Re: [cobirds] Historical perspective on Bohemians?

CoBirders,

Yes, 2013 seems to have been a good irruption year for Bohemian Waxwings (BOWA) too. I chased a huge flock being seen near Loveland at Simpson Ponds SWA in mid-March of that year. These were my eBird lifers (first time reported to eBird) though I had seen them almost 2 decades earlier in MT and in AK.

I'm one of those birders that hasn't managed to find a huge flock this year. I've had a total of 6 in a mixed flock in junipers near Marston Lake a couple days ago after at least 6 visits to the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt. I keep looking...

Good Birding,

Chip Clouse

Lakewood

On Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 3:01 AM SeEttaM <seettam@gmail.com> wrote:

I suspect the 2013 Bohemian Waxwings Brandon noted he saw in Fremont County were likely in the flock I posted about on my blog that were fly catching aerial insects at now closed Holcim Wetlands. 

My only other sighting in southern Colorado was of few Bohemian Waxwings I remember seeing in Salida around 2015 but I didn't post them anywhere.

SeEtta Moss 

Canon City 

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 4:21 PM Brandon <flammowl17@gmail.com> wrote:

In Southern Colorado, the last eruption of Bohemian Waxwings was in February 2005, there were 3,000+ around Lathrop State Park, Huerfano County.  Between 2005 and 2022, I only saw Bohemian Waxwings in Colorado in 2013 in Fremont County, a small number.  

Colorado Christmas Bird Counts this winter, found some Bohemian Waxwings, though the big numbers were mostly found after the Christmas Bird Count season was over.  Since not all the results are in yet, I don't know how many counts found them, and how many.  

Though so far, six counts found them, with a total of 250 birds.  

Denver (urban) CBC - 1

Douglas County CBC - 37

Granby CBC - 60

Gunnison CBC - 30

Loveland CBC - 81

Weldona-Fort Morgan CBC - 41

 

Brandon Percival

Colorado CBC Regional Editor
Pueblo West, CO

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