Date: 11/20/24 9:18 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (20 Nov 2024) 1 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2024
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers:
Visitors:
A young man from Mexico living in Denver for a year told me he saw a GE 15
minutes ago in the Windy Saddle, and showed me a picture – I expected an
RT, but it was an immature GE.
2 young men wanted to look through my scope, so I showed them a low-power
20x view of Denver and they were totally blown away by the clarity which
they saw the skyscrapers.
Weather:
The forecast was for SW winds with gusts to 15 mph yesterday, and I planned
to come to see what SW winds would provide in November, but this morning
the SW winds were to change by 11 AM to West to WNW with 15 mph gusts by 2
PM. I was thinking of waiting another a few days for more consistent SW
winds, but I looked at earth.nullschool.net and found that there was a
large low-pressure area over Minnesota, which with its anti-clockwise
rotation had a southward component on its west side, so I changed my mind
and decided to come up hoping to have some late migrants may be blown
south to the watch. However at the watch the winds were actually from the
SE! There was a huge cirro-stratus cloud overhead, No extending North-South
as well as East-West which would create a good backdrop for any migrants to
be seen. The air was clear with visibility to 39 km, low humidity 11-15%,
temperature 7°C and steady barometric pressure at the usual 29.92 inches
of mercury.
Raptor Observations:
The only migrant raptor was at 1:15 PM, and RT adult seen far to the SW and
very high, and which kept rising and going southward.
Non-migrant raptors: At 12:01 PM an adult BE on Lookout Mountain and
another eagle below it which I assumed was another one, except it had a
steep dihedral and was an adult GE. At 12:07 PM I saw 2 adult GE at the
same location – 1 missing an 8th left primary and the other without molt.
At the same time there were 3 RT which I lost while looking at the GE, so
they were deemed non-migrants – a problem having only one observer. At
1:24 PM an adult GE at the same location low over the trees. I guess it
isn't a wasted day seeing 2-4 GE, especially for someone like myself who
lived in New York for 50 years, where there are far fewer GE in the eastern
half of the country – only around 5000, compared to 20,000 in the western
US.
Non-raptor Observations:
Steller's Jay 1, Common Raven 1, American Crow 10, Black-billed Magpie 1.
Predictions:
It isn't common to get north or NNE winds at this site without snow at the
same time, as the cold fronts in Colorado drop straight down from the
North. If there are such winds without snow I may be tempted to come up
again in December, but it seems increasingly unlikely to see any more
migrants at this watch. We will start counting again in February (for
potential Prairie Falcon and Golden Eagle) with, hopefully, good numbers of
northbound migrants in March (Ferruginous Hawk) and April (Swainson's
Hawk), to complement the Dinosaur Ridge spring hawk watch, if we can.
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Date: 11/20/24 8:42 pm From: Bev Baker - Boulder County Audubon Society <bev...> Subject: [cobirds] Boulder County Audubon Special Program Tuesday November 26
Boulder County Audubon Society invites you to attend our upcoming special November Program, Tuesday November 26. We are hosting Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, a standup comedian and Denver Veterinarian. We think you will enjoy a different program than we usually offer! Dr. Fitzgerald is well-known around the Front Range and promises to bring some much-needed humor to our community, plus he will present "Why Conservation Matters" with photos and videos of his expeditions and conservation work with animals..
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Incredible image. And hope for those scattered insect seekers still
lurking about.
Charlie
Denver
On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 4:48 PM DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleatherman...>
wrote:
> On 14 November 2024 Lori Brummer went to see the Black-throated Blue
> Warbler found earlier that day by Lori Zabel. Lori B. got the photo below
> of the bird sitting on a bare branch in an aerial sea of large chironomid
> midges. She posted it to her eBird checklist and was nice enough to let me
> share it here as further evidence of what this beautiful, somewhat
> migration-challenged bird utilized to cope while heading southeast. I
> think the midge species shown matches the big gray one I posted close-ups
> of yesterday.
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> Another eBirder, Belle Farley Ciezak, posted on 14 November 2024 a pic of
> the Black-throated Blue Warbler (checklist ML626263053) that shows one of
> these midges in the beak of the bird.
>
>
>
> Case closed.
>
>
>
> I thank Brendan Beers for calling both Lori B.’s and Belle’s photos to my
> attention.
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> Dave Leatherman
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> Fort Collins
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Date: 11/20/24 3:48 pm From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleatherman...> Subject: [cobirds] Midges (Larimer)
On 14 November 2024 Lori Brummer went to see the Black-throated Blue Warbler found earlier that day by Lori Zabel. Lori B. got the photo below of the bird sitting on a bare branch in an aerial sea of large chironomid midges. She posted it to her eBird checklist and was nice enough to let me share it here as further evidence of what this beautiful, somewhat migration-challenged bird utilized to cope while heading southeast. I think the midge species shown matches the big gray one I posted close-ups of yesterday.
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Another eBirder, Belle Farley Ciezak, posted on 14 November 2024 a pic of the Black-throated Blue Warbler (checklist ML626263053) that shows one of these midges in the beak of the bird.
Case closed.
I thank Brendan Beers for calling both Lori B.'s and Belle's photos to my attention.
Dave Leatherman
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Date: 11/20/24 3:07 pm From: Peter Gent <gent...> Subject: [cobirds] Talk at 7pm
All,
This evening at 7pm, well known Colorado birder Eric DeFonso is giving a talk on his month long visit to New Zealand last year. This is part of the CFO Speaker Series. You can register to watch this talk over zoom at https://cobirds.org/events/
Cheers, Peter Gent, Boulder.
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Thanks, Nic. I wasn’t sure if that went on this list or not.
Pam
> On Nov 20, 2024, at 2:09 PM, nic korte <nkorte1...> wrote:
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> Grand Mesa Count is January 1
>
> From: <wsbn...> <mailto:<wsbn...> <wsbn...> <mailto:<wsbn...>> on behalf of Pam Lauman <pamggl...> <mailto:<pamggl...>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:00 PM
> To: <flammowl17...> <mailto:<flammowl17...> <flammowl17...> <mailto:<flammowl17...>>; Doug Diekman <dadiekman...> <mailto:<dadiekman...>>; Cary Atwood <catwood814...> <mailto:<catwood814...>> > Cc: Pamela Lauman <pamggl...> <mailto:<pamggl...>>; cobirds <cobirds...> <mailto:<cobirds...>>; wsbn at googlegroups (western slope birding network) <wsbn...> <mailto:<wsbn...>>; Durango Bird Club <durango-bird-club...> <mailto:<durango-bird-club...>> > Subject: Re: [wsbn] Colorado Christmas Bird Count Dates
>
> Hi Brandon. This is Pam Lauman from Grand Valley Audubon Society in Grand Junction. Our Christmas Bird Count date is not included and it is December 15. Doug Diekman is our coordinator and his email is <dadiekman...> <mailto:<dadiekman...>. His phone number is (970) 312-4518. I also noticed that Jackson Trappett is listed and I am not sure if that is still the case. Thanks for all your work.
> Pam
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> Grand Valley Audubon Society
> Board Member
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> <pamggl...> <mailto:<pamggl...> > 970-379-4872
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>
>> On Nov 19, 2024, at 8:44 PM, Brandon <flammowl17...> <mailto:<flammowl17...>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Here is the list of Christmas Bird Count dates that have been posted on the Christmas Bird Count Website, so far.
>> https://gis.audubon.org/christmasbirdcount >> Type in the circle you want to know about, then email or contact the compiler, if you want to help with their count.
>>
>> Colorado Springs - Dec 14th
>> Denver - Dec 14th
>> Dotsero - Dec 14th
>> Eagle Valley - Dec 14th
>> Fort Collins - Dec 14th
>> Montrose - Dec 14th
>> Pagosa Springs - Dec 14th
>> Pueblo Reservoir - Dec 14th
>> Salida - Dec 14th
>> Boulder - Dec 15th
>> Evergreen-Idaho Springs - Dec 15th
>> Nunn - Dec 15th
>> Penrose - Dec 15th
>> John Martin Reservoir - Dec 16th
>> Spanish Peaks - Dec 16th
>> Rocky Ford - Dec 17th
>> Weldona-Fort Morgan - Dec 17th
>> Fountain Creek - Dec 18th
>> Pueblo - Dec 19th
>> Durango - Dec 21st
>> Lake Isabel - Dec 21st
>> Cortez - Dec 28th
>> Delta - Dec 28th
>> Rifle Creek - Dec 28th
>> Barr Lake - Dec 29th
>> Loveland - Jan 1st
>> Hotchkiss- Jan 4th
>> Black Forest - Jan 5th
>> Rocky Mountain N.P. - Jan 5th
>>
>> Other Counts, dates haven;t been entered into the CBC Website yet.
>> Air Force Academy
>> Aspen
>> Bonny Reservoir
>> Crook
>> Douglas County
>> Denver (Urban)
>> Fairplay
>> Flagler
>> Granby
>> Great Sand Dunes N.P.
>> Gunnison
>> Longmont
>> Meeker (new count this year)
>> Monte Vista N.W.R.
>> North Jefferson County
>> Pinon Canyon
>> Rawhide Energy Station
>> Roaring Fork River Valley
>> Steamboat Springs
>> Summit County
>> Westcliffe
>> Windy Peak Area
>>
>> Brandon Percival
>> Pueblo West, CO
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Date: 11/20/24 2:22 pm From: Paula Hansley <plhansley...> Subject: [cobirds] Say’s Phoebe, Boulder County
A Say’s Phoebe has been “living” at the Louisville Fire Station on Via
Appia for at least a month (I notice that it was recently reported on
eBird). Sometimes it flies over to the Louisville Arboretum or even to the
football field to the south. When I go to the Recreation Center, which is
across the street from the fire station, I usually hear it calling.
Paula Hansley
Louisville
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Hi Brandon. This is Pam Lauman from Grand Valley Audubon Society in Grand Junction. Our Christmas Bird Count date is not included and it is December 15. Doug Diekman is our coordinator and his email is <dadiekman...> <mailto:<dadiekman...>. His phone number is (970) 312-4518. I also noticed that Jackson Trappett is listed and I am not sure if that is still the case. Thanks for all your work.
