Re: [cobirds] Western Meadlowlarks - Front Range

This is not concerning meadowlarks. In the same vein,however, a friend of mine who lives in Aurora and has fed crows for years and years. Last year I was there in fall and they had a late flock of >30 grackles and blackbirds, in addition to her numerous crows. 

       This year, she has had one crow, one starling and no grackles. Having just one crow is quite rare for her since she normally has several. She said that no one is eating her bird food.

       Is it possible that west Nile is hitting some of these birds and we're not aware of it?

      

Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county 

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On Sep 1, 2021, at 5:30 PM, Gary Brower <grb4914@gmail.com> wrote:

in my walks through Cherry Creek State Park, I'd say I saw pretty much the "normal contingent" of meadowlarks — maybe slightly less than last year.

Gary Brower

Unincorporated Arapahoe County

On Sep 1, 2021, at 5:28 PM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Denver Audubon received a note from an observer in Central Park, who says that she hasn't encountered Meadowlarks this year. We Cobirders do well in posting what we do see, but not so well in discussing what we don't see.

As far as our patch here in Franktown (Douglas) we have about the normal contingent. They sang quite a bit in June, and have tapered off since then, as usual.

Do any of you have any thoughts?

Hugh

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