[cobirds] Red Crossbill, Colorado Springs

[Chris Selvig]

I heard an unusual call in my backyard this morning and looked up to find a 
male Red Crossbill, feeding on Siberian elm seeds and then fir cones.  
Certainly a surprise in this neighborhood (Shook’s Run downtown), and 
particularly in the summer.

Chris Selvig
Colorado Springs

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Re: [cobirds] Probable ARCTIC LOON-El Paso/Big Johnson

[Brandon]

Over 20 people are seeing it, great bird.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West,  CO

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 11:27 AM Rachel Kolokoff Hopper 
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> Mark Peterson is currently looking at a probable ARCTIC LOON at Big
> Johnson Reservoir in El Paso, County.
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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Chico Banding Station-June 2, 2023

[Chicobander]

For the last day of spring banding the Swainson's Thrushes decided to give 
us a good send off. It definitely was a banner season for Swainson's 
Thrushes. It has been an interesting year for Eastern birds visiting 
Colorado. 

*38 New Banded Birds*
Wilson's Warbler- 2
MacGillivray's Warbler- 4
American Goldfinch- 2
Swainson's Thrush- 30

*3 Recaptured birds*
Swainson's Thrush
Lincoln's Sparrow
Brown Thrasher

Have a good Summer birding and we shall see you in the fall. Thanks to all 
who have contributed to the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies research.

Julie Shieldcastle
Chico Basin Ranch Bird Bander
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Probable ARCTIC LOON-El Paso/Big Johnson

[Rachel Kolokoff Hopper]

Mark Peterson is currently looking at a probable ARCTIC LOON at Big Johnson Reservoir in El Paso, County. ---Rachel Kolokoff HopperFollow me on iNaturalistrkhphotography.netho...@comcast.netFt. Collins, CO



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Re: [cobirds] Robin + Magpie Interaction - Arapahoe

[Mary Kay Waddington]

Magpie interactions -- Arapahoe

To follow up on Jared's observations.  This year I saw a Mourning Dove (the
symbol of pacifism) sparring with a Magpie.  The Dove won.  Another time I
saw a rabbit chasing a Magpie all over the place -- the Magpie won (got the
baby rabbit.) Then I followed the sound of a Magpie harassing something
else and discovered a Cooper's Hawk on the ground eating another baby
rabbit.  The Magpie tried to steal it, but the Cooper's won.   And finally,
last week I heard a whole bunch of Magpies jawing noisily and figured there
must be a predator they were after.  To my delight it turned out to be a
Bobcat!  Not 20' from me lying in the grass.  The Magpies were smart enough
to not get too near.  Call that one a draw.

Mary Kay Waddington

On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 9:18 PM Jared Del Rosso 
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> Five years ago, at the end of the first week of June, I encountered a
> magpie pair predating a fledgling robin while the robin's parents screeched
> and hopped, helpless to intervene.
>
> This morning, I checked out an angry robin at the edge of my Centennial
> yard. I wanted to ensure we didn't have a neighborhood cat around. The
> bird's vocalizations were enough to upset both my chickens and a squirrel.
>
> I found not a cat, nor a Cooper's Hawk (my next guess), but a magpie. I
> figured the magpie was after an egg or a nestling. The robin chased the
> magpie and I left the scene to unfold how it would unfold.
>
> This evening, when investigating the song of a thrush from the edge of my
> yard (Merlin says Swainson's, but I need to play it back and confirm) I
> came face to face with a flightless fledgling robin. So we're past eggs and
> nestlings, it seems. A quite striking bird, already having lost the odd,
> downy head feathers.
>
> Best of luck to the robin and the robin parents. Same, too, to the
> magpies, which have been attending to some noisy young somewhere in a nest
> in a neighbor's yard.
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> - Jared Del Rosso
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