[cobirds] White-throated sparrow

[Anil Antony]

I birded Rocky Mountain Arsenal this morning with my wife and father-
in-law.  We had a first winter White-throated Sparrow on the northern
peak of Lake Ladora among a mixed flock of White-crowned and American
Tree Sparrows.  The frozen lake kept the majority of waterfowl away,
with the exception of Mallards, a female Common Goldeneye, and two
male Hooded Mergansers.  Two Ferruginous Hawks were a highlight for
me, as an eastern-U.S. resident.

Happy birding,

Anil Antony
Miami, FL

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[cobirds] White-Throated Sparrow

[Jace Wesley Brasher]

This fall I had a White-Throated Sparrow along the stream behind my house. I 
had the privilege of following it each afternoon for around 17 days. Will it 
return next fall? Do White-Throated Sparrows stick to the same migratory path? 

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[cobirds] white-throated sparrow

[Janet Hanley]

In my mixed flock this winter I have both a Harris's and a white-throated 
sparrow. The latter is very shy and I see the Harris daily.
I live on the edge of the Davidson Mesa
Janet Hanley

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[cobirds] white-throated sparrow

[Janet Hanley]

I put out some millet this snowy morning and was rewarded to see both my
Harris' sparrow and the white-throated sparrow are still around, the latter
ever so smart in his breeding plumage.

Janet Hanley

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[cobirds] White throated sparrow

[Jace Wesley Brasher]

Hello,
Again I am looking for advice on where to find a bird. The white throated
sparrow is one of my favorite birds and I have gotten to spend lots of time
with them in the past couple years. I am looking for somewhere where I can
find them near loveland or fort Collins, and wondering where people have
had the best luck for this species?

Thanks
Jace Brasher
Loveland
Larimer county

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Chatfield

[mike]

After checking on the Dunlin at Chatfield, Michael Kiessig and I ate  
our lunch at the Plum Creek Picnic area and were rewarded with a good  
look at a White-throated Sparrow.  We had just exited our car and the  
white-throated was with a junco directly east of the parking lot in  
some brush under a large cottonwood tree with several picnic tables.


Mike Henwood
Morrison

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Louisville

[Paula Hansley]

The White-throated Sparrow (imm.) is still here and is hopping in the leaves
in  my  front yard with the Wood Thrush!

Birders welcome-- Probably good to stay in your cars when you first pull up
so as not to scare the birds in front.

Paula Hansley
Louisville
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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow factoids

[Bill Maynard]

COBirders, 

On CO CBCs this winter, Brandon Percival summarizes there were 11
individual WTSPs recorded on 8 CBCs.  I initially became interested in
White-throated Sparrows when I read in Ted Floyd's new Smithsonian Field
Guide to the Birds of North America ..."The two (White-throated Sparrow)
morphs are maintained in nearly equal proportions because tan-striped
birds breed only with white-striped birds and vice versa."   I didn't
understand how this could happen until I read more about WTSPs in Birds
of North America On-line (yearly fee) where it is stated, WTSP, as far as
is currently known, is the only bird species in the world where this type
of selection occurs.
 
I read more... "besides being polymorphic in appearance, White-throated
Sparrows also have dimorphic chromosomes and exhibit dimorphic
behaviors."  In White-throated Sparrows (and I assume in other sparrows),
the 2nd chromosome determines the stripedness of each individual.  All
tan-striped individuals have both of their paired 2nd chromosomes’
centromeres (a constriction portion of a chromosome especially noticeable
during metaphase) constricted near the end of the chromosome
(acrocentric) whereas in all white-striped birds, their 2nd chromosome
pair has one acrocentric centromere and one centromere pinched in at the
middle (metacentric).   
 
Over 96 percent of the time, individuals mate with the opposite morph, so
white-striped females mate with tan-striped males and white-striped males
mate with tan-striped females.  White-stripers (WS) are brighter in
coloration and are more aggressive than tan-stripers (TS).  Although the
two morphs approach a 50/50 mix in the wild (balanced polymorphism), WS
male x TS female pairs outnumber TS male x WS female pairs 2:1,  negative
assortative mating.  In a laboratory experiment, the more aggressive WS
males and WS females were placed together, but the results were two
aggressive individuals and no pair formation, further proof that it is
opposites that attract and reasserting “all the things I thought I knew,
I’m learning again.”  

BTW, Ted Floyd, editor of ABA's Birding magazine and Nathan Pieplow,
editor of the journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologist's, Colorado
Birds, are offering to American Birding Association members, a free
three-day workshop, Frontiers in Field Ornithology: Nocturnal Migration
in the West, September 5-7, 2009 with extremely early A.M. starts from
Boulder, CO.  Check out www.aba.org/ifo/workshops/2009nocturnal.html for
details.  Check for chemical stimulants elsewhere.

