Walter et al,
It seems, as the urban ornamental conifer resource matures, RbNuthatch is getting more widespread at low elevation as a breeder (widespread in Ft Collins, local in Greeley, rarely in Lamar, probably other places) and at this time of year they certainly show up all over the eastern plains. I made an distinctly unsuccessful run yesterday and today for the swallow-tailed kite in my second home of Lamar. As a very minor consolation to not seeing the kite, I had red-breasted nuthatches in three locations down there. (Other consolations were a roadrunner at Parkview Elementary (same school that once had one of the few CO records of 9-banded armadillo) just north of the Willow Creek Park swimming pool, red-headed woodpeckers and a bunting (never could see it), both at the north end of the park. [There are at least two families of northern cardinals at the LCC Woods (and chiggers)].
There seems to be a good dispersal of pygmy nuthatches to lower elevation this year, too. Several have been reported in the Denver area and I have had them at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins for the last two weeks.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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