That is very interesting that you posed the question about the sage thrasher at high altitude. Today, I saw a Sage Thrasher in my neighborhood at near 8700' elevation, north of Nederland in Boulder County. I ran for my camera as I thought no one would believe this. I was shocked myself. However, I checked the species on ebirds, and see it reported in some high altitude areas: Niwot Ridge, Rainbow Lakes, and Brainard lakes in Boulder County were a few of those listed. So, I guess its not as usual as I thought. (Maybe unusual, but not unheard of... : )
Thanks for raising the question. Maureen Blackford Boulder County Stephen Getty <stephen.ge...@coloradocollege.edu> wrote: >COBirders, > >I was encouraged by another C Springs birder to report... > >1. Sage Thrasher hopping around atop Tenney Crags (10,100 ft) west of C >Springs on July 4. Weird! It is many miles from what I think of as Sage >Thrasher habitat. I was curious if other CO birders have encountered them at >such elevations. (we could also have some natural selection here from a >wanderer; it would have had to flown over a lot of pine/spruce/aspen forest to >get there!). Perhaps this is more expected around areas like Gunnison. > >2. 80-100 Ravens were swirling in a cloud at Tenney Crags. There are a couple >apparent nests, but this species is increasing in C Springs. For example, at >5:30 AM June 18 (I was heading out for Chestnut-collared Longspur), I noted a >raven flight at high elevation flying down from Crags fanning out to Colorado >Springs (dumpsters, parking lots?). On another evening in early June I noted a >tight flock of 26 ravens flying up to crags area, presumably to roost. In the >past I'd seen 2-3 flying up there. > >3. Calliope (m) on July 3 at house was several days ahead of records from >prior 14 years (but within error...low n) > >Best, >Steve Getty >Colorado Springs > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Colorado Birds" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY1PR0601MB1424CCD24CCA9C40BEC2F995F83B0%40CY1PR0601MB1424.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e8q3dlef27pwppufkqyi8w3c.1467861020293%40email.android.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