Bill Maynard
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
This A.M. we had a WT Sparrow and a Tree Sparrow at our feeder.  The WTSP was 
not photogenic though Tammy tried and he has not returned.  Yard bird #118.

Ira Sanders
Golden, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow/Larimer

[Carol Sullivan]

The White-throated Sparrow continues to come to our feeder...a cute, chubby 
little bird .

Carol Sullivan
8000' in the lodgepole forest
West Stove Prairie
Bellvue, Larimer county

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Chatfield

[BillDenCO]

A White-throated Sparrow was seen at the Audubon Society of Greater  
Denver's Nature Center today.  It was feeding in the company of Juncos  
(Pink-sided and Slate-colored), House Finch, Black-capped Chickadees,  
White-breasted 
Nuthatch, an American Tree Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrows  and a Spotted 
Towhee.
 
Bill Eden
Denver

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[cobirds] white throated sparrow - Stearns

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   A chilly walk this morning at Stearns Lake in Broomfield \ 
Boulder County.
 
White-throated sparrow seen in hawthorn bushes along the main road near the 
raptor center, where irrigation ditch crosses the road.
 
Along with:
Dozens of white crowned sparrows - immatures and adults singing.
Song sparrows - singing
Red winged blackbirds - hundreds
Red tailed hawks - at least 5
Western grebes - still a few on the lake
Western meadowlarks
 
There are lots of sparrows moving through the area - someone with more time 
might find other species.
 
John Tumasonis (John T) of Louisville CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Loveland

[Elaine Coley]

Hi All,
AFTER THE FLOOD and drastic change of habitat we worried if the birds would come. Well, we've had a White-throated Sparrow (tan type) ground feeding with the juncos for about a week.
Today had what appeared to be a female 1st winter Rose-breasted Grosbeak (pale bill, bright wingbars) looking around the feeding area and hanging peanut feeder.  What a surprise!
NOTE:  Haven't seen a Song Sparrow since the flood, and regularly used to have them all year.
Elaine Coley, Loveland (South of what used to be Rec. Trail between Taft and Wilson)


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Larimer

[Elaine Coley]

Hi All,
The White-throated Sparrow that has been with us since mid November is still here.  Its dullish coloring leads me to believe it's a female.  "She" and I pine to hear the male's song!
Also have a Green-tailed Towhee and Spotted Towhee newly arrived.
Elaine Coley, Loveland


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Arapahoe

[Jared Del Rosso]

I took my dogs for a walk through Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in 
Centennial (Arapahoe) this morning. There, I quietly pished at some silent, 
brushy stuff that last winter housed a Harris's Sparrow. A rather dapper, 
adult White-throated Sparrow quickly emerged. 

Lots of robins in the cemetery today. A few Townsend's Solitaires, too. 
Nearby, Cedar Waxwings were going for an orange-berried shrub in a yard. 
Back home, lots of Dark-eyed Juncos around my feeders (a few blocks away 
from the cemetery), including two Gray-headed juncos (my favs...I rarely 
get multiples). 

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Carbondale

[Dick Filby]

 

Hi all

 

The White-throated Sparrow is still visiting our backyard feeders today,
during this light snowfall that we are experiencing..

If anyone wants to come look you are most welcome -  but contact me first as
you will need to look from inside the house.

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

 

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Carbondale

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

The White-throated Sparrow is again in the backyard early this snowy morning

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale,CO

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Carbondale

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

Tom, Kay and Linda just dropped by and timed their visit perfectly to
co-incide with a visit from the White-throated Sparrow !

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, Garfield Cty, CO

 

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Pueblo County

[mar1...@juno.com]

I am currently seeing a White-throated Sparrow, a tan-striped adult, in my yard 
in Pueblo West. I'm getting very good looks at it from 12-15 feet away through 
a window, and was able for a short time to compare it to an immature 
White-crowned Sparrow.

Cheers,
Margie Joy

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow-BCLP-Jeffco

[mike]

Hi All,

Today Urling Kingery and I took a Beginning Birder group to Red Rocks  
and Bear Creek Lake Park (BCLP).  Highlights included seeing a White- 
throated Sparrow (adult, white-striped morph) among a small flock of  
American Tree Sparrows  (10-15) along with one 1st year White-crowned  
Sparrow.  The American Tree Sparrows were the first I have seen this  
fall.  The sparrows were in the shrubby willows between the parking  
lot and lake at the Boat Launch area in BCLP.  At Pelican Point in  
BCLP we had glimpses of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  At Red Rocks the  
group was able to get good looks at a Prairie Falcon on the backside  
of Ship Rock (Upper South Parking Lot) and a Canyon Wren in the small  
canyon just south and below the Trading Post feeders.