Pam
Pam Lauman
Grand Valley Audubon Society
Board Member
<pamggl...>
970-379-4872
> On Nov 19, 2024, at 8:44 PM, Brandon <flammowl17...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here is the list of Christmas Bird Count dates that have been posted on the Christmas Bird Count Website, so far.
> https://gis.audubon.org/christmasbirdcount > Type in the circle you want to know about, then email or contact the compiler, if you want to help with their count.
>
> Colorado Springs - Dec 14th
> Denver - Dec 14th
> Dotsero - Dec 14th
> Eagle Valley - Dec 14th
> Fort Collins - Dec 14th
> Montrose - Dec 14th
> Pagosa Springs - Dec 14th
> Pueblo Reservoir - Dec 14th
> Salida - Dec 14th
> Boulder - Dec 15th
> Evergreen-Idaho Springs - Dec 15th
> Nunn - Dec 15th
> Penrose - Dec 15th
> John Martin Reservoir - Dec 16th
> Spanish Peaks - Dec 16th
> Rocky Ford - Dec 17th
> Weldona-Fort Morgan - Dec 17th
> Fountain Creek - Dec 18th
> Pueblo - Dec 19th
> Durango - Dec 21st
> Lake Isabel - Dec 21st
> Cortez - Dec 28th
> Delta - Dec 28th
> Rifle Creek - Dec 28th
> Barr Lake - Dec 29th
> Loveland - Jan 1st
> Hotchkiss- Jan 4th
> Black Forest - Jan 5th
> Rocky Mountain N.P. - Jan 5th
>
> Other Counts, dates haven;t been entered into the CBC Website yet.
> Air Force Academy
> Aspen
> Bonny Reservoir
> Crook
> Douglas County
> Denver (Urban)
> Fairplay
> Flagler
> Granby
> Great Sand Dunes N.P.
> Gunnison
> Longmont
> Meeker (new count this year)
> Monte Vista N.W.R.
> North Jefferson County
> Pinon Canyon
> Rawhide Energy Station
> Roaring Fork River Valley
> Steamboat Springs
> Summit County
> Westcliffe
> Windy Peak Area
>
> Brandon Percival
> Pueblo West, CO
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Subject: Re: [wsbn] Colorado Christmas Bird Count Dates
Hi Brandon. This is Pam Lauman from Grand Valley Audubon Society in Grand Junction. Our Christmas Bird Count date is not included and it is December 15. Doug Diekman is our coordinator and his email is <dadiekman...><mailto:<dadiekman...>. His phone number is (970) 312-4518. I also noticed that Jackson Trappett is listed and I am not sure if that is still the case. Thanks for all your work.
Pam
Pam Lauman[Screenshot 2024-11-20 at 1.54.53 PM.png]
Grand Valley Audubon Society
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<pamggl...>
970-379-4872
On Nov 19, 2024, at 8:44 PM, Brandon <flammowl17...> wrote:
Hi all,
Here is the list of Christmas Bird Count dates that have been posted on the Christmas Bird Count Website, so far.
https://gis.audubon.org/christmasbirdcount Type in the circle you want to know about, then email or contact the compiler, if you want to help with their count.
Colorado Springs - Dec 14th
Denver - Dec 14th
Dotsero - Dec 14th
Eagle Valley - Dec 14th
Fort Collins - Dec 14th
Montrose - Dec 14th
Pagosa Springs - Dec 14th
Pueblo Reservoir - Dec 14th
Salida - Dec 14th
Boulder - Dec 15th
Evergreen-Idaho Springs - Dec 15th
Nunn - Dec 15th
Penrose - Dec 15th
John Martin Reservoir - Dec 16th
Spanish Peaks - Dec 16th
Rocky Ford - Dec 17th
Weldona-Fort Morgan - Dec 17th
Fountain Creek - Dec 18th
Pueblo - Dec 19th
Durango - Dec 21st
Lake Isabel - Dec 21st
Cortez - Dec 28th
Delta - Dec 28th
Rifle Creek - Dec 28th
Barr Lake - Dec 29th
Loveland - Jan 1st
Hotchkiss- Jan 4th
Black Forest - Jan 5th
Rocky Mountain N.P. - Jan 5th
Other Counts, dates haven;t been entered into the CBC Website yet.
Air Force Academy
Aspen
Bonny Reservoir
Crook
Douglas County
Denver (Urban)
Fairplay
Flagler
Granby
Great Sand Dunes N.P.
Gunnison
Longmont
Meeker (new count this year)
Monte Vista N.W.R.
North Jefferson County
Pinon Canyon
Rawhide Energy Station
Roaring Fork River Valley
Steamboat Springs
Summit County
Westcliffe
Windy Peak Area
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Date: 11/20/24 9:36 am From: Brandon <flammowl17...> Subject: [cobirds] Juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake Pueblo Res.
Just saw a juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake off Sailboard Launching Area at Pueblo Reservoir.
Earlier saw the adult Great Black-backed Gull at South Shore Marina.
A Tree Swallow was at the Gravel Pit, below the dam and Red-bellied Woodpecker West of the Pueblo Nature Center.
Good birding, Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO
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Date: 11/20/24 7:41 am From: Scott E. Severs <scottesevers...> Subject: [cobirds] Fwd: Programs on Geese of Colorado, Holiday Crafts
Outstanding young ornithologists to present a program on geese. Please see
below!
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*Thursday, December 5, 2024, 6:30 pm * *“The Geese are Cackling!” – an
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* The Cackling Goose, formerly considered a subspecies of the Canada Goose
is the most numerous goose in Colorado. But Canada Geese live here all
year long and a number of other geese migrate through or winter here. * Join
amazing teen ornithologists, Owen Robertson and Kieran Schnitzspahn for a
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Here is the list of Christmas Bird Count dates that have been posted on the Christmas Bird Count Website, so far. https://gis.audubon.org/christmasbirdcount Type in the circle you want to know about, then email or contact the compiler, if you want to help with their count.
Colorado Springs - Dec 14th Denver - Dec 14th Dotsero - Dec 14th Eagle Valley - Dec 14th Fort Collins - Dec 14th Montrose - Dec 14th Pagosa Springs - Dec 14th Pueblo Reservoir - Dec 14th Salida - Dec 14th Boulder - Dec 15th Evergreen-Idaho Springs - Dec 15th Nunn - Dec 15th Penrose - Dec 15th John Martin Reservoir - Dec 16th Spanish Peaks - Dec 16th Rocky Ford - Dec 17th Weldona-Fort Morgan - Dec 17th Fountain Creek - Dec 18th Pueblo - Dec 19th Durango - Dec 21st Lake Isabel - Dec 21st Cortez - Dec 28th Delta - Dec 28th Rifle Creek - Dec 28th Barr Lake - Dec 29th Loveland - Jan 1st Hotchkiss- Jan 4th Black Forest - Jan 5th Rocky Mountain N.P. - Jan 5th
Other Counts, dates haven;t been entered into the CBC Website yet. Air Force Academy Aspen Bonny Reservoir Crook Douglas County Denver (Urban) Fairplay Flagler Granby Great Sand Dunes N.P. Gunnison Longmont Meeker (new count this year) Monte Vista N.W.R. North Jefferson County Pinon Canyon Rawhide Energy Station Roaring Fork River Valley Steamboat Springs Summit County Westcliffe Windy Peak Area
Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO
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Date: 11/19/24 4:45 pm From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleatherman...> Subject: [cobirds] Credit where credit is due
I should have credited Lori Zabel with the find of the recent Black-throated Blue Warbler in Fort Collins. My mistake. We have three good birders named Lori in this town and I had an early-onset brain something.
Dave Leatherman Fort Collins
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Date: 11/19/24 3:45 pm From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleatherman...> Subject: [cobirds] Likely food of recent Black-throated Blue Warbler in Fort Collins (Larimer)
The male Black-throated Blue Warbler first reported by Lori Brummer was apparently a first-fall bird based on greenish overtones on its upper parts, brownish wings and white flecks on some of the black throat feathers. It stayed in a fairly small area of the Northern CO Environmental Learning Center just north of the Suspension Bridge for at least four days (November 14-17). Any bird that stays in one spot that long is probably under the influence of a food resource. Loving both warblers and food issues, of course, I tried to see the bird and figure out the attraction.
The bird spent a great deal of its time while I watched on the 17th going back and forth between two large Siberian elms that still held green leaves and a third elm also retaining green leaves. Siberian elm has a number of insects associated with its leaves that would be good fare for an insectivore like a warbler (elm leaf beetle, elm leafminer and European elm flea weevil being the primary ones). However, none of these should be accessible up in the crown in mid-November, but rather should be under loose back or down in the leaf litter. During the few hours I watched the bird, it was almost always up in the crowns of the three elms foraging fairly far out on the branches, but sometimes nitpicking within the crown interior from trunk bark. On a few occasions it went down low in bushes and disappeared from sight along the banks of a small drainage. On the 17th I got absolutely no indications of what it was getting except on occasion it made brief "flycatching" jaunts that indicated at least during those movements the prey was flying.
I went back on the 18th with my insect net. The bird was apparently gone, all the birders still wanting to see it had given up and I took the liberty of sweeping the green elm leaves on the lower branches of all three elms with my net. All I got were fairly good numbers of midges of at least two species. Going from left to right, the first three images below of a gray species show a female (short antennae) and two males (feather duster antennae). The second species at right below was black and much smaller.
Since midges are always present near the open water that spawns them, and the site has one small water-filled drainage plus the nearby main channel of the Poudre River, my conclusion is that the warbler was using chironomid midges to fuel its late, off-course, 1900-miles still to go, first trip to the Bahamas/Greater Antilles. Maybe the adult midges, which seem to land on anything once out of the water, preferred roosting in the interior crowns of trees still holding leaves because such micro-sites are a bit warmer and shielded from the wind? Not sure. Whatever was going on, the bird was resourceful in finding them and I wish him well.
Dave Leatherman
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Date: 11/17/24 6:28 am From: 'Buzz Schaumberg' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] BIRD BOMBS explodes Thursday Nov 21: Colorado ID Masters Winter Waterfowl
Sorry, I can't make it.
Sent from the all new Aol app for iOS
Buzz Schaumberg
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Register now for DFO's BIRD BOMBS: Colorado ID Masters - Winter Waterfowl due to explode this Thursday Nov 21 at 7 pm. This explosion will help you enjoy and master our winter duck challenges like scaup, goldeneyes, mergansers and females in general. Better duck!
