Re: [cobirds] "millers"

['Buzz Schaumberg' via Colorado Birds]

I agree! Thanks Dave


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On Monday, May 22, 2023, 6:36 PM, Patrick O'Driscoll  
wrote:

Thanks for your miller time enlightenment, David.This may explain some rather 
erratic (to me) behavior I noticed the other day in a very uncommon visitor to 
my east-central Denver stretch of busy East Colfax Avenue -- a male Lark 
Bunting.I thought he was just off his game and out of place, maybe confounded 
by the unfamiliar urban setting.Your guidance suggests his skittering around my 
alley and in and out from beneath vehicles in the used car lot two doors up may 
have been in pursuit of our noticeable local population of the moths.
Patrick O'DriscollDenver

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 6:17 PM DAVID A LEATHERMAN  wrote:

I just got back from a long visit to Lamar and was privileged to see many great 
birds.  But this post is not about those awesome birds as much as it is 
intended to give millers their due as fuel for those birds.  A broad spectrum 
of birds species, especially those migrating here from points south to breed 
and those species we see mostly as pass-thru migrants, takes advantage of 
millers when it encounters them.  I see these blurbs on the news about millers 
and, yes, most of them mention the benefits of millers as pollinators and as 
food for birds, bears and bats.  But a sentence or two, 15 seconds of chatter, 
is not enough!  MILLERS ARE IMPORTANT.  Any birder who looks up from their 
Merlin app for more than 10 seconds in mid spring to early summer has to know 
birds eat these moths.  The main miller is the adult of the Army Cutworm (Euxoa 
auxiliaris).  There are several other related species of moths in the family 
Noctuidae that we collectively just call "millers".  They are mostly 
non-descript, scaley, brown and gray creatures to us, toys to our cats, flying 
food to birds.
The short generalization is they feed as caterpillars from fall thru early 
spring at the base of many low elevation plants (including winter wheat) on the 
eastern plains, transform into moths, migrate thru the Front Range to feed in 
the mountains in summer on montane flowers.  They migrate in protracted, 
unobvious fashion back down to low elevation in late summer-fall.
I will give just one example of their importance.  One day in early May I 
visited a famous yard in the Lamar area.  The hostess of this yard counted 44 
species that day.  I estimated fully40 of those were partaking of the miller 
throng.  The birds scoured the base of the outside walls, window sills and 
eaves.  They dug thru the grass.  They chased them thru the air like the Red 
Baron.  They went under vehicles, in open doors of out-buildings.  They probed 
tree bark.  It was incredible to witness.  The incomplete list of bird groups 
involved includes blackbirds, thrushes, warblers, sparrows, finches, swallows, 
flycatchers, buntings, tanagers, orioles and vireos.  About the only 
non-participants seemed to be doves.
When your neighbors complain about millers, tell them to chill.  Humans are 
still capable of patience that lasts 2-3 weeks.  If the news media calls on you 
because you're a nature person, skew the conversation to the benefits of these 
creatures and away from all the silly remedies involving soap and water, 
vacuums, fly swatters, pesticides and nuclear weapons.
Dave LeathermanFort Collins

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Re: [cobirds] "millers"

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

Thanks for your miller time enlightenment, David.
This may explain some rather erratic (to me) behavior I noticed the other
day in a very uncommon visitor to my east-central Denver stretch of busy
East Colfax Avenue -- a male Lark Bunting.
I thought he was just off his game and out of place, maybe confounded by
the unfamiliar urban setting.
Your guidance suggests his skittering around my alley and in and out from
beneath vehicles in the used car lot two doors up may have been in pursuit
of our noticeable local population of the moths.

Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver


On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 6:17 PM DAVID A LEATHERMAN 
wrote:

> I just got back from a long visit to Lamar and was privileged to see many
> great birds.  But this post is not about those awesome birds as much as it
> is intended to give millers their due as fuel for those birds.  A broad
> spectrum of birds species, especially those migrating here from points
> south to breed and those species we see mostly as pass-thru migrants, takes
> advantage of millers when it encounters them.  I see these blurbs on the
> news about millers and, yes, most of them mention the benefits of millers
> as pollinators and as food for birds, bears and bats.  But a sentence or
> two, 15 seconds of chatter, is not enough!  MILLERS ARE IMPORTANT.  Any
> birder who looks up from their Merlin app for more than 10 seconds in mid
> spring to early summer has to know birds eat these moths.  The main miller
> is the adult of the Army Cutworm (*Euxoa auxiliaris*).  There are several
> other related species of moths in the family Noctuidae that we collectively
> just call "millers".  They are mostly non-descript, scaley, brown and gray
> creatures to us, toys to our cats, flying food to birds.
>
> The short generalization is they feed as caterpillars from fall thru early
> spring at the base of many low elevation plants (including winter wheat) on
> the eastern plains, transform into moths, migrate thru the Front Range to
> feed in the mountains in summer on montane flowers.  They migrate in
> protracted, unobvious fashion back down to low elevation in late
> summer-fall.
>
> I will give just one example of their importance.  One day in early May I
> visited a famous yard in the Lamar area.  The hostess of this yard counted
> 44 species that day.  I estimated fully *40* of those were partaking of
> the miller throng.  The birds scoured the base of the outside walls, window
> sills and eaves.  They dug thru the grass.  They chased them thru the air
> like the Red Baron.  They went under vehicles, in open doors of
> out-buildings.  They probed tree bark.  It was incredible to witness.  The
> incomplete list of bird groups involved includes blackbirds, thrushes,
> warblers, sparrows, finches, swallows, flycatchers, buntings, tanagers,
> orioles and vireos.  About the only non-participants seemed to be doves.
>
> When your neighbors complain about millers, tell them to chill.  Humans
> are still capable of patience that lasts 2-3 weeks.  If the news media
> calls on you because you're a nature person, skew the conversation to the
> benefits of these creatures and away from all the silly remedies involving
> soap and water, vacuums, fly swatters, pesticides and nuclear weapons.
>
> Dave Leatherman
> Fort Collins
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[cobirds] "millers"

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

I just got back from a long visit to Lamar and was privileged to see many great 
birds.  But this post is not about those awesome birds as much as it is 
intended to give millers their due as fuel for those birds.  A broad spectrum 
of birds species, especially those migrating here from points south to breed 
and those species we see mostly as pass-thru migrants, takes advantage of 
millers when it encounters them.  I see these blurbs on the news about millers 
and, yes, most of them mention the benefits of millers as pollinators and as 
food for birds, bears and bats.  But a sentence or two, 15 seconds of chatter, 
is not enough!  MILLERS ARE IMPORTANT.  Any birder who looks up from their 
Merlin app for more than 10 seconds in mid spring to early summer has to know 
birds eat these moths.  The main miller is the adult of the Army Cutworm (Euxoa 
auxiliaris).  There are several other related species of moths in the family 
Noctuidae that we collectively just call "millers".  They are mostly 
non-descript, scaley, brown and gray creatures to us, toys to our cats, flying 
food to birds.

The short generalization is they feed as caterpillars from fall thru early 
spring at the base of many low elevation plants (including winter wheat) on the 
eastern plains, transform into moths, migrate thru the Front Range to feed in 
the mountains in summer on montane flowers.  They migrate in protracted, 
unobvious fashion back down to low elevation in late summer-fall.

I will give just one example of their importance.  One day in early May I 
visited a famous yard in the Lamar area.  The hostess of this yard counted 44 
species that day.  I estimated fully 40 of those were partaking of the miller 
throng.  The birds scoured the base of the outside walls, window sills and 
eaves.  They dug thru the grass.  They chased them thru the air like the Red 
Baron.  They went under vehicles, in open doors of out-buildings.  They probed 
tree bark.  It was incredible to witness.  The incomplete list of bird groups 
involved includes blackbirds, thrushes, warblers, sparrows, finches, swallows, 
flycatchers, buntings, tanagers, orioles and vireos.  About the only 
non-participants seemed to be doves.

When your neighbors complain about millers, tell them to chill.  Humans are 
still capable of patience that lasts 2-3 weeks.  If the news media calls on you 
because you're a nature person, skew the conversation to the benefits of these 
creatures and away from all the silly remedies involving soap and water, 
vacuums, fly swatters, pesticides and nuclear weapons.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Acadian Flycatcher update

[Brandon]

As of 3pm, still in the two ash trees in the Bell Grove at Chico Basin
Ranch, El Paso County.  Seen by lots of people and many photos taken.
Everyone has left now.  Good luck to anyone else coming.  Note the wide
bill, very yellow lower maniable, green back, white eye ring, white
underparts.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West,  CO

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Re: [cobirds] Bobolinks, southern Boulder Co.

