Re: [cobirds] Id help please, Larimer county

[Charlie Chase]

Definitely sounds like a gang of young house sparrows.  They are rampaging
through my neighborhood at the moment as well.

Charlie Chase
Denver




On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 7:08 PM 'ronbco' via Colorado Birds <
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> Today in my backyard against the foothills west of Berthoud. In a modest
> sized locust tree.  A group of about 5 sparrow-sized birds arrived and made
> a ruckus. I had great looks but can’t determine what they are.
> Larger than house sparrow and certainly no male appearances in the group.
> Drab buff breast with slightly lighter almost white throat. Some
> sparrow-like wing colors but not dramatic. Conical substantial beak; some
> with a hint of yellow on the bottom beak. Definite lighter colored eye
> strip above.
> Absolutely no stripes on breast rules out vesper. Breast color too light
> for chipping and grasshopper.
> That seems to leave female Dickcissel but I’m in a neighborhood that is
> not much like grasslands.
> Reasonably Possible?
>
> Ron Bolton
> Berthoud, Larimer county
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Re: [cobirds] Id help please, Larimer county

[Joe Roller]

Juvenile House Sparrows.

Joe Roller, Denver

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 7:08 PM 'ronbco' via Colorado Birds <
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> Today in my backyard against the foothills west of Berthoud. In a modest
> sized locust tree.  A group of about 5 sparrow-sized birds arrived and made
> a ruckus. I had great looks but can’t determine what they are.
> Larger than house sparrow and certainly no male appearances in the group.
> Drab buff breast with slightly lighter almost white throat. Some
> sparrow-like wing colors but not dramatic. Conical substantial beak; some
> with a hint of yellow on the bottom beak. Definite lighter colored eye
> strip above.
> Absolutely no stripes on breast rules out vesper. Breast color too light
> for chipping and grasshopper.
> That seems to leave female Dickcissel but I’m in a neighborhood that is
> not much like grasslands.
> Reasonably Possible?
>
> Ron Bolton
> Berthoud, Larimer county
>
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[cobirds] Id help please, Larimer county

['ronbco' via Colorado Birds]

Today in my backyard against the foothills west of Berthoud. In a modest sized 
locust tree.  A group of about 5 sparrow-sized birds arrived and made a ruckus. 
I had great looks but can’t determine what they are. 
Larger than house sparrow and certainly no male appearances in the group. 
Drab buff breast with slightly lighter almost white throat. Some sparrow-like 
wing colors but not dramatic. Conical substantial beak; some with a hint of 
yellow on the bottom beak. Definite lighter colored eye strip above. 
Absolutely no stripes on breast rules out vesper. Breast color too light for 
chipping and grasshopper. 
That seems to leave female Dickcissel but I’m in a neighborhood that is not 
much like grasslands.
Reasonably Possible?  

Ron Bolton
Berthoud, Larimer county

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Re: [cobirds] Hummingbird considers drinking from urine stream - Thread Closed

[David Suddjian]

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On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 9:51 AM David Gulbenkian 
wrote:

> In a week without much birding news, perhaps this incident will amuse.
> At 6 AM in my garden, a female hummer twice approached within an inch
> of my urine stream.  Of course I tried to discourage her.  I believe she
> was
> confused because, in the same spot at the same time 2 days ago, I was
> standing right next to a sprinkler set so low that the drops only rose
> some 8".  This
> same bird (I'm sure) came for a drink, apparently sipping drops out of the
> air and
> also from the dripping fronds of a tarragon plant.  Then it moved just
> beyond the
> sprinkling and perched 8" above the ground on the wire of a tomato cage,
> where
> it spent a good minute or two preening and spreading out its feathers.
> All this while
> I was standing practically right over her.
> I believe when it saw me today and saw the liquid stream, it thought it
> could repeat the
> enjoyable experience.
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[cobirds] Hummingbird considers drinking from urine stream

[David Gulbenkian]

In a week without much birding news, perhaps this incident will amuse.
At 6 AM in my garden, a female hummer twice approached within an inch
of my urine stream.  Of course I tried to discourage her.  I believe she was
confused because, in the same spot at the same time 2 days ago, I was
standing right next to a sprinkler set so low that the drops only rose some 
8".  This
same bird (I'm sure) came for a drink, apparently sipping drops out of the 
air and
also from the dripping fronds of a tarragon plant.  Then it moved just 
beyond the
sprinkling and perched 8" above the ground on the wire of a tomato cage, 
where
it spent a good minute or two preening and spreading out its feathers.  All 
this while
I was standing practically right over her.  
I believe when it saw me today and saw the liquid stream, it thought it 
could repeat the
enjoyable experience.  

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[cobirds] Indigo Bunting still present in Chautauqua Park Boulder

[janeb1952]

In hillside meadow Bluebell Road across from cottage 15
Jane Baryames 
Boulder

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