Videos of all 31 episodes of BIRD BOMBS are available here and all are on the Denver Field Ornithologists YouTube channel
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Date: 11/16/24 10:14 am From: 'BCO gal' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: [cobirds] CFO's Dead of Winter Knowledge Quest Starts this Wednesday!
CFO's Speaker Series, aka *Dead of Winter Knowledge Quest* kicks off this Wednesday, November 20th from 7:00 - 8:30 pm with a presentation by Eric DeFonso on the Birds of New Zealand. This first Speaker Series presentation will be hosted by Tykee James.
Take a look at the description of this event. The registration link can be found below. Join us!
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New Zealand is frequently overlooked as a birding destination. It certainly is renowned on the general travel circuit with good reason, for trekking, skiing, adventure tourism, and now as a Lord of the Rings shooting location. But as a temperate climate region in the southern hemisphere, it is often overshadowed by neighboring Australia as well as other tropical locales like southeast Asia or even Africa. Thus New Zealand tends to be prioritized lower by birders.
This is unfortunate though, because the country is very accessible to English speakers both culturally and ornithologically, and offers remarkable birding opportunities alongside remarkable geology, scenery, and fascinating human history.
In Nov 2023, Eric took a monthlong birding vacation to this distant land, fulfilling a longstanding bucket list dream and exploring bird families entirely unfamiliar to us Colorado residents including penguins, kiwis, and albatrosses. Endemic songbirds like Tui, stitchbirds, and saddlebacks also provided enthralling birding experiences.
Join Eric as he shares the details of his 28-day journey to Aotearoa (the Maori language name for New Zealand), where he explored both the North and South Islands, visiting a land that has been known to birds for nearly 70 million years but to land mammals and humans for less than one thousand.
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Date: 11/16/24 5:46 am From: 'Alan Bell' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: [cobirds] Harris' Sparrow Boulder Co
A first winter Harris’ Sparrow appeared at our feeders today, joining the White-throated Sparrow that has been a regular visitor since Nov 6.
Alan Bell
North of Boulder
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You should ask chat GPT to tell you what they base their response on. Maybe
it will say it has heard a female sing🫣
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
On Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 11:59 AM Robert Righter <rorighter...>
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> Hi
>
> I just asked Chat GPT “do female crossbills sing." The short answer was
> yes they do.
>
> Has anyone been able to differentiate a female Red Crossbill vocalization
> from a male or from any other crossbill species sounds.
>
> Any thoughts
>
> Cheers, Bob
>
> Bob Righter
> Denver CO
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Date: 11/15/24 11:00 am From: Robert Righter <rorighter...> Subject: [cobirds] Do Female Crossbills sing?
Hi
I just asked Chat GPT “do female crossbills sing." The short answer was yes they do.
Has anyone been able to differentiate a female Red Crossbill vocalization from a male or from any other crossbill species sounds.
Any thoughts
Cheers, Bob
Bob Righter
Denver CO
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Date: 11/14/24 1:50 pm From: linda hodges <hikerhodges...> Subject: [cobirds] CO Foothills and Prairie Grant Applications Now Open
Fellow birders,
Aiken Audubon is pleased to announce that applications for our Foothills and Prairie Grant Program are now being accepted.
The grant program is open to individuals and organizations conducting research, education programs or conservation projects focused on foothills and prairie ecology related to birds along the Colorado Front Range. Preference may be given to projects closest to the Pikes Peak Region, but we encourage all to apply.
The deadline for applications is February 7, 2025.
Please send this on to anyone you feel may be interested.
Linda Hodges Aiken Audubon
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Date: 11/14/24 12:43 pm From: 'Karl Stecher Jr.' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: RE: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Out of season, but would you consider vesper sparrow?
Karl Stecher
Parker/Douglas
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From: "Brian Johnson" <buntingrobinjay...>
Sent: 11/12/24 6:32 PM
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Subject: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Yesterday along the Marry Carter Green way near Hudson Gardens I found a rather skulky sparrow that I am stumped by. The buffy face does not seem to indict Song Sparrow, and no head patterns like a White-crowned or Tree Sparrow. Attached is the photos, does anyone have an idea? The bird was not easy to photograph so hopfully this will be good. I did not refind this bird today.
Thanks Brian Johnson,
Englewood
[Copy of DSC_6896.JPG][DSC_6897.JPG]
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Date: 11/14/24 12:43 pm From: Lynne Forrester <lforrester27...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
My first impression is a young Grasshopper Sparrow, especially because of the pink legs, rather large bill, distinct eye-ring. But sparrows are hard.
Lynne Forrester
Littleton
Jefferson, County
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Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:32:34 PM
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Subject: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Yesterday along the Marry Carter Green way near Hudson Gardens I found a rather skulky sparrow that I am stumped by. The buffy face does not seem to indict Song Sparrow, and no head patterns like a White-crowned or Tree Sparrow. Attached is the photos, does anyone have an idea? The bird was not easy to photograph so hopfully this will be good. I did not refind this bird today.
Thanks Brian Johnson,
Englewood
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Date: 11/14/24 12:43 pm From: smka2 via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: RE: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Hi Brian,
It appears to be a Grasshopper Sparrow.
Thank you,
Steve Stachowiak
From: <cobirds...> <cobirds...> On Behalf Of Brian Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:33 PM
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Subject: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Yesterday along the Marry Carter Green way near Hudson Gardens I found a rather skulky sparrow that I am stumped by. The buffy face does not seem to indict Song Sparrow, and no head patterns like a White-crowned or Tree Sparrow. Attached is the photos, does anyone have an idea? The bird was not easy to photograph so hopfully this will be good. I did not refind this bird today.
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Date: 11/14/24 12:43 pm From: Nathan Pieplow <npieplow...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Hi Brian,
That's a Grasshopper Sparrow. Note the eye ring, the huge bill relative to
the head, the short spiky tail, and especially the diagnostic pattern of
scaling on the back. Good find! Very late for that species.
Nathan Pieplow
Boulder
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM Brian Johnson <buntingrobinjay...>
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> Yesterday along the Marry Carter Green way near Hudson Gardens I found a
> rather skulky sparrow that I am stumped by. The buffy face does not seem to
> indict Song Sparrow, and no head patterns like a White-crowned or Tree
> Sparrow. Attached is the photos, does anyone have an idea? The bird was not
> easy to photograph so hopfully this will be good. I did not refind this
> bird today.
> Thanks Brian Johnson,
> Englewood
>
> [image: Copy of DSC_6896.JPG][image: DSC_6897.JPG]
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Date: 11/14/24 12:43 pm From: Paul Tennery <ptennery...> Subject: [cobirds] Gray catbird Las animas county
Heard familiar cat call from crabapple tree. Visual confirmation of catbird. Unusually late?
Paul Tennery Western Las Animas county
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Date: 11/13/24 10:21 pm From: Cassie Cranmore <cassiecranmore...> Subject: [cobirds] FCAS November Meeting plus Book & Art Sale and Special Guest Nick Komar
Our November meeting is a special one combined with our annual
fundraiser,it's something that is not to be missed! Join us Thursday,
November 14, at the Fort Collins Senior Center at 1200 Raintree Drive for
Fundraiser Book and Art Sale along with Social Time and Refreshments
starting at 6 p.m.
Stay for our guest speaker as FCAS Hosts Nicholas Komar, 2024 Recipient of
Colorado Field Ornithologist Director's Award “A Big Year in the USA and
Its Territories”
Announcements: 7:15; Presentation: 7:30
Door Prize Drawing (must be present to win)
This program also will be on Zoom. Enter the following link at 7 p.m. to
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- we will meet in the Foxtail room at the Sr Center, not our usual room.
We urge people to bring cash or check, if possible, to pay for any books or
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Date: 11/13/24 11:46 am From: Brian Johnson <buntingrobinjay...> Subject: [cobirds] Re: Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Thanks everyone. With all the ideas I looked harder at some of the
candidates. Grasshopper Sparrow seems to fit the best. That is a new patch
record.
Brian Johnson
Englewood
On Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 8:38:15 AM UTC-7
<greg.le......> wrote:
> Grasshopper Sparrow. Bold white eye-ring, yellow lore, long white lines
> (braces) down the back. A very hard bird to photograph this time of year,
> nice job getting an identifiable picture!
>
> Greg Levandoski
> Longmont, CO
>
> On Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 6:32:34 PM UTC-7 Brian Johnson wrote:
>
>> Yesterday along the Marry Carter Green way near Hudson Gardens I found a
>> rather skulky sparrow that I am stumped by. The buffy face does not seem to
>> indict Song Sparrow, and no head patterns like a White-crowned or Tree
>> Sparrow. Attached is the photos, does anyone have an idea? The bird was not
>> easy to photograph so hopfully this will be good. I did not refind this
>> bird today.
>> Thanks Brian Johnson,
>> Englewood
>>
>> [image: Copy of DSC_6896.JPG][image: DSC_6897.JPG]
>>
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Date: 11/13/24 7:38 am From: '<greg.le......>' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: [cobirds] Re: Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Grasshopper Sparrow. Bold white eye-ring, yellow lore, long white lines
(braces) down the back. A very hard bird to photograph this time of year,
nice job getting an identifiable picture!
Greg Levandoski
Longmont, CO
On Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 6:32:34 PM UTC-7 Brian Johnson wrote:
> Yesterday along the Marry Carter Green way near Hudson Gardens I found a
> rather skulky sparrow that I am stumped by. The buffy face does not seem to
> indict Song Sparrow, and no head patterns like a White-crowned or Tree
> Sparrow. Attached is the photos, does anyone have an idea? The bird was not
> easy to photograph so hopfully this will be good. I did not refind this
> bird today.
> Thanks Brian Johnson,
> Englewood
>
> [image: Copy of DSC_6896.JPG][image: DSC_6897.JPG]
>
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Very honest assessment Peter and something that we all have experienced
from time to time. Thanks for the report.
John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO
On Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 4:17:19 PM UTC-7 Peter Burke wrote:
> Hi COBirders,
> This morning I found myself scanning a local reservoir where some loons
> have been reported. It was a beautiful scene with the newly frosted
> mountains reflected on the still surface of the water, and the gloriously
> warm sun rising to my left.
