This morning I stopped at Lee Gulch Overlook Park in Littleton (off Santa Fe 1.1 miles south of Bowles... snooze and you'll drive right past). There were lots of birds flying around in the early morning cool. I started hearing Steller's Jays calling -- rare in Littleton -- and saw 4 Steller's flying southeast over the trees. This was only my 6th record of Steller's in the city in 4 years, with the others being singles from late October to February.
-- Blue Jays are regular around this park, but there were more in the local trees than the normal 1 or 2, with at least 12 in view. But there were also flocks of Blue Jays passing over, all moving south: flocks of 9, 12, and 5 passed over during 21 minutes. That is 38 Blue Jays!
More subtle as it looked on from a perch, but of interest, a Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay was of the pattern of wanderers people have been reporting.
To round out the corvids, there were also 12 Black-billed Magpies, 1 Am. Crow and 2 Common Ravens. Six species of corvids at one location on one visit must be at or near a record for Arapahoe County. Considering further possibilities, odds seemed to slim too add any other of Colorado's corvids on this visit, so I went off to work.
Other birds of interest: Hermit Thrush, Marsh Wren, Gray Catbird, and Cedar Waxwing.
David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO
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