[cobirds] And Now It's Crossbills - SW Denver

In keeping with “Mountains in the City”, we had a small flock (9) of “Ponderosa” (aka Type 2) RED CROSSBILLs in their namesake trees while walking the dogs today (Weds, 7 Oct’26) up at Huston Park (SW Denver, Denver Co.); did get a good recording which I’ll attach to an eBird list when I get to the task.  In addition, had a single CASSIN’S FINCH and our continuing MOUNTAIN CHICKADEEs at the house, but no repeat Evening Grosbeak…yet.  What’s next, Ptarmigan?  Keep your ears and eyes open as the mountain wave continues.

 

Good Birding,

Doug

Currently Denver

 

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 10/6/26

As we all know, we are experiencing some of the hottest weather ever for early October.  It seems wrong to most of us, and perhaps the birds feel the same way........whatever the cause, today was the slowest day of the season, with only 7 birds banded:

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (our second of the season, the other was caught on Saturday)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2

Spotted Towhee 1

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2

Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1

We are open Tuesday through Sunday, weather permitting, through October 23.  Most weekday mornings there is a visitor session from 8 to 9 a.m., and on the weekends there are sessions at 8, 9 and 10 a.m. Reservations are needed; here is the link.   Please join us......It is a great year to visit Barr!

Meredith McBurney

Bander, Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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Re: [cobirds] Townsend’s Solitaire, Louisville

Pat,

Solitaires defend fall and winter feeding territories, using song, calls and lots of chasing. 

David

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On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 1:24 AM, Patrick O'Driscoll <patodrisk@gmail.com> wrote:

Along with juncos, solitaires are my favorite harbinger of the coming winter -- and they are definitely back in Denver City Park.

Monday evening two pairs of them were doing something I'd never witnessed before:

Madly chasing each other in and out of and around the tight confines of the park's "pinetum" conifer grove, below the south wall of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

And they were singing -- not calling yet -- all the while.

At one point I stood still as they repeatedly whooshed past at eye/head level, oblivious of me.

Occasionally one or another would alight on an evergreen branch for a few seconds, still warbling, then resuming the circular chase.  This went on for a good 15 minutes, maybe more.

The pinetum has a number of berry-filled junipers that will tide over one of these very territorial birds through the coming winter. It's a favorite stop on birding rounds of the park to catch that soft yet penetrating whistle:

heep . . . heep . . . heep . . .

Patrick O'Driscoll

Denver

 

On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM David Suddjian <dsuddjian@gmail.com> wrote:

Solitaires are very common right now in juniper habitats in the lowest JeffCo foothills. We counted 85 on a 3 hour morning walk at Mt Falcon on Oct 3. Twenty in 0,2 miles at Deer Creek Canyon on Sept 27. For example . . .  

David Suddjian

Littleton, CO

On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM 'DuWayne Worthington' via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I also saw a Townsends Solitaire at the Marjorie Nature Preserve while searching for the Couch's Kingbird yesterday on Sunday morning.  We first heard it off in the distance, and then when walking out, it was at eye-level in one of the trees on the trail.  We were like, "Oh, there you are!"

DuWayne  Worthington Instructional Faculty ‑ Science 303.471.3278  |  duwayne.worthington@valorchristian.com

On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM Paula Hansley <plhansley@gmail.com> wrote:

At 10:15 am I heard the familiar whistle of the Townsend’s Solitaire for the first time this fall!

The call was coming from a tall juniper tree east of my property.

It’s amazing how far its whistle carries!

Paula Hansley

Boulder County

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[cobirds] Couch’s Kingbird moving around

FWIW, the bird is now atop the tall lone cottonwood at the east end of the loop around the lake and marsh area, well east where it has been reliably seen previously.

39.61803° N, 104.92963° W

Patrick O’Driscoll 

Denver

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[cobirds] (Mountain) Birds of a Feather - SW Denver

To continue the “Mountain Birds in the Plains” thread, the (?) female EVENING GROSBEAK seen last week and heard a few times since here in the Athmar Park/Huston Park neighborhood (SW Denver, Denver Co.) returned this morning (Tues., 6 Oct’26), but this time was with three (3) CASSIN’S FINCHs.  First heard the grosbeak calling off in the distance, but then picked up the Cassin’s calling before they all flew over our yard together giving good looks.  You know how you bump into someone you know at a concert, then end up hanging out with them for the rest of the show…thinking this might be a similar situation.  In addition like many of you, we had a couple of TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIREs bounce through yard last night, so they are back too.

 

Good Mtn Birding,

Doug

Currently Denver

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