[cobirds] Smith Reservoir Tundra Swan

Those coming to see the cranes in the next few weeks might want to swing by Smith Reservoir, where today there was a wonderful assortment of waterbirds, including a single first year Tundra Swan. The other species included Common Goldeneye, American Wigeon, Northern Pintails,  Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Redhead, and Bald Eagle. There were about 2,100 Sandhill Cranes lining the shores of the east half of the reservoir. Twenty snow geese were also a nice sight to see. We (John Stump and I) would guess that there was at least 5,000 birds on the partially frozen/open water lake today. 

John Rawinski

Monte Vista, CO

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[cobirds] rosy-finches in JACKSON on 2/28

Moose Visitor Center is in Jackson County, not Larimer as shown in my previous post.  Sorry.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] rosy-finches (Larimer) on 2/28

FYI, my friend Boris and I visited the Moose Visitor Center on Cameron Pass this morning and had two groups of rosy-finches come swirling in.  I would say total individuals was about 110 birds, with 4 brown-capped and the rest gray-crowned (mostly normal types and a smattering of Hepburn's).

Other birds were both chickadees, Steller's and Canada jays and magpies.  No pine grosbeaks or sparrows.

The east side of the pass has a low level of snow, the west side is much better (including the Walden area).  We cruised the road up toward Lake John w of Walden hoping to glimpse sage-grouse but no luck.  Very few areas where sage is sticking out above the snow.  On this road we had small groups of horned larks, with one gray-crowned rosy-finch in their midst.  Other birds included golden eagles, common ravens and crows.  No rough-legged hawks.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] Cranes Increasing in San Luis Valley

Numbers have come up since last week. I estimate about 2-3,000 birds present on the Monte Vista Refuge, with many more scattered across the Valley. Other birds at the Refuge include Canada and Cackling Geese, Mallard, Green-wngd and Cinnamon Teal, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier and many Northern Pintails. A few Bald Eagles can be seen perching in localized trees or terrorizing the other birds by flying or hunting near them. 

John Rawinski

Monte Vista, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Christmas Bird Count Results

All the Colorado CBC Results are in for this past winter (December 14-January 5), 204 bird species found on the 53 counts that were held, plus four Count Week only species. I have written my summary already, and there were some interesting birds for sure, eastern warblers, and other things. Maybe the most interesting thing, there was only one Golden-crowned Kinglet found on a Colorado CBC this year! A summary with most of the results will be in the Colorado Birds, the Journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists, in the near future, and the full summary will be on the Christmas Bird Count website. If you want to see a copy of the summary of highlights and high counts for each species in the state on Colorado Christmas Bird Counts, just email me.

Brandon Percival

Colorado CBC Regional Editor
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Merganser / Jeffco

South Platte Res this afternoon, mostly frozen over but with some open water on the far East end (trail across the top horrifically muddy).  A small # of Com. Goldeneye, 1 pair Green-winged Teal (seemed odd on the big res), a dozen Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Bald Eagles sitting on the ice, and about 55 Common Merganser, mostly males.  1 Red-breasted male was associating with the flock.

Dave Cameron

Denver

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[cobirds] Re: No joy on the Denver County pyrrhuloxia 2/27

That gentleman was my photography parter Carl. We arrived at 7:15AM and were joined by a birder around :30. Carl and the other gentleman both saw the pyrrhuloxia but it was for a fleeting moment, not enough time to get a lock for a picture.

While I didn't see the pyrrhuloxia, I did have the wonderful pleasure of listening to it sing for about two minutes! I couldn't locate it while it sang. I did get pics of a spotted towhee in the brush next to the alley.

Gary Bowen
Thornton, CO

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My wife Kristin and I spent about an hour from 8:30 to 9:30 this morning looking for the pyrrhuloxia in Denver County at the hotspot.  There were six or eight of us; one gentleman thought he saw it around 7:30, but a Cooper's hawk scattered the mixed flock of house finches, juncos, and black-capped chickadees, along with the pyrrhuloxia.

The flock started to move again around 9:00, but no pyrrhuloxia.

