A Pinyon Jay would be much more unusual at Centennial. Over the past few weeks in the Ken Caryl and Deer Creek area -- where the scrub-jay is resident in the oak and scrub habitats -- I have seen some evidence of movement by Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, e.g., loose strings of individuals flying along the hogback ridges (mostly southbound) and individuals turning up in spots where they are usually absent.
David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, CO On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:53 AM, 'Rosanne J.' via Colorado Birds < cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Regarding Scrub Jay sightings. I looked out around 7:00 am into my western > Centennial backyard and saw a jay on top of a shepherd's crook. I assumed > it was a Woodhouse's because of CoBirds posts. However, I just saw some > images on the CFO Facebook page of Pinyon Jays, and I think my bird looked > more like one of them. My bird had no white, black, or grey on its back. It > was a brilliant blue. Is it possible it could have been a Pinyon? Or would > that be rather rare to see one around here? > Rosanne Juergens > Near Arpahoe and Broadway > Centennial, CO > > On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 8:39:41 AM UTC-6, Scott Somershoe wrote: >> >> Just a couple notes on birds following on previous threads. >> >> In following the recent Woodhouse's Scrub Jay theme, I had at least 1 >> causing a racket in my yard on Saturday afternoon. I think there were 2, >> but it (they?) got into my neighbors dense pines, got skulky and >> disappeared before I could be certain. I live in Littleton, by Clement >> Park and Columbine HS in eastern Jeff Co. >> >> Right about the same time scrub jays were being reports in Arapahoe Co. >> (30 Aug), I had 2 Woodhouse's flying eastbound past my office window in >> Lakewood at Union Blvd and 2nd (by St Anthony's hospital). (Thank goodness >> for conference calls). This location is a little further from the >> foothills than my house (about 5 miles), but my first around here. >> >> This morning, Monday, I had a pair pf Pygmy Nuthatches in the same spruce >> across the street from my house where I had them on 20 Aug. I haven't >> heard/seen any since the first encounter. >> >> Good birding, >> Scott Somershoe >> Littleton, Jeff Co. >> >> -- > 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/794940be-0864-4534-9906-5d1ab63b5434%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/794940be-0864-4534-9906-5d1ab63b5434%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > 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/CAGj6RooPum9sFi3dxw_2S%3DeH-jzU_8DU26KBYsWdsF%2BN2pDVvA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