>
> Almost immediately I found a loon diving in the NE corner, slightly
> backlit, but clearly a Common Loon, with its large bill and somewhat knobby
> forehead. A nice sighting, but I was looking for its rarer cousin, a
> Pacific Loon reported yesterday. I found two more Common Loons, and then a
> smaller loon popped up that I assumed was the Pacific. But I lost it
> fumbling around with digiscoping gear.
>
> About 20 minutes later I found a smaller loon that wasn’t too far away,
> providing plenty of time to study. What I did was tick off all the reasons
> that it wasn’t a Common Loon, so it must be the Pacific, right? Down it
> went on my ebird list. Not long after some other birders showed up, and I
> saved them the time of scanning by pointing out the “Pacific.”
>
> Only later did I see the report of a Red-throated Loon from the same
> location. Mild panic rising, I asked the observer if there were both
> Pacific and Red-throated present, but even as I texted I suspected that I’d
> blown the ID, and worse, infected others with the same case of “birding
> bias,” that bad habit associated with chasing other people’s sightings
> where we simply see what we’re looking for rather than carefully analyzing
> what we’re looking at.
>
> I thought I’d share this story as a way of apologizing to those who I
> pointed out the “Pacific” to, but also because it’s something I’m sure many
> can relate to. Misidentifying birds is something I’ve gotten good at over
> the years, and I don’t think there’s any shame in goofing an ID. But of
> course it sucks to have had the opportunity to correctly ID a good bird
> that was right there in my scope.
>
> It’s a reminder to be vigilant.
>
> Good birding everyone!
>
> Best,
>
> Peter Burke
> Boulder, CO
>
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Date: 11/12/24 5:32 pm From: Brian Johnson <buntingrobinjay...> Subject: [cobirds] Need help with Sparrow, Arapahoe County
Yesterday along the Marry Carter Green way near Hudson Gardens I found a rather skulky sparrow that I am stumped by. The buffy face does not seem to indict Song Sparrow, and no head patterns like a White-crowned or Tree Sparrow. Attached is the photos, does anyone have an idea? The bird was not easy to photograph so hopfully this will be good. I did not refind this bird today. Thanks Brian Johnson, Englewood
[image: Copy of DSC_6896.JPG][image: DSC_6897.JPG]
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Date: 11/12/24 5:05 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (12 Nov 2024) 4 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2024
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Observation start time: 12:15:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 2.25 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers: Liza Antony
Visitors:
A young man who was a climber and an independent filmmaker was curious what
we were doing. I explained and told him about hawkcount.org which he
immediately placed on his phone – I told him how he could find reports of
any hawk watch, any year, any month, any day. I showed him a Townsend's
Solitaire through the scope which he thought was beautiful.
Weather:
The prediction was for SW winds changing to West at noon, with strong gusts
to 16 mph later. The winds were light with gusts to Level 5 on the Beaufort
scale (19-24 mph) for the 1st 2 hours followed by variable winds, good
visibility to 25 km with light haziness, cloud cover 20>30%.
Raptor Observations:
We decided to go up in case there were some raptors migrating further West
of us (as GE are known to fly over the the continental divide) which could
be pushed in our direction by the West winds. Very few raptors migrating
past this site today. The 1st was an SS at 12:26 PM struggling mightily
against the very strong wind gusts, turning and twisting, diving twice to
get out of the wind (presumably).
The Bird of the Day correctly identified by Liza, was a rufous
(intermediate) morph adult RT, Western subspecies, except it had a red
dorsal tail with only a single narrow subterminal band (multiple narrow
bands with or without a wider subterminal band are more common) which Brian
Wheeler describes in "Raptors of Western North America" 2003, page 322.
This is the 7th dark/intermediate morph migrant raptor we've seen this fall
– Dinosaur Ridge in spring 2024 reported 9.
Non-migrant raptors: GE 3, all to the West– 1 without evident molt,
another molting its outer secondaries, and a 3rd molting multiple
secondaries – so from the molt pattern we knew they were 3 different GE.
RT 5. AK male chased by a Magpie, then kiting, hovering, and hunting all
around us.
Non-raptor Observations:
Townsend's Solitaire 1, Mountain Chickadee 1, Black-billed Magpie 3,
Steller's Jay 1, American Crow 27 (22 flying West together) Common Raven 7,
Junco 2.
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Date: 11/12/24 7:32 am From: John Tumasonis <snakemonev...> Subject: [cobirds] First Winter Franklin's Gull at Barr Lake
All: Observed a first winter plumage Franklin's Gull at Barr Lake on 11/11/24. Near the shoreline to north west of the main boat ramp. What caught my attention of this bird, was its behavior - it was flying in a pattern similar to a jaeger - twisting and turning and jinking. It spent most of its time doing this an only occasionally landing on sand spits for short rests. Good looks. This species should be on its way to Central and South America - so this is rather late sighting.
Notes on Barr Lake construction: The berms are being rebuilt all around the lake, section by section. Many trees and bushes are being cut down due to erosion from root systems. The work is going on all fall \ winter (?) so you should call before you go there, as sections of the main trail are or will be closed. Note also there is dredging going on in the lake - I was told this was to make the lake deeper. Barr Lake is less than 1/5 full - it looks like a desert.
Other stuff at Barr: Lots of white-crowned sparrows, One tree sparrow, Song sparrows, Some gold finch and junco flocks, Thousands of Northern Shovelers Ring Billed Gulls Raptors are lacking - 1 kestrel, 1 harrier, 2 red tailed hawks Animals by sign: white tailed deer, raccoons, coyotes, eastern cottontail. One raccoon was sleeping in a hole in a dead snag.
John T (Tumasonis) Broomfield CO "I'm not a real birder. I only pretend to be one on CoBirds."
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Date: 11/12/24 4:49 am From: Patrick O'Driscoll <patodrisk...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Suburban food sources - Arapahoe
Good observations, Jared --
An across-the-alley neighbor behind my east-central Denver house has a lot
of that creeper going up the side of the house, and I've seen as many as
four Northern Flickers at a time working through it for the berries.
I, too, have plentiful juncos (at least two dozen, and today the season's
first White-winged specimen) and a couple or three towhees in back.
No waxwings at my house of late; they all seem to be at Denver City Park a
mile away, flying to and from and back again in various junipers around the
park for their berries.
They are especially mobbing junipers east of the park's largest lake and in
the "pinetum" conifer grove beneath the south wall of the Museum of Nature
and Science.
On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 1:18 PM Jared Del Rosso <jared.delrosso...>
wrote:
> On Saturday (11/09), I took a walk through my neighborhood in Centennial.
> (Lots of snow here...) Right away, I encountered a North Flicker feeding on
> the fruit of Thicket Creeper (Parthenocissus inserta), which grows
> prodigiously in a yard up the street from me. Magpies seem especially drawn
> to creeper fruit; this was my first time seeing any other species feeding
> at these creepers, though that's just a neighborhood bias. The fruit
> usually remains untouched until frost.
>
> Today (11/10), another neighborhood walk yielded a small group of Cedar
> Waxwings feeding in a hackberry tree at a park. I didn't have binoculars.
> The birds were high and mostly obscured by leaves. I think there were
> several not-yet-adult-plumaged birds among them. They seemed to be
> flycatching and gleaning insects in the tree. I didn't see them with
> hackberry drupes, but I did see them with insects. I thought one had a
> worm-like larvae at one point, but I can't be sure. I briefly saw an insect
> flying amid the hackberry leaves.
>
> Otherwise, lots of Spotted Towhees and Dark-eyed Juncos visiting my yard,
> enjoying bird seed.
>
> - Jared Del Rosso
> Centennial, CO
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Date: 11/11/24 11:07 am From: Charles Hundertmark <chundertmark8...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Birding bias
Birding can be a humbling experience.
Chuck Hundertmark
> On Nov 11, 2024, at 11:05 AM, 'Buzz Schaumberg' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for sharing.
>
>
> Sent from the all new Aol app for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661> > Buzz Schaumberg
>
> On Sunday, November 10, 2024, 4:17 PM, Peter Burke <peterburke...> wrote:
>
> Hi COBirders,
> This morning I found myself scanning a local reservoir where some loons have been reported. It was a beautiful scene with the newly frosted mountains reflected on the still surface of the water, and the gloriously warm sun rising to my left.
>
> Almost immediately I found a loon diving in the NE corner, slightly backlit, but clearly a Common Loon, with its large bill and somewhat knobby forehead. A nice sighting, but I was looking for its rarer cousin, a Pacific Loon reported yesterday. I found two more Common Loons, and then a smaller loon popped up that I assumed was the Pacific. But I lost it fumbling around with digiscoping gear.
>
> About 20 minutes later I found a smaller loon that wasn’t too far away, providing plenty of time to study. What I did was tick off all the reasons that it wasn’t a Common Loon, so it must be the Pacific, right? Down it went on my ebird list. Not long after some other birders showed up, and I saved them the time of scanning by pointing out the “Pacific.”
>
> Only later did I see the report of a Red-throated Loon from the same location. Mild panic rising, I asked the observer if there were both Pacific and Red-throated present, but even as I texted I suspected that I’d blown the ID, and worse, infected others with the same case of “birding bias,” that bad habit associated with chasing other people’s sightings where we simply see what we’re looking for rather than carefully analyzing what we’re looking at.
>
> I thought I’d share this story as a way of apologizing to those who I pointed out the “Pacific” to, but also because it’s something I’m sure many can relate to. Misidentifying birds is something I’ve gotten good at over the years, and I don’t think there’s any shame in goofing an ID. But of course it sucks to have had the opportunity to correctly ID a good bird that was right there in my scope.
>
> It’s a reminder to be vigilant.
>
> Good birding everyone!
>
> Best,
>
> Peter Burke
> Boulder, CO
>
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Date: 11/11/24 10:06 am From: 'Buzz Schaumberg' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Birding bias
Thanks for sharing.
Sent from the all new Aol app for iOS
Buzz Schaumberg
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, 4:17 PM, Peter Burke <peterburke...> wrote:
Hi COBirders,This morning I found myself scanning a local reservoir where some loons have been reported. It was a beautiful scene with the newly frosted mountains reflected on the still surface of the water, and the gloriously warm sun rising to my left.
Almost immediately I found a loon diving in the NE corner, slightly backlit, but clearly a Common Loon, with its large bill and somewhat knobby forehead. A nice sighting, but I was looking for its rarer cousin, a Pacific Loon reported yesterday. I found two more Common Loons, and then a smaller loon popped up that I assumed was the Pacific. But I lost it fumbling around with digiscoping gear.
