[cobirds] Re: Great Horned Owl on chimney Highlands Ranch Douglas County

[Lesley Brown]

Update:  The owl has left!  We are relieved.  : )

Lesley Brown
Highlands Ranch
Douglas County

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 10:32:36 PM UTC-6 Lesley Brown wrote:

> Hi, we've had a great horned owl on top of our chimney for about 3 hours. 
>  We could hear it making kind of clunking noises and thought it must have 
> prey that it was eating. But we just went out with a flashlight to check on 
> it, 2-story house so it's hard to see much.  It's standing on top of the 
> metal chimney cap.  We attempted to get it to fly, just to make sure it 
> wasn't stuck somehow, but it didn't fly away.  My husband thinks the cap 
> has screening on it, so we're worried that it might have caught a talon in 
> the screen.  Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lesley Brown
> Highlands Ranch
> Douglas County
>

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[cobirds] Great Horned Owl on chimney Highlands Ranch Douglas County

[Lesley Brown]

Hi, we've had a great horned owl on top of our chimney for about 3 hours. 
 We could hear it making kind of clunking noises and thought it must have 
prey that it was eating. But we just went out with a flashlight to check on 
it, 2-story house so it's hard to see much.  It's standing on top of the 
metal chimney cap.  We attempted to get it to fly, just to make sure it 
wasn't stuck somehow, but it didn't fly away.  My husband thinks the cap 
has screening on it, so we're worried that it might have caught a talon in 
the screen.  Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Lesley Brown
Highlands Ranch
Douglas County

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Daily Update 9/28/21

[Nancy Ransom]

Today our capture rate slowed down significantly and I hope it will 
increase tomorrow as we are expecting the temperatures to dip tomorrow 
night. We have a school group of 50 showing up tomorrow, so I expect we'll 
be pretty busy (if not with the birds, definitely the kids) 

Chico captures for 9/28: 
Wilson's Warbler 5
Hermit Thrush 3
Lazuli Bunting 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Brown Thrasher 1

We are open 6 days a week at Chico Basin Ranch (closed Sunday), usually 
returning from the first net run around 7am and staying open until about 
11:30am, weather permitting. Thank you for your continued support!  I'll 
only be here until this Saturday, so if you're interested in coming to 
visit, make sure to do so before I leave on Sunday! It's been a pleasure 
working with you all and hope to see you all again soon :) 

Nancy Ransom

Bander, Chico Basin Ranch
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 



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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/28/21

[Meredith McBurney]

Twice as many birds banded as Sunday, for a total of 10, as the slow season 
continues.  We did have a rare bird today - a lovely adult male 
Black-throated Blue Warbler - only the third caught in the past 15 years.  
Here's the breakdown:

House Wren 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1

We are open 6 days a week, weather permitting through October 23.  Closed 
Mondays.  Click here 
 to register to 
visit - we are offering one-hour slots (up to 12 visitors at a time); 
7:30-8:30 most weekdays, and 8-9, 9-10, and 10-11 on weekends.  Come visit!

Meredith McBurney
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Cherry Creek Res--Common Terns

[Robert Righter]

Hi All

At Pelican Point 

3 worn juvenile Common Terns
5 Yellowlegs, Greater and Lesser
3-4  American Pipits on south shore, viewable from Pelican Point.

Bob Righter
Denver Colorado

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Re: [cobirds] ID help

[Gary Brower]

Thanks to all for the ID help.

I’ll stick with Virginia’s Warbler.  My main reason for doubting (and asking 
for help) was eBird’s flagging it as “Rare”.

the other suggestions folks have made didn’t quite fit.  Kinglet didn’t have 
the yellow wash that I saw so clearly. Yellow-rumps didn’t have the complete 
eye-ring, and the breast on my bird had no streaking. Pine Warbler is even 
trickier.

Any way thanks for all of your help!

Gary Brower
Unincorporated Arapahoe County

> On Sep 28, 2021, at 8:00 AM, Lynne Forrester  wrote:
> 
> Why do you doubt Virginia's? I've seen them in the suburbs in early fall, 
> especially in brushy areas around water. Have you also considered 
> Nashville.?I find them very similarly this time of year and have seen both 
> together in the fall as well.
> 
> Lynne Forrester 
> Jefferson County
> From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Gary 
> Brower 
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 8:51:50 PM
> To: Colorado Birds 
> Subject: [cobirds] ID help
>  
> Friends, 
> 
> I know this is a challenge, but I could use some help. Here’s the description 
> of a bird I saw this morning in Cherry Creek SP, semi-near Cherry Creek HS:
> 
> Warbler shaped/sized. White eye-ring. Pale yellow wash on throat, and 
> extending down each side of the breast.. Fluttering in top of tree. Some 
> wing-barring. Chest was buff-colored.
> 
> In looking through field guides, I ruled out vireos. Not a sparrow, clearly. 
> The closest thing (by picture) was Virginia’s Warbler…..but I highly doubt 
> that!
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Gary Brower
> Unincorporated Arapahoe County 
> 
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Re: [cobirds] ID help

[Lynne Forrester]

Why do you doubt Virginia's? I've seen them in the suburbs in early fall, 
especially in brushy areas around water. Have you also considered Nashville.?I 
find them very similarly this time of year and have seen both together in the 
fall as well.

Lynne Forrester
Jefferson County

From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Gary 
Brower 
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 8:51:50 PM
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] ID help

Friends,

I know this is a challenge, but I could use some help. Here’s the description 
of a bird I saw this morning in Cherry Creek SP, semi-near Cherry Creek HS:

Warbler shaped/sized. White eye-ring. Pale yellow wash on throat, and extending 
down each side of the breast.. Fluttering in top of tree. Some wing-barring. 
Chest was buff-colored.

In looking through field guides, I ruled out vireos. Not a sparrow, clearly. 
The closest thing (by picture) was Virginia’s Warbler…..but I highly doubt that!

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Gary Brower
Unincorporated Arapahoe County


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