The Golden-crowned Sparrow continued in my west Centennial (Arapahoe) yard this morning (10/3). It's drawn to my catmint and, of course, the bird seed. But it tends to come out only for short periods of time (3-5) minutes and seems to take lengthy breaks in the brush. It waits out, too, the squirrels, who are the first to arrive to new seed.
Also in the yard was a Green-tailed Towhee and a continuing, late Black-chinned Hummingbird. If the sparrow continues tomorrow, I'll be doing a small, trial run of visitors, to see how my dogs (a Chihuahua-Terrier who contains multitudes and a one-eyed Shih Tzu...quite a crew!) respond to people milling about the yard as I work from home. If it goes well, I'll post about visiting. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 9:09:11 AM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: > > One last update... > > I think this bird arrived yesterday (10/1), as I briefly saw an > unidentified, but large & interesting sparrow in my yard (in west > Centennial, nearish deKoevend Park [Arapahoe]) yesterday, late afternoon, a > bit before dusk. > > If this bird hangs around through the week, I'll try to figure out a way > for birders to visit with it. > > Finally, as I left to walk my dog this morning, I heard and then saw a > Pygmy Nuthatch in a neighbor's tree. But whatever birds were around when I > left the house seemed gone when I got back, perhaps owing to one of the > neighborhood cats, which we saw a few doors down on our walk. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > > On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7:44:27 AM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: >> >> This morning (10/2), I spotted a large sparrow foraging in my yard. Seen >> through binoculars, themselves seeing through the kitchen window, I saw a >> mostly gray-faced sparrow with a black lid to that face and a yellowish >> spot atop it all. Though stupefied, this bird came to mind. >> >> I went outside to put down seed and look for this bird. My dog insisting >> on joining me, and then insisted on crashing through the brush to chase >> squirrels away from the feed. So there was no chance the sparrow would >> visit the seed with us out there. I did see it, though, in a tree at the >> border of my neighbor's yard and mine. It seems to be loosely associating >> with a Spotted Towhee. The second view, though brief, affirmed the first. >> The bird called a few times, too. Though I'm tone deaf and unable to >> describe any qualities to sounds, it seems to me to be the right call for >> this bird. >> >> I hope it returns to the seed, and I hope to get a photo. But I reserve >> the right to be wrong on all of this. >> >> - Jared Del Rosso >> Centennial, 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/26a3103e-c395-4fee-a6b9-5aced478e37c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
