Re: [cobirds] Lake McIntosh 11/20

I'll add red rocks to the list. I was walking the stairs for exercise the other day and was amazed that I was surrounded by solitaires. I had never heard so much singing, it was a fantastic addition to my exercise!

Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county 

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On Nov 20, 2022, at 4:35 PM, Nathan Pieplow <npieplow@gmail.com> wrote:



Mark et al.,

One of the cool things about solitaires is that they sing to defend a breeding territory in spring, and then they sing again in the fall to defend a wintering territory -- preferably one with a lot of berries. So I'm not too surprised to hear of territorial behavior in this species in November!

Nathan Pieplow

Boulder 

On Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 3:48 PM Mark Miller <snowy.owlets@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone, 

Today 11/20 I visited Lake McIntosh in Longmont to get some idea of what's going on with the ice and snow. The lake is 99% frozen, with just a Western Grebe, a few Mallards, scattered Canada Geese, and a clump of Ring-billed Gulls. No real surprise there. As I was walking back to my car, I heard a Townsend's Solitaire singing. I tracked it down and found it in a private yard, singing away (viewed from the street). The bird then flew over to a parked car and sat on the side-view mirror. It alternated between perching on the mirror and attacking its reflection in the driver side window. It's the third week of November and this bird is acting like it's spring. The homeowner came out and we had a brief chat; she saw the bird and seemed interested in it, but she had errands to run. I hope the solitaire gets a grip soon.

Mark Miller 

Longmont, CO 

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