Date: 6/23/25 1:24 pm From: Tina Jones <tjcalliope...> Subject: RE: [cobirds] Chipping Sparrow Question? - Metro Area
I have had nesting Chipping Sparrows in my neighborhood for at least 3 years. I live in Bow Mar,[Littleton], one block away from Denver. They have been nesting in non-native juniper shrubs which are around three feet in height. I see the parent flying into the shrubs with food. Last year,2024, three young came to my bird bath, which was fun to watch. ONE Chipping Sparrow spent a whole winter in my YARD from 2023-2024.
There are many non- native Juniper shrubs, along with plants that form habitats with different vegetation heights of plants in my neighborhood. I have tiered clumps of plantings. No Chipping Sparrow has nested on my property yet, but I keep hoping.
Tina Jones
Littleton, Jefferson county, CO
From: <cobirds...> <cobirds...> On Behalf Of David Suddjian
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2025 8:06 PM
To: corvidcolo <corvidcolo...>
Cc: Colorado Birds <cobirds...>
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Chipping Sparrow Question? - Metro Area
Chipping Sparrow has nested for years at the Littleton Cemetery in Arapahoe Co, where the combo of open lawn and tall well-spaced conifers meets their liking. When I was often in Littleton proper from 2014-2022 I noticed Chipping Sparrows were sparsely, somewhat sporadically, but regularly present as breeders in varied spots in neighborhoods along the Prince Street corridor of Littleton.
David Suddjian
Littleton, CO
On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM 'corvidcolo' via Colorado Birds <cobirds...><mailto:<cobirds...>> wrote:
Hi COBIRDERS,
Where: Suburban neighborhoods just west of the Denver Tech Center, Arapahoe County
When: First 3 week of June 2025
I have found a number of adult Chipping Sparrows in our neighborhoods and parks each week of June this year. They should already be nesting up in the Ponderosa Pine forests of the Front Range.
Today I found one "carrying food".
Question: Are others also finding Chipping Sparrows seemingly nesting in the Metro Area this year or in the last couple of years.
As Bob Righter pointed out a bunch of years ago, at that point Red-breasted Nuthatches had become year round residents of the Metro Area. The same with Bushtits. Are we now seeing a change with Chipping Sparrows?
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