[Philip McNichols]

Yes, that is where I heard them this morning. Fun!

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 12:48 PM Paula Hansley  wrote:

> CObirders,
> I drove over to the intersection of South Boulder and Cherryvale Roads and
> was thrilled  to see and hear at least a dozen Bobolinks!!  I think there
> are probably more, because I could hear some singing in the grass from a
> small pull-off along Cherryvale Rd.
>
> What an amazing sight— seeing several male Bobolinks displaying at once. I
> had forgotten how high a male will fly up into the air and then flutter
> down towards the ground while singing!
>
> The Bobolinks were in the field SE of the intersection of these roads, at
> least 100 m south of South Boulder Road
> 
> .
>
> I also heard two Wilson’s Snipes giving their “ticking” calls from a wet
> area (darker grass) along Cherryvale.
>
> Paula Hansley
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[cobirds] Bobolinks, southern Boulder Co.

[Paula Hansley]

CObirders,
I drove over to the intersection of South Boulder and Cherryvale Roads and
was thrilled  to see and hear at least a dozen Bobolinks!!  I think there
are probably more, because I could hear some singing in the grass from a
small pull-off along Cherryvale Rd.

What an amazing sight— seeing several male Bobolinks displaying at once. I
had forgotten how high a male will fly up into the air and then flutter
down towards the ground while singing!

The Bobolinks were in the field SE of the intersection of these roads, at
least 100 m south of South Boulder Road.

I also heard two Wilson’s Snipes giving their “ticking” calls from a wet
area (darker grass) along Cherryvale.

Paula Hansley
Louisville
Boulder County
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[cobirds] ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Chico

[Brandon]

Seen at Bell Grove, El Paso County at Chico Basin Ranch, must pay $15 at
Ranch Headquarters to visit ranch.  Many people didn't pay, last year when
Sulphur bellied Flycatcher was here.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West,  CO

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Re: [cobirds] Boulder Bobolinks

[Randy Siebert]

And Bobolinks are back in the fields along the East Boulder Trail between 
Arapahoe and Valmont (Teller Lakes area).
I think I had 6. Some were perching very near the trail before flying out 
to display.  Thomas Heinrich reported 3 less than an hour later.
May have been a Dickcissel but if it really was there I only heard it once 
and did not put it on my eBird list.

Randy Siebert
Lafayette

On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2:06:21 PM UTC-6 elena wrote:

> I was about to write that the bobolinks have bobbed back to the area west 
> of McCall lake, south of highway 66 east of Lyons, many flying around in 
> the field and singing. Also there are a couple of trees west of the lake 
> where there are many great blue heron nests. 
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> vivo en el territorio de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne y Ute, 
> según el Tratado de Fort Laramie en 1851, y que el estado de Colorado al 
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>
> On May 21, 2023, at 10:18 AM, bobfi...@gmail.com  
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> Bobolinks have returned to the field south and east of the intersection 
> of Cherryvale and South Boulder Roads in Boulder County.  Last evening (May 
> 20) at 4:56, we saw 3 males in the south central area of the field.  Nice 
> to see them back.
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> Bob Fiehweg an Robin Byers
> Boulder
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[cobirds] New DFO pop up express trip to Bear Creek Greenbelt tomorrow afternoon

[David Suddjian]

CoBirders,A short late afternoon trip has been added to view nests of Cooper’s Hawk, Broad-tailed Hummer, Bushtit and more on Tuesday 5/23 at Bear Creek Greenbelt in Lakewood. Registration and details are here:Trip Registrationdfobirds.orgAlso check out the many other trips open now with spaces still available. Great spring birding with DFO!David SuddjianField Trip ChairLittleton COSent from my iPhone



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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Chatfield Banding Station - May 21, 2023

[Meredith McBurney]

Whether the bad air quality from the fires or wind direction or something 
else, we had a slow day on Sunday/yesterday.  We were kept busy because we 
had a slew of recaptures of birds already caught/banded this season - birds 
were out and about, just very little new - of the new captures, only the 
lone Swainson's Thrush was for certain just stopping to refuel.