Bryan Arnold

Jeffco, 5,400'

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[cobirds] No joy on the Denver County pyrrhuloxia 2/27

My wife Kristin and I spent about an hour from 8:30 to 9:30 this morning looking for the pyrrhuloxia in Denver County at the hotspot.  There were six or eight of us; one gentleman thought he saw it around 7:30, but a Cooper's hawk scattered the mixed flock of house finches, juncos, and black-capped chickadees, along with the pyrrhuloxia.

The flock started to move again around 9:00, but no pyrrhuloxia.

Bryan Arnold

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Snowy Owl/Weld

A bit of a slow reply, but I also checked CR 104 between 73 and 57 on Monday the 21st with no sign of the Snowy.. I was there late afternoon between 330 and 5. As Dave says it was very cold and very windy. I was lucky to find my first Lapland Longspur amongst hundreds of Horned Larks along CR 106 west of 77 though. 

Thanks,

Jeff Percell

Erie

On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 10:55:48 AM UTC-7 Dave Leatherman wrote:

For what it's worth, a friend of mine and I looked for it late afternoon on 2/21.  Very windy and cold.  Did not see it.  Looked all along both sides of 104 between 73 and 69.  Because of the conditions, we suspected if still present, the bird was in a low spot, not sitting up on fence or hill.  I understand others looked for it earlier in the day, also, to no avail.  

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

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Hi Gary,

I think I was the last to see it on 2/20. I watched it for about 90 minutes until I couldn't see it due to lack of light. I haven't seen any further reports. It was 1/2 mile north of CR 104 north of my eBird checklist location.

Good luck if you go searching.

Adrian Lakin,

Mead, CO

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Anyone see the Snowy Owl after the 2/20 sightings? Have not had a chance to go look for it yet.

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

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[cobirds] Eurasian Wigeon in Pueblo 2/26

Roger Massey found a male Eurasian Wigeon (a CBRC review species) at Valco Pond #4, the pond directly north of the Chain of Lakes Parking lot along Hwy 96, in Pueblo.  This parking lot is part of Lake Pueblo State Park, so a park pass is required to park there.  Many birders were able to see it late morning into the afternoon and many photos were taken.  This is the same pond, a male Eurasian Wigeon (likely the same bird), was seen in December (first seen on the Pueblo Reservoir CBC on December 18th, by Chris Knight), and probably the same bird that was seen in Canon City in late December and in early January.  Surprisingly with the cold air down here, the ponds were mostly open, and not frozen.

Good birding,

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Travel opportunity: Chiapas, Mexico

Hello all,

Three members of the CU Birding Club and I have arranged a private birding tour of Chiapas, Mexico with guide Alberto Martinez for 17-27 March 2022. We need exactly one more person, and we're getting down to the wire, so I thought I would email the list. If you might be interested and want more details, please email me individually at npieplow@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Nathan Pieplow

Boulder

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[cobirds] Bald eagles

Does anyone know if bald eagles are migrating yet?  A week or so ago I saw a bald eagle flying high from south to north.  He looked like he was on a mission!

Brenda beatty

Sedalia, Co

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[cobirds] Re: Saw-whet solo KennCaryl, JeffCo

The same Saw-whet Owl is calling near my home again tonight at Ken Caryl Valley in JeffCo. And I think there is a good chance I can hear it again on coming nights. So I have just added a simple owling "field trip" to the DFO line up to try near my home on Sat. 2/26 at 7 pm. I ask that only people who have never heard a saw-whet owl sign up. If we do hear it, we have a good chance to see it. **But there are never guarantees. This is an easy chance, so I thought we could take it. Information and registration is here:

https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspxA

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

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A Saw-whet Owl has been calling for an hour now along Massey Draw near my home. It is not their nesting habitat near my home (although they nest in forest within a few miles) but there is a pattern of calling birds in the hogback area here in late winter. This one is calling real steady with little breaks , and it's a real treat.