Nothing out of the ordinary at the feeders behind the Red Rocks  
Trading Post - Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow,  
juncos, Western Scrub Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, House Finch, &  
House Sparrow.   Good numbers of Townsend's Solitaires in Red Rocks  
Park.


Mike Henwood
Morrison
Jefferson County




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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow/Boulder County

[Pam Piombino]

Good morning,

Right now, (8:29 a.m.), I have a White-throated Sparrow on the ground where
I throw out safflower and thistle seeds.  I live on a spur road off of St.
Vrain Road, unicorporated Boulder County, about 5 miles west of Longmont
and 2 miles east of Rte. 36.  Please call if for directions if you want to
see this bird.  It is probably only visible from inside my house, looking
into the sun.

Pam Piombino

303 776 1939

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow (Mesa County)

[Jacob C. Cooper]

I had a tan-morph White-throated Sparrow at Corn Lake State Park today. If
you enter the park by vehicle, drive along the north shore of the lake until
you reach the final parking lot. There, a (muddy) earthen path intersects a
paved one at the west edge of the lake. The sparrow was right along the dirt
path with some juncos.

Take care,

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Mesa County

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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, N. Boulder

[Alan Bell]

An adult white-throated sparrow was working the brush piles in our 
yard, N. Boulder county, this afternoon. The flock of a dozen or more 
western bluebirds that have been around the last two weeks were absent  
yesterday and today.

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[cobirds] white-throated sparrow-N. Boulder

[Alan Bell]

A first-winter white-throated sparrow was at our feeders in N. Boulder 
county this morning.

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow/Larimer county

[Carol Sullivan]

Just before dark while washing dishes, I glanced out the window at the feeders 
and saw a White-throated Sparrow skulking about with some junkos.  I think it a 
first winter bird.

Anyone interested in this bird, please contact me privately by replying to this 
post.

Carol Sullivan
8000' in the lodgepole forest
West Stove Prairie
Bellvue/Larimer county

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Arapahoe County

[ltlevinson]

Fall migration has arrived in my backyard ! Today I had a White-throated 
Sparrow (tan morph), a White-crowned Sparrow (Mtn.), over 20 Chipping Sparrows, 
and one Pink-sided Junco, all seeming to enjoy my rather weedy garden. I feel 
vindicated for not weeding. 

Good Birding, 

Lois Levinson 
1 1/2 miles southwest of Cherry Creek State Park 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Jefferson Co.

[Tina Jones]

One, ad. White-throated Sparrow, was in my yd. today. This makes a total of 
four White-throated Sparrows I've had so far this fall. I'm in Jefferson 
County, one block from Denver County. Tina Jones,Littleton, Jefferson County, 
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[cobirds] White throated sparrow in Denver

[Glenn Rodriguez]

I too have had a white throated sparrow for the last several days.  It forages 
below the thistle feeder.  The lesser goldfinches are still here at the feeder. 
 Have also had a white crowned sparrow and a song sparrow.  The song sparrow 
and the white throated sparrow are a "first seen" in my yard.  

Glenn Rodriguez
Denver, [~Wadsworth & Belleview]

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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, El Paso

[Martin Wolf]

>> I've had a 1st-winter white-throated sparrow on the ground below my feeders 
>> yesterday and today. This rental house/yard backs up against the west edge 
>> of the Ute Valley Park bluffs in NW CO Springs. I've gotten several pictures 
>> but haven't uploaded them yet. 
>> 
> Marty Wolf,
> 6390 Pemberton Way
> COS 80919

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Arap County

[carol-blackard]

The backyard just keeps giving: adult White-throated Sparrow and two Brown 
Creepers plus Townsend's Solitaire and Spotted Towhee. Also juncos are back in 
style (7 in the yard today)

Carol Blackard
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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Jefferson Co.

[Tina Jones]

One adult White-throated Sparrow [white-striped] was seen in my yard today at 
4400 Bow Mar Dr., Littleton. Seems to be a major fall for these Sparrows. If 
the bird stays I'll post again, although they seem to be pretty easy to find 
this year. Happy Birding!Tina JonesLittleton, Jefferson County, CO. 
  

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Arap County

[carol-blackard]

Sorry, I meant white-throated. He's a good-looking adult. 


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Arapahoe County

[Becky Campbell]

Cobirders,

More backyard fun this morning - two White-throated Sparrows!
http://i.imgur.com/IO9y1Sa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n8yENzu.jpg

Becky Campbell
just so. of CCSP Arapahoe Cty.