Here's the 14 new plus 2 returns:

Swainson's Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 6
Yellow Warbler 5 new, 1 banded 2019
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 banded 2022

We will be open Tuesday-Sunday, weather permitting, through the end of 
May.  Denver Audubon has scheduled one-hour time slots at 7:30, 8:30 and 
9:30 for visitors on weekends; visit here 
 to register.  (I believe many time 
slots are already sold out, so register soon if you would like to visit.)

Meredith McBurney
Bander, Chatfield Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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Re: [cobirds] Does Quantum Mechanics Explain Bird Behavior

[David Suddjian]

Folks,

CoBirds is about *birds and birding in Colorado* and clearly related
matters, not quantum physics.

David Suddjian
CoBirds list moderator

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:53 AM Chip Dawes  wrote:

> Albert Einstein was a clever physicist, but his most famous theory had to
> do with special and general relativity (the extremely large), not quantum
> mechanics (the extremely small).  In fact he was famously known to reject
> the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics by stating that "God does not
> play dice with the universe",  He also (incorrectly) asserted that quantum
> entanglement (what he called "spooky action at a distance") is impossible.
> Erwin Schrodinger, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Born (who Einstein directed
> his famous quote at) were all contributors to quantum mechanics.
>
> The "butterfly effect"  - a part of chaos theory -  describes small
> changes (inputs) which result in large results (outputs)  and may
> explain animal behavior but I don't think there is a conclusive theory
> (yet) which explains animal behavior.
>
> Best Regards,
> Chip Dawes
>
> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 7:07 AM Robert Righter 
> wrote:
>
>> Quantum mechanics has been used to explain how everything exists and
>> functions. A simplified explanation of Albert Einstein’s theory is that
>> everything is deeply entangled with everything else, and everything is
>> constantly in flux (Bard). From eons ago climate has been constantly
>> changing. No two days are the same. Environments are never the same today
>> as they were and will never be same any time in the future. Birds are
>> constantly altering their behavior, adapting to different migration
>> patterns, breeding strategies, communication skills….. and the beat goes on.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Righter
>>
>> Denver, CO
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Re: [cobirds] Does Quantum Mechanics Explain Bird Behavior

[Chip Dawes]

Albert Einstein was a clever physicist, but his most famous theory had to
do with special and general relativity (the extremely large), not quantum
mechanics (the extremely small).  In fact he was famously known to reject
the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics by stating that "God does not
play dice with the universe",  He also (incorrectly) asserted that quantum
entanglement (what he called "spooky action at a distance") is impossible.
Erwin Schrodinger, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Born (who Einstein directed
his famous quote at) were all contributors to quantum mechanics.

The "butterfly effect"  - a part of chaos theory -  describes small changes
(inputs) which result in large results (outputs)  and may explain animal
behavior but I don't think there is a conclusive theory (yet) which
explains animal behavior.

Best Regards,
Chip Dawes

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 7:07 AM Robert Righter 
wrote:

> Quantum mechanics has been used to explain how everything exists and
> functions. A simplified explanation of Albert Einstein’s theory is that
> everything is deeply entangled with everything else, and everything is
> constantly in flux (Bard). From eons ago climate has been constantly
> changing. No two days are the same. Environments are never the same today
> as they were and will never be same any time in the future. Birds are
> constantly altering their behavior, adapting to different migration
> patterns, breeding strategies, communication skills….. and the beat goes on.
>
>
>
> Bob Righter
>
> Denver, CO
>
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[cobirds] Does Quantum Mechanics Explain Bird Behavior

[Robert Righter]

Quantum mechanics has been used to explain how everything exists and functions. 
A simplified explanation of Albert Einstein’s theory is that everything is 
deeply entangled with everything else, and everything is constantly in flux 
(Bard). From eons ago climate has been constantly changing. No two days are the 
same. Environments are never the same today as they were and will never be same 
any time in the future. Birds are constantly altering their behavior, adapting 
to different migration patterns, breeding strategies, communication skills….. 
and the beat goes on.
 
Bob Righter
Denver, CO 

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