David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton CO

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[cobirds] Summit Co. Redpoll

Had a vocal Redpoll today while riding the E Chair at Breckenridge Ski Resort. Not really sure quite how rare this species is for the region (I recently moved out here for the season from NY), but it came up as rare on eBird and it seems there aren't a whole lot of records for the county. Fun to just have a single bird up in the high sprucey forest as opposed to in birches in town where I would perhaps expect them more.

Adrian Burke

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Snowy Owl/Weld

For what it's worth, a friend of mine and I looked for it late afternoon on 2/21.  Very windy and cold.  Did not see it.  Looked all along both sides of 104 between 73 and 69.  Because of the conditions, we suspected if still present, the bird was in a low spot, not sitting up on fence or hill.  I understand others looked for it earlier in the day, also, to no avail.  

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

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Hi Gary,

I think I was the last to see it on 2/20. I watched it for about 90 minutes until I couldn't see it due to lack of light. I haven't seen any further reports. It was 1/2 mile north of CR 104 north of my eBird checklist location.

Good luck if you go searching.

Adrian Lakin,

Mead, CO

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Hi all

Anyone see the Snowy Owl after the 2/20 sightings? Have not had a chance to go look for it yet.

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

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Re: [cobirds] Bushtit question

Great photo Willem

I have a similar little "gang" here in Denver.  Two of them have distinct markings so I can discern them from the rest.  The stacking just seems to be who hits the branch first and facing direction seems to be really variable.  Similarly when the gang hits my suet feeder, there doesn't seem to be any pecking order except one who seems to get pushed around by the others.  Normally they share the feeder with no squabbling. There are six different holes in a hanging log and they cover them all.

Cheers

Charlie

Denver

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 9:23 AM Willem van Vliet <wwillem@gmail.com> wrote:

A small flock of bushtits visited our yard yesterday. It was just 5F.  When not feeding, they huddled closely together to keep warm, at times in regular head-tail-head-tail order  (https://ebird.org/checklist/S103608720). 

I could not detect if there was a pecking order and wonder if they rotate through the position on the outside, taking turns. If so, is it the weakest who are on the outside, losing the competition for the warmest spots on the inside?  Or is it the strongest on the outside, protecting weaker ones on the inside? Older birds outcompeting younger ones? Families or pairs in the center and left-over singles on the outside? Females seemed to be more often on the outside. Or is it all just random, first come, first served?

Anyone who can shed light on this?

Willem

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Re: [cobirds] Snowy Owl/Weld

It doesn't seem like any of the five Snowy Owls this winter in Colorado, stuck around for more than one day (one of the five was found dead, the four alive ones, were one day wonders as far as I know).  As far as I know, Snowy Owl is a CBRC review species throughout the state, so if you are lucky to find one, make sure to document it for the Colorado Birds Records Committee, if even no one else gets to see them.

Nearly all the Christmas Bird Count Results are in, and a summary will be in Colorado Birds, the Journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists for the counts that got their data in early enough (next year Colorado Christmas Bird Count compilers will be asked to enter all their results by February 1st (so that I can get a summary in Colorado Birds with all the counts included).  My summary on the CBC Website, will be sent to National Audubon, as soon as all the counts are submitted, by the end of the month.

Brandon Percival

CBC Regional Editor
Pueblo West, CO

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Hi all

Anyone see the Snowy Owl after the 2/20 sightings? Have not had a chance to go look for it yet.

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

https://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

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[cobirds] Re: Snowy Owl/Weld

Hi Gary,

I think I was the last to see it on 2/20. I watched it for about 90 minutes until I couldn't see it due to lack of light. I haven't seen any further reports. It was 1/2 mile north of CR 104 north of my eBird checklist location.

Good luck if you go searching.

Adrian Lakin,

Mead, CO

On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 9:05:20 AM UTC-7 colorad...@yahoo.com wrote:

Hi all

Anyone see the Snowy Owl after the 2/20 sightings? Have not had a chance to go look for it yet.

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

https://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland

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[cobirds] Bushtit question

A small flock of bushtits visited our yard yesterday. It was just 5F.  When not feeding, they huddled closely together to keep warm, at times in regular head-tail-head-tail order  (https://ebird.org/checklist/S103608720). 