About 20 minutes later I found a smaller loon that wasn’t too far away, providing plenty of time to study. What I did was tick off all the reasons that it wasn’t a Common Loon, so it must be the Pacific, right? Down it went on my ebird list. Not long after some other birders showed up, and I saved them the time of scanning by pointing out the “Pacific.”
Only later did I see the report of a Red-throated Loon from the same location. Mild panic rising, I asked the observer if there were both Pacific and Red-throated present, but even as I texted I suspected that I’d blown the ID, and worse, infected others with the same case of “birding bias,” that bad habit associated with chasing other people’s sightings where we simply see what we’re looking for rather than carefully analyzing what we’re looking at.
I thought I’d share this story as a way of apologizing to those who I pointed out the “Pacific” to, but also because it’s something I’m sure many can relate to. Misidentifying birds is something I’ve gotten good at over the years, and I don’t think there’s any shame in goofing an ID. But of course it sucks to have had the opportunity to correctly ID a good bird that was right there in my scope.
It’s a reminder to be vigilant.
Good birding everyone!
Best,
Peter BurkeBoulder, CO
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Date: 11/10/24 4:59 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (10 Nov 2024) 3 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2024
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Observation start time: 10:30:00
Observation end time: 13:30:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers:
Visitors:
A hiker inquired whether there were raptors nesting on Lookout Mountain,
and I said Yes, but I was counting migrant raptors. He wanted know how I
tell, and I explained. His 6-year-old daughter asked whether my scope was a
camera, and I explained it was a telescope, lowered the tripod to her
height so she could see Denver so close that she could almost touch it with
her extended hands.
Weather:
The prediction was for 18 mph gusts until 9 AM, light WSW wind changing to
West, but at the watch it was WSW changing surprisingly at 12 noon to East
– probably a ridge lift, and then ESE. The air was completely clear with
visibility to 39 km.
Raptor Observations:
The 1st migrant was An RT at 11:33 AM seen to the West, an adult SS 13
minutes later over North Table Mountain flew directly at the watch and past
at eye level and slightly below giving me beautiful looks, the last migrant
an RT at 12:36 PM was seen to the West until Lookout Mountain where it flew
eastward over, and then flew south beyond it. Non-migrant raptors: GE 1 far
to the SW, BE 1 adult very low over Lookout Mountain, RT 7 including 5
soaring together far to the SW.
Non-raptor Observations:
Townsend's Solitaire 1, Common Raven 1, American Crow 4.
Predictions:
The winds all this week are similar coming from the WSW or SW or S,
unfavorable for any remaining migration. I may come up again for different
winds, and if not, in spring 2025.
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Hi COBirders,
This morning I found myself scanning a local reservoir where some loons
have been reported. It was a beautiful scene with the newly frosted
mountains reflected on the still surface of the water, and the gloriously
warm sun rising to my left.
Almost immediately I found a loon diving in the NE corner, slightly
backlit, but clearly a Common Loon, with its large bill and somewhat knobby
forehead. A nice sighting, but I was looking for its rarer cousin, a
Pacific Loon reported yesterday. I found two more Common Loons, and then a
smaller loon popped up that I assumed was the Pacific. But I lost it
fumbling around with digiscoping gear.
About 20 minutes later I found a smaller loon that wasn’t too far away,
providing plenty of time to study. What I did was tick off all the reasons
that it wasn’t a Common Loon, so it must be the Pacific, right? Down it
went on my ebird list. Not long after some other birders showed up, and I
saved them the time of scanning by pointing out the “Pacific.”
Only later did I see the report of a Red-throated Loon from the same
location. Mild panic rising, I asked the observer if there were both
Pacific and Red-throated present, but even as I texted I suspected that I’d
blown the ID, and worse, infected others with the same case of “birding
bias,” that bad habit associated with chasing other people’s sightings
where we simply see what we’re looking for rather than carefully analyzing
what we’re looking at.
I thought I’d share this story as a way of apologizing to those who I
pointed out the “Pacific” to, but also because it’s something I’m sure many
can relate to. Misidentifying birds is something I’ve gotten good at over
the years, and I don’t think there’s any shame in goofing an ID. But of
course it sucks to have had the opportunity to correctly ID a good bird
that was right there in my scope.
It’s a reminder to be vigilant.
Good birding everyone!
Best,
Peter Burke
Boulder, CO
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Date: 11/10/24 12:18 pm From: Jared Del Rosso <jared.delrosso...> Subject: [cobirds] Suburban food sources - Arapahoe
On Saturday (11/09), I took a walk through my neighborhood in Centennial. (Lots of snow here...) Right away, I encountered a North Flicker feeding on the fruit of Thicket Creeper (Parthenocissus inserta), which grows prodigiously in a yard up the street from me. Magpies seem especially drawn to creeper fruit; this was my first time seeing any other species feeding at these creepers, though that's just a neighborhood bias. The fruit usually remains untouched until frost.
Today (11/10), another neighborhood walk yielded a small group of Cedar Waxwings feeding in a hackberry tree at a park. I didn't have binoculars. The birds were high and mostly obscured by leaves. I think there were several not-yet-adult-plumaged birds among them. They seemed to be flycatching and gleaning insects in the tree. I didn't see them with hackberry drupes, but I did see them with insects. I thought one had a worm-like larvae at one point, but I can't be sure. I briefly saw an insect flying amid the hackberry leaves.
Otherwise, lots of Spotted Towhees and Dark-eyed Juncos visiting my yard, enjoying bird seed.
- Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO
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Date: 11/10/24 6:32 am From: Don Marsh <ridgwaybrdr...> Subject: [cobirds] Ouray County Ridgway Reservoir - Black Scoter - Iceland Gull
This has been a good week for migrating birds in Ouray County and Ridgway Reservoir in particular. On Thursday afternoon, Tony Leukering, Kathy Mihm-Dunning and I found a first county record of Black Scoter at the reservoir. This female Black Scoter hasn't been seen since, although I've spent a good deal of time looking for it. We also had a male Barrow's Goldeneye, which can be a difficult bird to find in Ouray County. However, yesterday (Saturday) there were three male Barrow's Goldeneyes on the river near the lake. Joining the Barrow's Goldeneyes was a second county record of Iceland Gull. This second-winter gull joined the long staying Lesser Black-backed Gull at the sound end of the reservoir. A good variety of ducks have also been present, although they are typically far from shore. Sandhill Cranes by the hundreds have been attempting to cross the San Juan Mountains the past few days, only to turn around probably due to the lack of good thermals. Today has clear weather, so hopefully they will have an easier time of it.
Don Marsh
Ridgway, CO
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Date: 11/9/24 12:24 pm From: 'Kevin Corwin' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: [cobirds] Followup on my library giveaway.
I've received several offers to take all the books. My thanks to everyone who replied so quickly. Made an onerous task much easier. Kevin Corwin
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Date: 11/9/24 9:31 am From: kevygudguy via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: [cobirds] Bird Books Library Liquidation
Hello Fellow Cobirders,
I need to liquidate my library. Mostly bird-related books but there are also books for just about all aspects of the natural world. They take up about 8 - 10 feet of bookshelf. I'm giving them all away, no sales involved.. My intent is to give the entire lot to one person or entity, so if you know of an organization that will take all of them please let me know about it. I will not respond to inquiries about one or two specific titles, I need to dispose of all of them as quickly and efficiently as possible. Anything that's left at the end of November is going to the landfill. Please do not reply via cobirds, my direct email is below.
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Date: 11/4/24 7:18 pm From: Tina Jones <tjcalliope...> Subject: [cobirds] Varied Thrush in yard, Jefferson county
Birders, I had a male Varied Thrush in my yard for almost 2 days. It was here some, on 11/1/24, most of Saturday,11/2/24, and barely here on Sunday,11/3. I watched most of Sunday and did not see the bird in the afternoon. After watching all of today also,11/4,I was hoping it would be here, but it was not.
This bird seemed really hungry since it fed nonstop on 3 different Trumpet Honeysuckle Vines,[Lonicera sempervirens]. By Sunday evening there were hardly any berries left.
This male Varied Thrush was so skilled at jumping up from the ground to the vine berries. The local Townsend's Solitaire, Spotted Towhee and Robins, usually miss and need a second attempt to grab these berries.
I have wondered why I have not seen a Varied Thrush before in my yard since I have so many berries.
What a priviledge.
I will keep my eyes open but think this bird is on it's way.
Happy Birding,
Tina Jones
Littleton, CO, Jefferson county
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Date: 11/4/24 7:17 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (04 Nov 2024) 9 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2024
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Observation start time: 11:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers:
Visitors:
A young woman asked me "Seen anything cool?" "Migrating hawks" I replied,
with silence from her, 10 minutes later she said she didn't see any hawks
as she usually sees them easily. I explained migrating raptors often fly
quite high requiring binoculars to see them. She mentioned Cooper's Hawk
and I told her that she knew more than 95% of hikers at this spot. She said
she wasn't very good at identifying hawks. I suggested, and showed her the
free Raptor ID app, the Merlin app, and suggested she come for DFO trips.
She took down the information.
Weather:
The forecast was for light NNE winds with 90% cloud cover dropping. At the
watch, there was 4 inches of snow on the ground, wind was from the WNW>NNW,
temperature 8-2°C, cloud cover 100%>85%>35%>55%, initial limited
visibility due to snow flurries 28 km, and increasing the next hour to 39
km so that DIA could be seen gleaming in the sunlight, far to the east. By
12 PM sunshine could be seen over Boulder and gradually extended southward
to Denver, with slivers of blue sky showing in the NE which gradually
expanded and the clouds broke up.
Looking at earth.nullschool.net there were 26 Km per hour winds aloft
coming from the North, but further to the West of the watch, as well as
North winds east of Denver at 42 km/h, with a lull in between, so some
migrants could be seen.
Raptor Observations:
NNE winds were new for this watch. I re-read my notes from having a long
video chat with Bryan Guarente the meteorologist and birder, in 2023, where
he said that he thought the best raptor flights could be on N or NNE winds,
but they were not common in Denver in fall.
