Date: 9/28/26 9:34 am From: Patrick O'Driscoll <patodrisk...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] "Low elevation" Pine Grosbeak at High Grade Road, Jefferson Co
Having had visits from both a Steller's J and a Woodhouse's S-J in my
east-central Denver backyard earlier this month, is the prevailing opinion
that lack of food (drought?) in their usual habitat may be driving more of
these and other higher-country species down here to the Plains?
Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver
On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM Brad Dobson <bradford.dobson...>
wrote:
>
> Interesting. We had a number of Steller's Jays here recently on the west
> side of
> Loveland and I see a number of reports further East, almost all
> 2026: I usually have to get up into the forest a little more to see them.
>
> David Suddjian <dsuddjian...> writes:
>
> > Now much bird reporting is happening on the list, so I thought I'd chime
> in with a report of Pine Grosbeak this morning at 7,150' elevation in
> > Ponderosa / Douglas-fir forest along High Grade Road in Jeff Co near
> Littleton. eBird does not have any other records for the county between
> > mid-Aug to late Oct, and most are from late winter into early spring.
> >
> > David Suddjian
> > Littleton CO
> >
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