I could not detect if there was a pecking order and wonder if they rotate through the position on the outside, taking turns. If so, is it the weakest who are on the outside, losing the competition for the warmest spots on the inside?  Or is it the strongest on the outside, protecting weaker ones on the inside? Older birds outcompeting younger ones? Families or pairs in the center and left-over singles on the outside? Females seemed to be more often on the outside. Or is it all just random, first come, first served?

Anyone who can shed light on this?

Willem

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[cobirds] Snowy Owl/Weld

Hi all

Anyone see the Snowy Owl after the 2/20 sightings? Have not had a chance to go look for it yet.

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

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[cobirds] White-winged Dove at Ken Caryl Valley, JeffCo

A White-winged Dove visited my yard briefly this morning. It was a new yard brd, #188. So far I haven't seen it again, but I'm watching. I've had three other records at Ken Caryl Valley in 9 years, scattered over the seasons: Feb., May and July.  

Nothing else of note at my feeders for some time. 

David Suddjian

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[cobirds] Denver Field Ornithologists program February 28 at 7 PM

Join us on Monday, February 28 at 7 PM (mountain time) via Zoom webinar for "A Year in the Lives of North American Owls" featuring award-winning author and wildlife photographer Paul Bannick. He will share photos and videos of owls in all four seasons on their territories from courtship, mating and nesting through foraging for food in the winter. You must pre-register for this program here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rvltcLplTneFI7nM7pTK5g

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[cobirds] DFO Field Trip -Cancelled

The Denver Field Ornithologists field trip titled "Southwestern Metro Area" on Wed. Feb 23 has been cancelled due to expected winter weather conditions. 

Dale Pate

Jefferson County, Colorado

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[cobirds] Pyrrhuloxia sitings today?

Has anyone seen this bird yet this morning? I am considering the drive (120 miles) before the weather changes, but wondered if it has been seen yet this morning (Sunday) and not yet posted to ebird.
Thanks,
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[cobirds] A Thousand Cranes

Just took a quick look around the Monte Vista Refuge and saw about 1000 Sandhill Cranes. The bulk were feeding in the fields west of the visitor center. We are on the cusp of many more birds to come. 

John Rawinski

Monte Vista, CO 

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[cobirds] This Tuesday! Beaver Believers with Boulder Audubon

Beaver Believers Virtual Film Viewing and Q&A

Join Boulder Audubon this Tuesday, February 22 for a special viewing and Q&A of The Beaver Believers! This program will be held online, with advance registration required. If you have already registered, no need to register again!

Sometimes the best solutions to the biggest problems can be found in the most unexpected places. Meet the beaver believers: five scientists and a sassy, spicy hairdresser, tackling climate change, one stick at a time.

The Beaver Believers is the urgent yet whimsical story of an unlikely cadre of activists who share a common vision: restoring the North American Beaver, that most industrious, ingenious, bucktoothed engineer, to the watersheds of the arid West. The Beaver Believers encourage us to embrace a new paradigm for managing our western lands, one that seeks to partner with the natural world rather than overpower it.

Sarah Koenigsberg is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and educator whose work focuses on stories of art, environment, and community in the American West. Her films and teaching cross disciplines, illuminating the power of storytelling as a medium through which to explore complex science and policy issues.

Dr. Emily Fairfax is an ecohydrologist and assistant professor of environmental science and resource management at California State University Channel Islands. She double majored in Chemistry and Physics as an undergraduate at Carleton College, then earned her PhD in Geological Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder.

When: This Tuesday, February 22, 7:15 - 8:45 pm

Where: Online via Zoom. Please register in advance here. The Zoom link will be emailed to you in advance of the event.

Learn more here at our website.

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[cobirds] Interesting House Finch

Showed up at the feeder this afternoon.  I've noticed some on occasion with a bit of orange or yellow, but this one was the most completely yellow I've seen.  It even had yellow above the tail, visible when it flew.

