Having had visits from both a Steller's J and a Woodhouse's S-J in my east-central Denver backyard earlier this month, is the prevailing opinion that lack of food (drought?) in their usual habitat may be driving more of these and other higher-country species down here to the Plains?
Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver
On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM Brad Dobson <bradford.dobson@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting. We had a number of Steller's Jays here recently on the west side of
Loveland and I see a number of reports further East, almost all
2026: I usually have to get up into the forest a little more to see them.
David Suddjian <dsuddjian@gmail.com> writes:
> Now much bird reporting is happening on the list, so I thought I'd chime in with a report of Pine Grosbeak this morning at 7,150' elevation in
> Ponderosa / Douglas-fir forest along High Grade Road in Jeff Co near Littleton. eBird does not have any other records for the county between
> mid-Aug to late Oct, and most are from late winter into early spring.
>
> David Suddjian
> Littleton CO
>
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