Re: [cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

[linda hodges]

All,
Not sure if any of this is unusual, but a friend of mine in Colorado
Springs' westside had a dozen Western Tanagers in her yard for about a week
this May.

*Linda Hodges*

*Colorado Springs*



On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 11:37 AM 'Migrant' via Colorado Birds <
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> In our Green Mountain Lakewood yard, we have had tanagers for eleven
> straight days. Yesterday was the max with six- four males of various ages,
> and two females. They were joined by nine orioles and three lazuli
> buntings, along with the “usual suspects” of robins, blue jays, magpies,
> spotted towhees, broad-tailed hummers, black-headed grosbeaks, bushtits,
> house finches, scrub-jays, chickadees, flickers and doves. Quite a show.
> The tanagers are interesting because the males can be told apart by the
> amount of red on the head, presumably a function of age. We had a range of
> bold, fully red head to one with just a wash of red on what otherwise
> looked like a female.
>
> Norm Lewis
> Lakewood
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 19, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Elena Holly Klaver  wrote:
>
> I have several western tanagers in my yard in Niwot for the first time
> that I can remember.  There are males and females, both, calling (not
> singing), and they prefer the suet.  What a treat.  Nothing says
> “neotropical migrant” better than a western tanager!
>
> Sent from my iPad
> Elena Holly Klaver
> United States Court Certified Interpreter
> Conference Interpreter
> 303.475.5189
>
> On May 19, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Joyce Takamine  wrote:
>
>
>  Sorry hit the send key before I was finished.
>
> On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:30:04 AM UTC-6, Joyce Takamine wrote:
>>
>> I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
>> see Western Tanagers in my yard.  But about 2 weeks ago I noticed
>>
>2 males and saw at least one for a few days.  But in the last few days
>the tanager gang has grown.  Sometimes I can count about 10 birds
>at the feeders and in the nearby trees and bushes.  There are at least
>2 females but mostly males.  They are eating the suet blocks.  Has
>anyone else had such an invasion.  It is not unusual to see multiple
>   tanagers are the feeder area.  They do not seem to like to share the
>   suet block while they are eating.  There is at least one male that has
>   a gorgeous bright red hood and he seems to be dominate.
>
> Joyce Takamine
> Boulder
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Re: [cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

[Becky Campbell]

I live in the southeast metro- Denver area just south of Cherry Creek State
Park.  I’ve had four Western Tanagers for about a week, also going for
suet.  It’s definitely the brightest male who dominates. Previous years’
tanager visits have been fleeting.

For the past several weeks, I’ve also had several male Bullock’s Orioles
and two male Black-headed Grosbeaks joining the American Goldfinches to
round out my color parade.

Becky Campbell
Arapahoe Cty.
Just so. of CCSP

On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 12:00 PM Janet Hanley 
wrote:

>
> I live on the west edge of Louisville and I have had several  Western
> Tanangers for three days now.  They are after the suet.
> Janet Hanley
>
> On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:30:04 AM UTC-6, Joyce Takamine wrote:
>>
>> I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
>> see
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[cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

[Janet Hanley]

I live on the west edge of Louisville and I have had several  Western 
Tanangers for three days now.  They are after the suet.
Janet Hanley

On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:30:04 AM UTC-6, Joyce Takamine wrote:
>
> I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
> see
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Re: [cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

['Migrant' via Colorado Birds]

In our Green Mountain Lakewood yard, we have had tanagers for eleven straight 
days. Yesterday was the max with six- four males of various ages, and two 
females. They were joined by nine orioles and three lazuli buntings, along with 
the “usual suspects” of robins, blue jays, magpies, spotted towhees, 
broad-tailed hummers, black-headed grosbeaks, bushtits, house finches, 
scrub-jays, chickadees, flickers and doves. Quite a show. The tanagers are 
interesting because the males can be told apart by the amount of red on the 
head, presumably a function of age. We had a range of bold, fully red head to 
one with just a wash of red on what otherwise looked like a female.

Norm Lewis
Lakewood

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> On May 19, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Elena Holly Klaver  wrote:
> 
> I have several western tanagers in my yard in Niwot for the first time that I 
> can remember.  There are males and females, both, calling (not singing), and 
> they prefer the suet.  What a treat.  Nothing says “neotropical migrant” 
> better than a western tanager!
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> Elena Holly Klaver
> United States Court Certified Interpreter
> Conference Interpreter
> 303.475.5189
> 
>> On May 19, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Joyce Takamine  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>  Sorry hit the send key before I was finished.
>> 
>>> On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:30:04 AM UTC-6, Joyce Takamine wrote:
>>> I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
>>> see Western Tanagers in my yard.  But about 2 weeks ago I noticed
>>2 males and saw at least one for a few days.  But in the last few days
>>the tanager gang has grown.  Sometimes I can count about 10 birds
>>at the feeders and in the nearby trees and bushes.  There are at least
>>2 females but mostly males.  They are eating the suet blocks.  Has
>>anyone else had such an invasion.  It is not unusual to see multiple
>>   tanagers are the feeder area.  They do not seem to like to share the
>>   suet block while they are eating.  There is at least one male that has
>>   a gorgeous bright red hood and he seems to be dominate.  
>> 
>> Joyce Takamine
>> Boulder 
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Re: [cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

[Elena Holly Klaver]

I have several western tanagers in my yard in Niwot for the first time that I 
can remember.  There are males and females, both, calling (not singing), and 
they prefer the suet.  What a treat.  Nothing says “neotropical migrant” better 
than a western tanager!

Sent from my iPad
Elena Holly Klaver
United States Court Certified Interpreter
Conference Interpreter
303.475.5189

> On May 19, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Joyce Takamine  wrote:
> 
> 
>  Sorry hit the send key before I was finished.
> 
>> On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:30:04 AM UTC-6, Joyce Takamine wrote:
>> I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
>> see Western Tanagers in my yard.  But about 2 weeks ago I noticed
>2 males and saw at least one for a few days.  But in the last few days
>the tanager gang has grown.  Sometimes I can count about 10 birds
>at the feeders and in the nearby trees and bushes.  There are at least
>2 females but mostly males.  They are eating the suet blocks.  Has
>anyone else had such an invasion.  It is not unusual to see multiple
>   tanagers are the feeder area.  They do not seem to like to share the
>   suet block while they are eating.  There is at least one male that has
>   a gorgeous bright red hood and he seems to be dominate.  
> 
> Joyce Takamine
> Boulder 
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[cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

[Randy Siebert]

Another send too soon

Randy Siebert
Lafayette 

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[cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

[Randy Siebert]

I had 2 males and 2 females at Waneka Lake in eastern Boulder county 
(Lafayette) this morning. So they do indeed seem to be in the area.

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[cobirds] Re: Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

[Joyce Takamine]

 Sorry hit the send key before I was finished.

On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:30:04 AM UTC-6, Joyce Takamine wrote:
>
> I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
> see Western Tanagers in my yard.  But about 2 weeks ago I noticed
>
   2 males and saw at least one for a few days.  But in the last few days
   the tanager gang has grown.  Sometimes I can count about 10 birds
   at the feeders and in the nearby trees and bushes.  There are at least
   2 females but mostly males.  They are eating the suet blocks.  Has
   anyone else had such an invasion.  It is not unusual to see multiple
  tanagers are the feeder area.  They do not seem to like to share the
  suet block while they are eating.  There is at least one male that has
  a gorgeous bright red hood and he seems to be dominate.  

Joyce Takamine
Boulder 

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