 28 previous counts.
The species list seems fairly typical; unusual species include Greater
Our preliminary count for the Denver Urban CBC Jan. 1, without four of the
important areas, stands at 80 species, 23,868 individuals. Two-thirds of them
Canada Cackling Geese.
So far, House Finches outnumber House Sparrows - a new development - 471 to
336. As an urban count, after the
*cobirds@googlegroups.com* cobirds@googlegroups.com
Denver Urban CBC EASO [Screech-Owling]
I have not lived in Denver CO for over a decade now as I reside in Florida.
I have now completed one of the CBC [Screech-Owl] counts - south Pinellas
Co., This coming Saturday I do the Owling CBC
The DenverUrban Count smiled with more participants than ever: 138
Field Workers and 17 FeederWatchers. We tallied 86 species and 46,484
individuals, compared with the average 83 species and38,528 individuals.
Canada/Cacklinggeese outnumbered all the other birds –
The DenverUrban CBC marked its 25th count with a record number of
species – 94 – higher by three than the previous highcount in 2003. The number
of individuals, not final yet, so far totals 40,970 –about 2,000 more than the
average for the 24 previous counts.
New
A NorthernGoshawk delighted Lynn Willcockson’s Urban Christmas
Count group when itperched on a power pole in suburban Cherry Hills – at Colo.
Blvd. Mansfield! Doris Cruze mentioned “a Ring-billed Gullstanding in the
middle of the (South Platte) river, and the water came up only
Here's a brief, final report on the Denver Urban Christmas Count.
LOTS OF BIRDS - MOSTLY GEESE
* New record total number individuals, 54,485: exceeded previous count of
49,037 by 11%!
Blame it on geese: half of the birds we saw: of the total count,
40% were
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