RE: [cobirds] Bird sound quiz

[John Ealy]

I concur with Tina Mitchell: Young black-headed grosbeaks in my neck of the 
woods make the same calls when begging to be fed. It's a plaintive, descending 
sound, often as a single note but usually followed by one or two quicker 
ascending calls and resolving on that descending note. It's like a wolf 
whistle, but sung sad with a one-note intro. Listen a few minutes, and the 
telltale squeaky "chip" of an adult arriving usually follows.

I have been watching five or six juveniles in my backyard do this over the past 
few weeks. Until Mike's recording, I hadn't heard this call  for the species on 
various online guides.
John Ealy 
Roxborough Park, Douglas County CO

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RE: [cobirds] Bird sound quiz

[Mitchell, Christina]

Hi, folks—

To my ear, this sounds like late July/August at our house in pinyon-juniper 
habitat in Frémont County—the incessant begging calls of young Black-headed 
Grosbeaks.  We don’t live there anymore, but the sound immediately transported 
me back.

Tina Mitchell
formerly Lakewood/Coaldale; currently, Oceanside, CA



On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 5:13:14 AM UTC-6, Mike Britten wrote:
Folks,

I really enjoyed Ted Floyd’s recent bird sound quizzes (I did not get the 
correct answers). I heard and recorded a new (to me) sound several weeks ago in 
my yard near Florissant Fossil Beds NM (west of Colorado Springs) which seems 
like a good candidate for a bird sound quiz.

The recording is on my e-bird checklist for July 22nd at about 8AM 
(https://ebird.org/checklist/S71722064). I saw several of the birds making this 
vocalization. I entered it as “unknown passerine” since e-bird doesn’t allow 
“unknown bird” (I am not saying it isn’t a passerine however).

The area is an open ponderosa pine woodland with meadows all around at about 
8,500 feet elevation.

Does anyone know this species? I’ll be embarrassed if everyone knows it right 
off the bat,

Mike Britten
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[cobirds] stakeout hotspot for Mexican Whip-poor-will (Fremont)

[Joe Roller]

I set up a stakeout hotspot named -
"stakeout Mexican Whip-poor-will, Oak Creek Grade Rd (2020)"
Birders can aggregate their checklists from there if they choose.

If merging a Personal Location with an eBird hotspot is not a familiar task,
you'll find detailed directions at the eBird HELP center:
https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000850891-choosing-and-managing-locations-in-ebird#anchorMergeLocation

Go to:
eBird Hotspot FAQs
and scroll down to "How do I merge a personal location with an existing
Hotspot?"

Joe Roller, Denver
Volunteer eBird hotspot reviewer

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[cobirds] Re: Bird sound quiz

[John McConnell]

I've been hearing that around our house now for several weeks. It somewhat 
coincided with the return of a huge flock of evening grosbeaks. We also 
live in a pine wooded area around 8400 ft. We have a few pairs of black 
headed grosbeaks with young, several western tanagers, and every 
woodpecker/nuthatch you'd expect here. After listening to sound samples 
online, the closest thing I came up with was the evening grosbeak 'type 5' 
sound. It doesn't have the little lilt or lift your sound sample has (which 
is exactly like what I've been hearing at my house) but it's close. The 
sounds come and go much like the flock of grosbeaks. Sometimes we'll hear 
it all over, then it's gone. Our evening grosbeaks do make the more 
traditional rasping gym teacher whistle type sound when they are on our 
feeders. I've spent some time trying to ID who is making this sound and am 
confident I will find the bird making this whistle soon and will let you 
know for sure who it is. 

We only have a few goldfinches vist once or twice a year and they never 
stay more than a few days so it's definitely not them. It's a loud sound 
you'd expect from a grosbeak sized bird.

John McConnell
Evergreen, Jefferson CO

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 5:13:14 AM UTC-6, Mike Britten wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
>
> I really enjoyed Ted Floyd’s recent bird sound quizzes (I did not get the 
> correct answers). I heard and recorded a new (to me) sound several weeks 
> ago in my yard near Florissant Fossil Beds NM (west of Colorado Springs) 
> which seems like a good candidate for a bird sound quiz.
>
>
> The recording is on my e-bird checklist for July 22nd at about 8AM (
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S71722064). I saw several of the birds making 
> this vocalization. I entered it as “unknown passerine” since e-bird doesn’t 
> allow “unknown bird” (I am not saying it isn’t a passerine however).
>
>
> The area is an open ponderosa pine woodland with meadows all around at 
> about 8,500 feet elevation.
>
>
> Does anyone know this species? I’ll be embarrassed if everyone knows it 
> right off the bat,
>
>
> Mike Britten
>

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[cobirds] Williamson's Sapsucker, Conifer (Jefferson County), CO

[Richard Taylor]

Perhaps some local birders still need Williamson's Sapsucker. On the 
strength of a recent sighting by Art Hudak, Mary and I headed out to 
HotSpot Conifer Community Park at Beaver Ranch (a mile or so south of 
Conifer, CO) and spent over 3 hours looking. We hiked around trying to find 
the tree Art had posted a photo of that is riddled with sapsucker holes.  
We finally found it on Tipi Loop a little south of where it intersects with 
Chapel Trail.  I recommend driving to the parking area for Disc Golf (near 
39° 30.377'N, 105° 17.897'W).  Then walk Chapel Trail from the Disc Golf 
Entrance to the SW then S.  This trail intersects Tipi Loop and Loggers 
Loop.  Walk uphill.  See the riddled tree and start looking.  Further 
uphill where Loggers Loop bends to the left (SE) we found one Williamson's 
Sapsucker foraging with two Red-naped Sapsuckers.  There was no drumming.  
The birds were generally high in the trees, but with patience, the 
Williamson's did move to a more accessible viewing location.  My sighting 
was near 39° 30.094'N, 105° 18.230'W.  I walked around to a tree-free area 
to get the light behind me.  ...there they were.  Otherwise birding was 
excellent.  See my checklist at https://ebird.org/checklist/S72161466  
Note: It currently contains a ridiculous sighting of Northern Parula 
awaiting a reviewer to shoot it down. 

Rick Taylor, Broomfield, CO (part time), Cumming, GA (most time)

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[cobirds] What's Better Than One White-winged Dove ../Weld

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi all

We now have two White-winged Dove visiting our yard. Definitely a first! 
Our first (and only) White-winged was about ten years ago.

Photos: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland

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