This was a very strange migration today. The 1st migrant was only at 12:49
PM, an SS over Lookout Mountain. At 1 PM an older juvenile NH (with the
coloration of an adult male but with a brown instead of a gray dorsal
wings) came in quite low from the West and flew SE. In the next 20 minutes
I had 6 other NH, 5 of them in the West flying southward, then flying east
over Lookout Mountain and then flying south or SSE, then no more. At 2:42
PM I saw a flock of 15 crows to the SW, and using my spotting scope to
count their number, saw a much large bird– a GE which migrated!
Non-raptor Observations:
Oregon Junco 1, Common Raven 1, American Crow 28.
Predictions:
Strong SW winds at 13 mph with gusts to 22 mph, windchill 40°F at 10:30 AM
with a windchill high of 44°F. I'll give it a try to see if SW winds push
any migrants from further west toward the watch.
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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (<aiantony...>)
Directions to site:
From I-70 from Northeast Denver, take Route 58, then a left turn going
south on Route 6, the 1st exit is for Lookout Mountain Road, turn right and
follow the clothes to find Windy Saddle Park parking lot on the right.
From I-70 from points west of Denver, take the Lookout Mountain Road and
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Date: 11/3/24 5:15 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (03 Nov 2024) 11 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2024
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Observation start time: 10:15:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 4.25 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers: Liza Antony
Visitors:
An older hiker wanted to know what we were looking at and I discussed
raptor migration in fall. A young man wanted to know whether we could see
the faces of the paragliders. I offered my scope and 3 of them enjoyed the
view offered, and were impressed by the scope clarity, looking at the
modern Icaruses. While we were looking at a GE in describing it to each
other, a woman wanted to know what we were looking at – I told her while
looking through the scope, and asked if any of them could see it, and none
of them could, even young men and women.
Weather:
Excellent cumulus clouds 70-85% in all directions, winds from the ESE>E,
Temperature 12-9°C, humidity 20-26%, barometric pressure 29.92, clear
visibility initially 19 km with some haze gradually increasing to 39 km,
but we could not see Mount Blue Sky all day for haziness.
Raptor Observations:
Adult GE migrants at 12:31 and 2:03 PM. Every migrant raptor was seen
today only over the eastern one third of Lookout Mountain, though we
scanned in all directions, particularly to the north and west. Perhaps they
were using ridge lift off Lookout Mountain. It was puzzling/frustrating
that we could not see them overhead or further north – if there had been
a stream of birds we could have followed them and found the channel they
were Flying through.
It did not appear that any migrants were flying to the east where we had
seen most of migrants in September and early October.
Non-migrant raptors: At 11:26 AM MST, I saw an adult GE far to the NW being
chased by an RT likely an 'escort' as it flew back North, the GE continue
South but unfortunately dropped below a ridge and was lost to our sight –
it may have been a migrant but we did not count it; at 11:50 AM we saw a GE
flying north from a little further south, likely the same one. At 1:15 PM
found another GE to the SW flying north. BE adult 1. RT 7.
Non-raptor Observations:
Townsend's Solitaire 1, Common Raven 11, American Crow 10.
Today was the day for paragliders – we saw 16, as well as 1 hang glider
– all of whom had quite good lift.
Predictions:
Snow until after 10 AM with light NNE winds and sub-zero windchill. NNE
winds will be new for me at this watch. This should provide southward
migrants with a partial tailwind, as well as pushing any migrants flying
more to the east toward the watch, so it will be interesting to see what I
can see/find.
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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (<aiantony...>)
Directions to site:
From I-70 from Northeast Denver, take Route 58, then a left turn going
south on Route 6, the 1st exit is for Lookout Mountain Road, turn right and
follow the clothes to find Windy Saddle Park parking lot on the right.
From I-70 from points west of Denver, take the Lookout Mountain Road and
follow it to the Windy Saddle Park parking lot, a longer route.
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It was another good day at Pueblo Reaervoir. John Drummond and I were looking for the adult winter plumage Black-legged Kittiwake mid morning, and found two near each other! Luckily one flew in and landed fairly close for the DFO Field Trip. Other things of note today at Pueblo Reservoir, Sabine's Gull, Pacific Loon, Red-necked Grebe, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Early in the morning, I saw one Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Pueblo City Park and a flyover Eastern Bluebird.
Other birders saw 6 White-winged Scoters at South Marina at Pueblo Reservoir late in the day and a male Pine Warbler at Pueblo City Park this afternoon.
With some unsettled weather coming this week, there should be some more interesting birds around soon.
Good birding, Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO
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Date: 11/2/24 2:34 pm From: Ted Floyd <tedfloyd73...> Subject: [cobirds] WE WILL SEE ALL THE GOOD BIRDS TOMORROW IN LAFAYETTE!
Hey, everybody.
Please join us tomorrow, *Sun., Nov. 3,* 2024, for "Lafayette Birds!" The outing, free and open to the public, gets underway at *1pm MST.* We start at The Shack at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, then bird around the preserve, nearby Waneka Lake, and, for those who are up for a bit of a walk, Hecla Pond.
*All are welcome.* Families, newbies, and curiosity-seekers especially welcome. No RSVP necessary. Just show up. Bring Halloween candy to share. Give Art R. a piece of your mind; ask Dave M. about the epistemological subdiscipline of Pyrrhonist fallibilism; and, if there's a rare bird, get out of Lindsey W.'s way!
Birds that have been seen at Greenlee & environs in the past week include: *brown thrasher, white-throated sparrow, h**ermit thrush, **Wilson snipe, hooded merganser, bufflehead, American bushtit, cheddar waxwing, brown creeper, pine siskin,* and *rubicon kinglet.*
Hope to see you tomorrow!
Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder Co.
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Date: 11/2/24 12:22 pm From: Mark Miller <snowy.owlets...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: RFI: Steller's Sea Eagle
All,
The famous one is living in Newfoundland now. Eagles can look crazy big to
the uninitiated, but a Steller's is half again as big as a Bald Eagle.
Mark Miller
now in Beaverton, OR
On Sat, Nov 2, 2024, 11:22 AM David Foley <dwfoley2...> wrote:
> John, I'm a Florida resident with a daughter in Greeley. My wife and I
> were in Colorado over the July 4th weekend in 2023 and into the following
> week. This was only our third visit to Greeley, or Colorado. Our daughter
> drove us to the Denver airport for our return flight. She doesn't let me
> drive when we're together because whenever I see a new bird (and they're
> all new to me out there) I pull off the road abruptly and without warning.
> Apparently, that bothers some people. From my seat in the back of the car I
> saw a large raptor with white shoulders on top of a tall telephone pole. I
> didn't know what I was looking at. I wanted to shout, "Stop the car!" But
> I've been warned not to do that either. So, I convinced myself that when I
> got back home I could find this very distinct raptor in one of my
> guidebooks (still slow to turn to eBird). Well, you can imagine my surprise
> when I discovered there's only one bird that really fits that description.
> But there were no sighting closer than Texas, so I just thought I must have
> been wrong. And I probably was. But I did check the news that week to see
> if the Denver Zoo had lost theirs. No one reported an escape. Still, every
> once in a while ever since I search google for "stellar sea eagle" and
> "colorado." That's how I found your post. So, I thought I'd join the group
> and risk putting this out there. I'm with T. Luke George – it would be a
> surprise if no one else noticed ... maybe ...
>
> On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:07:14 AM UTC-4 John Shenot wrote:
>
>> I spoke this morning with a not-very-serious birder who saw a very large
>> bird in fall of 2020 at Dixon Reservoir (Larimer) that he struggled to ID.
>> He claimed to be familiar with Bald and Golden Eagles, including immatures,
>> and Ospreys. Saying he felt sure it was not one of those, he looked around
>> on the internet but the only thing he could find that looked right
>> was Steller's Sea Eagle - a species he learned had never been observed
>> anywhere remotely close to this part of the world. He convinced himself it
>> couldn't be that, it had to be something else like a "mutant bald eagle",
>> and let the mystery fade. Until he learned about the vagrant sea eagle seen
>> that year in Alaska (before his mystery bird sighting) and Texas (after his
>> sighting).
>>
>> FWIW, his description of the bird he saw matched the field marks
>> for Steller's Sea Eagle. I don't know the guy but he didn't strike me as a
>> hoaxer, or someone seeking glory.
>>
>> I'm only posting this to ask if anyone else ever heard anecdotal stories
>> or speculation about that famous sea eagle perhaps migrating across/over
>> Colorado? Obviously there are no documented sightings but I didn't know if
>> there were any rumors?
>>
>> And finally, the fun part: this guy says he had pictures but his hard
>> drive died. He is trying to find a part so he can restore the hard drive.
>> If he succeeds with that, and shares a photo, I'll let this community know
>> of course. Until then, it's just an intriguing story.
>>
>> John Shenot
>> Fort Collins, CO
>>
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Date: 11/2/24 11:22 am From: David Foley <dwfoley2...> Subject: [cobirds] Re: RFI: Steller's Sea Eagle
John, I'm a Florida resident with a daughter in Greeley. My wife and I were
in Colorado over the July 4th weekend in 2023 and into the following week.
This was only our third visit to Greeley, or Colorado. Our daughter drove
us to the Denver airport for our return flight. She doesn't let me drive
when we're together because whenever I see a new bird (and they're all new
to me out there) I pull off the road abruptly and without warning.
Apparently, that bothers some people. From my seat in the back of the car I
saw a large raptor with white shoulders on top of a tall telephone pole. I
didn't know what I was looking at. I wanted to shout, "Stop the car!" But
I've been warned not to do that either. So, I convinced myself that when I
got back home I could find this very distinct raptor in one of my
guidebooks (still slow to turn to eBird). Well, you can imagine my surprise
when I discovered there's only one bird that really fits that description.
But there were no sighting closer than Texas, so I just thought I must have
been wrong. And I probably was. But I did check the news that week to see
if the Denver Zoo had lost theirs. No one reported an escape. Still, every
once in a while ever since I search google for "stellar sea eagle" and
"colorado." That's how I found your post. So, I thought I'd join the group
and risk putting this out there. I'm with T. Luke George – it would be a
surprise if no one else noticed ... maybe ...
On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:07:14 AM UTC-4 John Shenot wrote:
> I spoke this morning with a not-very-serious birder who saw a very large
> bird in fall of 2020 at Dixon Reservoir (Larimer) that he struggled to ID.
