I liked that thought-provoking post. Among the more unique days I've had, I was fortunate one spring day to see the three Phoebes in Canyon City, over a wide area with many stops. On another trip there I saw Rock, Canyon, and Bewick's Wrens at Tunnel Drive (no House Wren). John Breitsch and I once saw the six swallow species over Hasty Lake. The only other thing I can remember is on a dawn to late-afternoon visit to Chico Basin Ranch I saw the four falcon species. All of those were one-timers over a lot of years, it seems to me that the more often I hit the trail and the more different places I go, the higher my chances to are to eventually have an interesting accumulation of related species.
Dan Stringer Larkspur, CO On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 1:04:00 PM UTC-6, Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO wrote: > > Seeing an Eastern Phoebe this morning (Boulder Creek at 75th St.) got me > thinking about Trifectas or Hat Tricks. It is getting more likely each > year that someone could see the Black, Eastern, and Say’s Phoebes all from > the same spot. There are several other Hat Tricks possible, at varying > levels of difficulty. I’m sure many of us have seen three Jay species > together. Swallows (several possible combinations). Nuthatches (red, > white, pygmy)? Bluebirds (east, west, mountain)? Rosy-finches? Wrens > (house, rock, canyon)? Longspurs??? > > > We live in an area that makes several Trifectas possible that would be > inconceivable in most parts of the country. I’m sure there are many > additional with varying degrees of complexity. -Curt Brown > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6c7a4247-2944-4867-b9f9-8db260e63f5c%40googlegroups.com.