Rolf Hertenstein

Lyons, Boulder County

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[cobirds] DFO field trip to San Luis Valley Mar 14-16

CoBirders,

I'm calling attention to a great overnight DFO field trip to the San Luis Valley in mid-March. There are still a few spaces open for this fun exploration of this great birding region at a special time of year. We will focus coverage in Alamosa, Rio Grande, Costilla and Conejos counties, plus some others will be birded a bit. Three counties will be new for DFO field trips. Let's hope for favorable weather. Details are here:

https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx

There are still open spots on other upcoming DFO trips, too. And I point out that those on a waitlist often end up on a trip, so consider that if a trip you are interested in is full now. These DFO trips are free. 

David Suddjian

DFO Field Trip Chair

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[cobirds] A short report from Cheyenne and Kiowa counties 2/14

DFO's outing to Cheyenne and Kiowa Counties on Monday 2/14 had the Common Redpolls in Cheyenne as a highlight, which I posted on from the field that morning. But the flock of about 35 redpolls were at CR 20, not 22 as I had posted that day. I've attached two nice pics taken by Gary Witt, including redpolls flying! Here is a link to our checklist with some other photos. 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S102681205

eBird has no other records of redpolls from Cheyenne County, and it seemed from the CFO county birding page that there were none, so perhaps this was the first county record. 

After encountering so many Rough-legged Hawks (and other raptors) the prior week in Phillips and Yuma, we were surprised by the paucity of raptors on our transects through Cheyenne and Kiowa. There we had just 4 Rough-legged Hawks as opposed to 27 in the two northeastern counties, And those were our only 4 identified buteos the entire day; we even missed Red-tailed Hawk despite driving over 350 miles in eastern CO!  Open field birds like Horned Lark and Lapland Longspur were fairly sparse (224 and 47 on our 18 complete checklists, for example). Also missing for us were Golden Eagle, Ferruginous Hawk and Prairie Falcon, all to be expected I think, on such an outing. 

At Neenoshe Reservoir we found great numbers of geese, with an estimated 25,000 white geese  (mostly Snow) and 13,000 Canada/Cackling. 

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] GHO

When your favorite tree & hunting areas are burned you have to set up a new home.

A flower pot is as good as anything! 

This is on a neighbor's back deck. There is one egg in the pot. Fortunately the owners are willing to let it be & give it space. They have been dived bombed once by the mate.

I've noticed our neighborhood Red-tails are still around but now also hunt in a neighborhood where there is less burn area. I saw the neighborhood Kestrel a few days after the fire but have not seen it lately.

Lisa Carp

Superior

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Re: [cobirds] Aiken Audubon program on MOTUS tonight

PS. Since we're frequently asked, yes, Aiken Audubon programs are recorded and are usually posted within a week or so. 

aikenaudubon.com

Linda Hodges

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:20 AM linda hodges <hikerhodges@gmail.com> wrote:

Greetings, birders,

This evenig, Avian Ecologist Matt Webb will offer a presentation on the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. It's a fascinating venture, and if you're not familiar with it, or would like the lastest updates, I strongly encourage you to join us.

TONIGHT
7:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 16th on Zoom

Tracking Birds From The Great Plains to The Chihuahuan Desert

Grassland birds are among the most imperiled group of birds in the United States. The Motus Wildlife Tracking System (Motus) is a network of automated radio telemetry stations that offers an effective method to explore animal movement. Join Avian Ecologist Matt Webb to learn more about how Bird Conservancy of the Rockies is developing a network of Motus stations and tagging birds across the Great Plains and Chihuahuan Desert to study the movement behavior of grassland birds. This network will allow researchers to gain a new understanding of how grassland birds move throughout their full annual cycle.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84223552864?pwd=KytVZktsNmxLSkpiRWJaemhSdHZkQT09

Meeting ID: 842 2355 2864
Passcode: 143561

Hope to see you tonight,

Linda

Linda Hodges

Aiken Audubon

Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Aiken Audubon program on MOTUS tonight

Greetings, birders,

This evenig, Avian Ecologist Matt Webb will offer a presentation on the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. It's a fascinating venture, and if you're not familiar with it, or would like the lastest updates, I strongly encourage you to join us.