> He claimed to be familiar with Bald and Golden Eagles, including immatures,
> and Ospreys. Saying he felt sure it was not one of those, he looked around
> on the internet but the only thing he could find that looked right
> was Steller's Sea Eagle - a species he learned had never been observed
> anywhere remotely close to this part of the world. He convinced himself it
> couldn't be that, it had to be something else like a "mutant bald eagle",
> and let the mystery fade. Until he learned about the vagrant sea eagle seen
> that year in Alaska (before his mystery bird sighting) and Texas (after his
> sighting).
>
> FWIW, his description of the bird he saw matched the field marks
> for Steller's Sea Eagle. I don't know the guy but he didn't strike me as a
> hoaxer, or someone seeking glory.
>
> I'm only posting this to ask if anyone else ever heard anecdotal stories
> or speculation about that famous sea eagle perhaps migrating across/over
> Colorado? Obviously there are no documented sightings but I didn't know if
> there were any rumors?
>
> And finally, the fun part: this guy says he had pictures but his hard
> drive died. He is trying to find a part so he can restore the hard drive.
> If he succeeds with that, and shares a photo, I'll let this community know
> of course. Until then, it's just an intriguing story.
>
> John Shenot
> Fort Collins, CO
>
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We have hosted this junco for six winters, now. It looks like a Gray-headed with white measles.
Hugh
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Date: 11/1/24 3:45 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (01 Nov 2024) 1 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2024
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Observation start time: 09:45:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 2.25 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers:
Visitors:
A couple hiking – the woman wanted to know if I were looking at hawks and
eagles (I thought – Here's someone who knows something about a hawk
watch). I explained about fall migration of raptors, and why. She said she
had gone to Dinosaur Ridge, and I said I helped count in spring; and
explained that we started this watch as Colorado had no fall hawk watch.
The man with her said "That's awesome!" Another woman wanted to know if I'd
seen anything.
Weather:
The forecast was for light winds from the SSW>SE>E>ENE, but at the watch,
they were from the East. Excellent cirrus cloud cover 50% which made for a
good backdrop to see potential migrants, mainly sunny, temperature 8°C,
limited clear visibility to 19 kilometers with haziness.
Raptor Observations:
This is the time of the year when I was counting at the I-84 Overlook Hawk
watch in NY, that we would look forward to getting good RT flights on NW
winds. In the West, Commissary Ridge Hawk Watch in Wyoming which is located
similar to Mount Zion along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, has
had 1094 RT migrating this fall season. My question was "What happens to
those RTs from 323 miles away. Do they follow a course along the eastern
edge of the Rockies, do they fly further west and bypassing Mount Zion, or
do the settle down for the winter somewhere between Wyoming and Colorado."
Looking at the eBird Status and Trends map for RT:
https://tinyurl.com/shd4s4yk it appears that not much RT migration happens
over the Rockies (make sure you've clicked on the Weekly tab on top, slowed
the display to 1 second, and changed the date to say, September and click
on the start button) – there's a sharp drop-off in sightings West of the
Eastern edge of the (presumably) Rockies.
There was only one migrant today, an RT, but it was a beauty – a dark
morph which flew low directly over me, with a black body and coverts, a
single narrow sub-terminal black tail band, with a reddish tail (which
ruled out Harlan's). This is the 6th intermediate or dark morph migrant
raptor we've seen this fall here (over 127.5 hours, compared to Dinosaur
Ridge Hawk Watch's 460.75 hours in spring, when we counted 9).
Non-raptor Observations:
Mountain Chickadee 1, Townsend's Solitaire 1, Common Raven 2, American Crow
2.
Predictions:
Light winds, similar to today.
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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (<aiantony...>)
Directions to site:
From I-70 from Northeast Denver, take Route 58, then a left turn going
south on Route 6, the 1st exit is for Lookout Mountain Road, turn right and
follow the clothes to find Windy Saddle Park parking lot on the right.
From I-70 from points west of Denver, take the Lookout Mountain Road and
follow it to the Windy Saddle Park parking lot, a longer route.
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Date: 10/31/24 9:42 am From: Steven Brown <sbrown37...> Subject: [cobirds] CSR, El Paso Co., 2024 Banding Summary
Hey COBirders,
Happy Halloween!
I recently completed banding for the fall season at Clear Spring Ranch, and am sharing some of the significant numbers for the season.
I had an especially productive season, between the mostly favorable weather, and the planting of a new kind of sorghum across the road from my nets, that provided an incredible quantity of seed heads, and deep cover - up to 5’ deep - at least until it was harvested mid-October. (Most of the fall there were about 1000 RW Blackbirds in there daily, along with 150 Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Com Grackles, and lotsa sparrows - and raptors cruising overhead!)
3700 birds netted and released (1/2 Chipping Sparrows) 2350 birds banded of 61 species, and 46 recaptures from previous seasons.
(Including a Black-chinned Hummingbird male banded by Claire Ramos’ team down the road, from last year).
Then some surprisingly LOW numbers for :
Lark Sparrow - 20
Vesper Sparrow - 2
Black-headed Grosbeak - 2
Green-tailed Towhee - 3
American Tree Sparrow - 0
It was busy and really fun, as always. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs
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Date: 10/31/24 7:32 am From: Brandon <flammowl17...> Subject: [cobirds] Black-legged Kittiwake continues, Pueblo Reservoir 10/31
Off West Fishing Road, looking West, also Pacific Loon. A bit steamy, 27 degrees here at Pueblo Reservoir. Happy Hallowen.
Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO
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Date: 10/30/24 1:10 pm From: Diana Beatty <otowi33.33...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Pueblo Area Christmas Bird Counts dates
Fountain Creek CBC Wednesday December 18th
Colorado Springs CBC Saturday December 14th
Diana Beatty
El Paso Cnty
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 2:04 PM Brandon <flammowl17...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A few dates have been set for Christmas Bird Counts in Pueblo County.
>
> Saturday, December 14th, 50th Pueblo Reservoir CBC. Complier is Mark
> Yeager
>
> Saturday, December 21st, Lake Isabel CBC (Colorado City, Rye, Lake Isabel,
> and Beulah). Complier is Gib Rokich
>
> Other count dates will be announced soon hopefully.
>
> Brandon K. Percival
> Pueblo West
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Date: 10/30/24 1:04 pm From: Brandon <flammowl17...> Subject: [cobirds] Pueblo Area Christmas Bird Counts dates
Hi all,
A few dates have been set for Christmas Bird Counts in Pueblo County.
Saturday, December 14th, 50th Pueblo Reservoir CBC. Complier is Mark Yeager
Saturday, December 21st, Lake Isabel CBC (Colorado City, Rye, Lake Isabel, and Beulah). Complier is Gib Rokich
Other count dates will be announced soon hopefully.
Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West
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Date: 10/29/24 12:05 pm From: 'Carol Blackard' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: [cobirds] Arapahoe County
From a retired birder
Kinglet
Dry Creek Trail on the
Last day of glorious fall
A Wall of yellow thicket on the left
And Chic..chic..chic.
“Ohh, actual birding”I smile.
“Pissh pissh” I offer, and
Out pops a tiny round bird,
Now quiet…curious, quick,
Watching me, Turning to go.
Bushtit, likely. No, I see the eye ring
Blue-gray gnatcatcher! No,
I see the single wing bar!
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Oh, the Joy.
Carol Blackard
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Date: 10/28/24 6:08 pm From: Joanie <jeligr...> Subject: [cobirds] Anna’s Hummingbird a no-show this morning
We’ve watched the feeder close to two hours with no sign of the Anna’s
Hummingbird.. The past 17 days we’ve seen it first thing in the morning
between 7 and 8. It was quite a thrill having the Anna visit our backyard
and to be so predictable for that length of time. All went well, thanks,
birders!
P.S. Thanks to Linda for the first posting on COBirds for me.
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Date: 10/28/24 9:57 am From: <bobfi......> <bobfiehweg...> Subject: [cobirds] Northern Shrike in Boulder
A northern shrike was present at Walden Ponds in Boulder County Oct. 27 at 4:38 pm. It was in a tree top along the south edge of Bass Pond and remained for about 15 minutes.
Bob Fiehweg Boulder
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Date: 10/25/24 6:57 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (25 Oct 2024) Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2024
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 3.5 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers:
Visitors:
A young man said he saw "white birds" on Lookout Mountain where he had
parked his car. I suggested they were probably gulls. He said there were
26. I showed him an image of a Sandhill Crane in flight in Merlin, and he
said that's what he had seen. I played a Sandhill Crane call and told him
about the Merlin free app, which he immediately looked for on his phone.
I mentioned to a couple that I could hear cranes, and She found them, a
large flock of cranes flew past, and I let them look at them through my
scope at them – they were thrilled. So also a group of young men, 1 of
whom said "Tell us if you see anything," many enjoying the look through the
scope at another large flock of cranes.
One paraglider at 12:45 PM MDT who had some lift, getting above my
elevation, but not a whole lot higher.
Weather:
Light ENE winds, temperature 10-12°C, humidity 26-29%, barometric pressure
steady, cloud cover 7045%, visibility 19 km with some haziness. Excellent
cloud cover from N>E>SE>S.
The Soaring Forecast from the NWS was for only fair thermals for gliders
– up to 6036 feet above ground level – but enough for raptors.
Raptor Observations:
This was what I thought would be a reasonable flight with ENE winds which
we have seen to be favorable earlier In the season, but this is the 2nd day
with no migrant raptors seen, so it could be that the migration is slowing
down for the season.
Non-migrant raptors: BE adult with a strong dihedral (a ridge-linked
effect) which flew West, RT 3 adults and 1 juvenile.
Non-raptor Observations:
Sandhill Crane 770 in groups of 35 to 160, Townsend's Solitaire 1, Mountain
Chickadee 1, Common Raven 7 – one attacked an RT, Black-billed Magpie 1,
American Crow 5.
Predictions:
I will continue coming up on what I think are favorable winds to see if
there are any late GE, Prairie Falcon, or Rough-legged Hawk migrating.
These are all early spring migrants in March at the Dinosaur Ridge Hawk
Watch, so correspondingly they would be late migrants in fall – this
follows as a general rule.
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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (<aiantony...>)
Directions to site:
From I-70 from Northeast Denver, take Route 58, then a left turn going
south on Route 6, the 1st exit is for Lookout Mountain Road, turn right and
follow the clothes to find Windy Saddle Park parking lot on the right.
