Re: [cobirds] Fallout of White-throated Sparrows and Hermit Thrushes, Eastern Boulder County, Oct. 18

Something was definitely going on. On the 17th, I took a walk behind my home in Lafayette, a couple of miles north of Waneka/Greenlee. My neighborhood near Heron Lake does not usually produce rare birds. One of the first birds I spotted was a male Black-throated Blue Warbler. Then spotted a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Hermit Thrush. On the rest of a short walk, a couple more Ruby-crowned Kinglets appeared along with a Brown Creeper and a good number of Audubon's Warblers.

Later that day and through the 18th, other birders chasing my report of the Black-throated Blue refound that bird but also reported several other interesting migrants including at least one White-throated Sparrow.

Chuck Hundertmark

Lafayette, CO

On Oct 18, 2020, at 10:38 PM, Patrick O'Driscoll <patodrisk@gmail.com> wrote:

Very interesting, Ted. Maybe it's spreading:

This morning, Sunday Oct. 18, I had a first eBird record of a White-throated Sparrow in the four Denver City Park hotspots outside of the Denver Zoo.

It was in a loose flock of sparrows, juncos and chickadees that flew over the zoo fence, so it was actually in both places.

And BTW, YOU had the last previous WTSP sighting in the zoo back in February 2016.

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After I got home, about a mile east of the park and just off busy East Colfax Avenue, I had a first-ever Hermit Thrush in my backyard.

Excuse the poor photo quality -- the sparrow was shot through a crack in the cyclone-slats-and-vines fence between the zoo and the park road northeast of Ferril Lake, and the thrush was through my kitchen window. 

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Patrick O'Driscoll

Denver

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 7:26 PM tedfl...@gmail.com <tedfloyd73@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey, all.

On my ramble earlier today, Sun., Oct. 18, about the Greater Greenlee Ecosystem, eastern Boulder County, I found at least 4 white-throated sparrows and at least 8 hermit thrushes.

I'm sure Bryan Guarente has an explanation...

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County

P. s. Like others, I find myself suddenly unable to post photos to COBirds.

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