TONIGHT
7:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 16th on Zoom

Tracking Birds From The Great Plains to The Chihuahuan Desert

Grassland birds are among the most imperiled group of birds in the United States. The Motus Wildlife Tracking System (Motus) is a network of automated radio telemetry stations that offers an effective method to explore animal movement. Join Avian Ecologist Matt Webb to learn more about how Bird Conservancy of the Rockies is developing a network of Motus stations and tagging birds across the Great Plains and Chihuahuan Desert to study the movement behavior of grassland birds. This network will allow researchers to gain a new understanding of how grassland birds move throughout their full annual cycle.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84223552864?pwd=KytVZktsNmxLSkpiRWJaemhSdHZkQT09

Meeting ID: 842 2355 2864
Passcode: 143561

Hope to see you tonight,

Linda

Linda Hodges

Aiken Audubon

Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Re Yellow-headed Blackbirds

Hi

I remember years ago being in central Mexico, late winter-early spring, where  enormous flocks of Yellow-headed Blackbirds wintered. The spectacle was made even more dramatic, because of the tendency of blackbirds to separate into  same sex flocks. So image a huge flock, containing many thousands of male Yellow-headed Blackbirds all swooping and swerving, with the flock size constantly shifting and re-formulating  in size. From a distant a flock can appear like a huge yellow ball, because of the dominate coloration of the yellow on head of males. It's is a visualization that I'll never forget.

Bob Righter

Denver, CO 

Re: [cobirds] Flock of yellow-headed blackbirds drop mysteriously from sky in Mexico – video

A link to The Guardian's article.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/14/why-did-birds-fall-from-sky-in-mexico-probably-a-predator-experts-say-aoe

Why did birds fall from sky in Mexico? Probably a predator, experts say | Birds | The Guardian Instead of pollution or 5G, it was most likely another bird that caused deaths caught on camera in Cuauhtémoc Last modified on Tue 15 Feb 2022 00.10 EST Hundreds of yellow-headed blackbirds have ... www.theguardian.com

Feb. 2005, I planned to spend one night in Cuauhtemoc Chihuahua as I traveled by bus to Creel.  I before dusk I went to the plaza and experienced an amazing spectacle.  The sky was black with thousands of yellow headed black birds coming to roost in the plaza trees for the night.  The sound was deafening.  Locals said this was a daily occurrence.  I spend another night so I could watch the birds come in from the surrounding fields from the roof of my hotel.  

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Subject: Re: [cobirds] Flock of yellow-headed blackbirds drop mysteriously from sky in Mexico – video

 

It doesn't look like they died, it looks like they landed briefly then
took off again.

Scott Rashid
Estes park



On 2/15/2022 10:52 AM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds wrote:
> Extraordinary video of yellow headed blackbird's crashing from the sky. In Mexico.
> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2022/feb/14/flock-of-yellow-headed-blackbirds-drop-mysteriously-from-sky-in-mexico-video?CMP=share_btn_link
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Re: [cobirds] Flock of yellow-headed blackbirds drop mysteriously from sky in Mexico – video

The Reuters Twitter video included in the provided link does indeed show what appear to be dozens of dead Yellow-headed Blackbirds on the street...

Eric

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Eric DeFonso
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 2:12 PM Kevin Rumery <rumeryjk@comcast.net> wrote:

It might be a part of a murmuration that got too close to the ground (possibly avoiding predator as already noted). Except for the blue sky background, I would wonder about a possible microburst or some other sudden downdraft, but without meteorological data from the scene, the predator avoidance seems most likely.  Agree that it appears that most birds were able to move after grounding.  As fast as they came down, a few casualties might be expected…

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> On Feb 15, 2022, at 10:52 AM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Extraordinary video of yellow headed blackbird's crashing from the sky. In Mexico.
> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2022/feb/14/flock-of-yellow-headed-blackbirds-drop-mysteriously-from-sky-in-mexico-video?CMP=share_btn_link
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