From I-70 from points west of Denver, take the Lookout Mountain Road and
follow it to the Windy Saddle Park parking lot, a longer route.
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Date: 10/25/24 3:04 pm From: meredith <meredithmcburney...> Subject: [cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, 10/23/24
This is a belated report on our final day of banding for 2024 (after sleep, eat, all-staff meeting.....)
We got pleasant weather for our last day. Not a lot of birds, which is kinda okay........made us feel like it was time to end our migration monitoring for the season!
Here are the final 17 new birds of the season (there were also 8 recaps):
American Tree Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 12 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 3
Thanks to the wonderful volunteers (23 in all, ranging from 2 who were new this season to 1 with over 20 years experience) who make it possible for us to run a banding station 6 days a week for 9 weeks, while also welcoming daily individual visitors as well as school groups.
Hope to have time very soon to get data computerized and be able to provide some feedback on this year's experience.
Also, thanks to all of you for your comments, questions, etc. Back in the spring at Chatfield!
Meredith
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Date: 10/25/24 9:23 am From: Paula Hansley <plhansley...> Subject: [cobirds] Bohemian(?) Waxwings, Louisville
At dawn this morning I heard the trill of waxwings in my Washington
Hawthorne tree. I was expecting them any day because the bright red
berries that are loading the branches are finally ripe!
I did not see them because it was barely light,, but their trills sounded
more like Bohemian than Cedar Waxwings. I’ll be ready with my camera when
they return.
Last year when there was an irruption of Bohemian Waxwings they were here
for several days.
Watch your fruit-bearing trees!
Paula Hansley
Boulder County
Paula Hansley
Petrographic Consultants International, Inc.
Ph: 720-890-2628
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Date: 10/25/24 6:52 am From: Carolyn Sanders <sandersc1962...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Fort Collins Audubon Book & Art Sale - 11/14
Hi there, this sounds fun. I'll be there and will be bringing 2 friends.
It's there a cost? Carolyn Sanders
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> 🦉 Join Us for a Fun Evening of Birding & Shopping!
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> Where: Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive
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> Special Guest Speaker: Nick Komar presenting "A Big Year in the USA and
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> 🛍️ What to Expect:
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> Shopping for nature-themed art, bird guides, and books.
> Refreshments & holiday gift inspiration.
> A fascinating program by master birder Nick Komar, sharing his Big Year
> birding adventures.
> The event starts early at 6:00 PM to give you plenty of time to shop
> before the program begins at 7:30 PM. Support FCAS and enjoy a night filled
> with nature, learning, and community!
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Date: 10/22/24 10:57 pm From: Cassie Cranmore <cassiecranmore...> Subject: [cobirds] Fort Collins Audubon Book & Art Sale - 11/14
🦉 Join Us for a Fun Evening of Birding & Shopping!
Where: Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive
When: 6:00 PM
Special Guest Speaker: Nick Komar presenting "A Big Year in the USA and its
Territories."
🛍️ What to Expect:
Shopping for nature-themed art, bird guides, and books.
Refreshments & holiday gift inspiration.
A fascinating program by master birder Nick Komar, sharing his Big Year
birding adventures.
The event starts early at 6:00 PM to give you plenty of time to shop before
the program begins at 7:30 PM. Support FCAS and enjoy a night filled with
nature, learning, and community!
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Date: 10/22/24 9:20 pm From: '<carolmccasland...>' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...> Subject: [cobirds] Special November program for Boulder Audubn: Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, Boulder County
Boulder County Audubon Society invites you to attend our upcoming special November Program, November 26. We are hosting Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, a standup comedian and Denver Veterinarian. We think you will enjoy a different program than we usually offer! Dr. Fitzgerald is well-known around the Front Range and promises to bring some much-needed humor to our community, with a bent on conservation.
We are requiring a $7 admission, and tickets are now on sale. Check our website and get your tickets before they sell out!
https://www.boulderaudubon.org/all-events/nov-2024-program
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Date: 10/22/24 6:22 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (22 Oct 2024) Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2024
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 12:30:00
Total observation time: 3.25 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers: Liza Antony
Weather:
The prediction was for 16 mph gusts from the West ending by 9 AM, then
changing to SSE and SE, but the wind continued unabated at Level 6 on the
Beaufort scale to 11:30 AM MDT, after which the winds were variable for an
hour, then NNE, with a perfectly blue sky, excellent visibility with
minimal haze. At one point the wind was so strong my clipboard blew away
and the papers scattered.
Raptor Observations:
The only consolation was a distant bird flying over the west side of
Lookout Mountain, smaller than an RT; broad, swept back and tapered wings
with a long accipiter tail, gliding steadily West with no flaps in Level 5
winds; it then flew NW and dropped into trees where we lost it– looked
like an American Goshawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Raven 4, Black-billed Magpie 2, American Crow 1.
Predictions:
Mainly SE winds after 11 AM.
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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (<aiantony...>)
Directions to site:
From I-70 from Northeast Denver, take Route 58, then a left turn going
south on Route 6, the 1st exit is for Lookout Mountain Road, turn right and
follow the clothes to find Windy Saddle Park parking lot on the right.
From I-70 from points west of Denver, take the Lookout Mountain Road and
follow it to the Windy Saddle Park parking lot, a longer route.
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Date: 10/22/24 4:50 pm From: meredith <meredithmcburney...> Subject: [cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, 10/22/24
We finally got a nice fall day - clear skies, pleasant temp, no wind. Feels like migration is truly winding down. Banded mostly White-crowned Sparrows; recapped White-crowns and Juncos. 21 birds banded:
Taking down the station after banding tomorrow/Wednesday.
Meredith McBurney Bander - Barr Lake Banding Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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I suspect this is related to the annual taxonomy update that is currently underway involving eBird. Since Merlin and eBird are connected, it makes sense that Merlin will be in flux until the update is finished before the end of October. Since the packs are directly affected by taxonomy changes, I think the advice to wait a while makes sense.
Here is the article on the eBird website explaining the update.
2024 Taxonomy Update—IN PROGRESS - eBird
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On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 04:21:56 PM EDT, tom none <jtcurt325...> wrote:
Thanks for the tip!
On Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 2:16 PM Lynne Forrester <lforrester27...> wrote:
Lots of chatter on the Facebook group for Merlin that a lot of changes are being put into the app. They recommend just waiting until things settle down.Lynne ForresterJefferson CountyFrom: <cobirds...> <cobirds...> on behalf of tom none <jtcurt325...>
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Subject: [cobirds] Merlin app questions I recently downloaded the Merlin app to my phone and appear to be
unable to install the bird packs. I choose from the list and click
install, and then it says "downloading", but I am not getting packs. I
am not seeing a "get" command that is listed in many videos. Any
suggestions
TIA,
Tom Curtis
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On Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 2:16 PM Lynne Forrester <lforrester27...>
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> Lots of chatter on the Facebook group for Merlin that a lot of changes are
> being put into the app. They recommend just waiting until things settle
> down.
> Lynne Forrester
> Jefferson County
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> *Subject:* [cobirds] Merlin app questions
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> I recently downloaded the Merlin app to my phone and appear to be
> unable to install the bird packs. I choose from the list and click
> install, and then it says "downloading", but I am not getting packs. I
> am not seeing a "get" command that is listed in many videos. Any
> suggestions
>
> TIA,
> Tom Curtis
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I recently downloaded the Merlin app to my phone and appear to be unable to install the bird packs. I choose from the list and click install, and then it says "downloading", but I am not getting packs. I am not seeing a "get" command that is listed in many videos. Any suggestions
TIA, Tom Curtis
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Date: 10/21/24 6:45 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (21 Oct 2024) 12 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2024
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers: Liza Antony
Visitors:
In spite of the strong winds there were about 30 hikers who came to the
top, a few even in shorts. One man came carrying a model airplane with
wings about 2 feet wide – needless to say he did not dare fly it in those
conditions.
Weather:
The forecast was for WNW winds with a 50% chance of rain in the morning,
ending by 11a.m.-12 PM, with wind gusts 25-31 mph, partly cloudy. We got to
the watch by 11 AM MDT when it was still raining, so we sat in the car
until the rain ceased. The wind is were at Level 6 (40-50 km/h/25-30 mph)
with occasional gusts to Level 7 when we were happy we had a stone block to
sit on to avoid being blown off our feet! The air was crisp and clear with
visibility to 39 km (DIA), temperature around 13°C, humidity strangely
only 34%, steady barometric pressure. Liza's teeth and ear were hurting,
but she stuck it out – both of us stood in the lee of a cedar for
protection, later I found a spot to the east of the watch below the crest
of the hill where the wind was relatively tolerable, where we repaired when
the wind was particularly brutal.
Raptor Observations:
Mount Lorette Hawk Watch in Alberta counts 2500-3000+ Golden Eagle each
fall. For the first time I looked at where that watch was, and found that
geographically it seems to bear a similar relationship to Calgary as Mount
Zion Hawk Watch has to Denver, and about 940 miles between the 2 watches as
the crow flies. I wondered whether a strong NW wind would push any GE or
other migrating raptors which fly much further west of Mount Zion toward
us, which is the reason we went up today in such adverse conditions – the
previous time we went up with NW winds we had a poor migration. I wondered
whether GE would fly in such strong winds, and was pleasantly surprised to
find RT migrating, so GE should have absolutely no problems doing the same.
In fact 3 of the RT kited into the wind, and were pushed sideways all the
way to the south! Others gained height and glided South. One local RT
kiting into the wind went straight up into the air, as if on an invisible
elevator.
Interestingly, every migrant flew far to the West– a location very few
migrants are seen to take at this watch, so perhaps they were blown
eastward by the wind over than normal migration pathway.
I found out that GE migrate around 41 miles per day in fall.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Raven 5.
Predictions:
Light winds 6-9 mph From the West, so we will be there for the same reason
as today, around 10:30 AM.
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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (<aiantony...>)
Directions to site:
From I-70 from Northeast Denver, take Route 58, then a left turn going
south on Route 6, the 1st exit is for Lookout Mountain Road, turn right and
follow the clothes to find Windy Saddle Park parking lot on the right.
From I-70 from points west of Denver, take the Lookout Mountain Road and
follow it to the Windy Saddle Park parking lot, a longer route.
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