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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow Clear Creek

[Larry Modesitt]

A late white-throated sparrow currently is foraging under feeders  at 294 
Mountain Avenue in Empire, along w some belligerent Cassin's finches and 
juncos. 
Larry Modesitt
Greenwood Village

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Jefferson County

[Regina King]

Regina 4854's photostream

White-throated Sparrow beneath my feeder, Oct 10-11, looks like the 
tan-striped variety.  Not much of a photographer, photos best viewed 
"full-screen".

Also today/yesterday at Harriman Lake:  Prairie Falcon (with kill), Ruddy 
Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Lincoln's Sparrow

Regina King
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Larimer County

[Ken & Christie Pals]

COBirders,

This morning a tan-striped White-throated Sparrow visited our backyard
gleaning seed that had fallen on the ground from the deck feeder.

Ken Pals
Nestled along Spring Creek near Taft Hill & Drake

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow---Jeffco/Backyard

[markchavez]

 This morning, I had a White-throated Sparrow(tan morph) show up in the 
backyard pre-front.  He has been here all day eating underneath the niger in 
suburban Lakewood.  This year it looks like we have an irruption of Pine 
Siskens and Red-breasted Nuthatches along the Front Range.
 On Friday, I went to see if our Golden-crowned Sparrow has returned again.  
The area was totally void of seed so I spread lots of millet and sunflower.  It 
didn't take long for White-crowns, juncos, towhees and others to show.  No 
Golden-crowned yet!!
 
Mark ChavezLakewood-Green Mtnhttp://jaeger29.smugmug.com/

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Jefferson County

[Ira Sanders]

Birders, This morning there was a White-throated Sparrow under the feeders
in front of my house.
Birders are welcome to come by and look if you like.
If you need directions please email me privately.

Ira Sanders
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314 DeFrance Ct
Golden

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Golden - Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
The WTSP has just made an appearance at our feeders in front of the house.
Most likely the same bird from a couple of weeks ago.

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Golden, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Grand County

[kleypas]

A beautiful, White-throated Sparrow has been hanging out at some feeders 
(8,700' elevation) in the Sunset Ridge Subdivision in Tabernash, Grand 
County.  It's been hanging out with juncos.  If anyone would like to see 
this bird (esp. for a Grand County list) the owners of the house are Bob & 
Jan Hughes, and they are fine with visitors.  Their address is 168 Sunset 
Drive, and their email address is xchughes at comcast.net.  They have some 
nice photos.  They also have a nice collection of high-altitude birds 
(including Pine Grosbeaks, Red Crossbills, many Brown-capped and 
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches - although they haven't seen any Blacks in the 
flock yet). - Joanie Kleypas

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Golden - Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
A WTSP is in my front yard right now.  The previous early record was
11/3/14.

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Golden, CO
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into a waterfall of creative alternatives."

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Golden - Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders
The WTSP, tan morph, put in an appearance at the tray on the front porch
this morning.
I haven't seen any rosy's today.

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Golden, CO
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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Jeffco - Golden

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
A tan morph WTSP is frequenting my yard is presently under the feeders in
the front of the house.

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Golden, CO
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into a waterfall of creative alternatives."

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Jeffco - Golden

[Adam Vesely]

Seen for about 10 minutes (0845) at the Sanders' front porch feeder.

Adam Vesely
Thornton, CO

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[cobirds] white-throated sparrow, Centennial/Arapahoe

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

I've had a white-thoated sparrow in my yard since last fall, but have only 
seen him about 6 times.  Even when the white-crowneds (not many visits from 
them...I just don't have a sparrow habitat) eat on the ground, out in the 
open, under the feeders, the white-throated will usually hide at the edge 
of the yard under shrubs; he will seldom come to the yard center.
  
 After not having seen him for three weeks, I saw him perched on a bush at 
yard edge this afternoon.  I have watched his tan crown striping progress 
to white.
  
 Two bushtits come to the suet feeder about once a week, so they are likely 
nesting nearby.
  
 Karl Stecher
 Centennial/Arapahoe near Colorado Blvd and Orchard
  
  

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Centennial (Arapahoe)

[Jared Del Rosso]

This afternoon, I spent some time in the back of my yard, looking for a 
small song bird that I'd earlier seen up in the trees. That was probably a 
House Finch, but the leaf litter below those trees was busy. Moving in 
after a Spotted Towhee was a White-throated Sparrow, both scratching around 
for bird seed. This was a new yard bird for me. And it's an especially 
gratifying one, as the White-throated Sparrow is among my favorite birds 
for all the singing it does in the woods around my wife's hometown in 
northern Minnesota. 

Around the yard: My first yard junco of the season stopped by this morning 
and a scrub jay has been visiting, along with the magpies and Blue Jays, my 
platform feeder for in-shell peanuts. (The scrub jay is now noisily 
attacking the cruddy PetSmart suet that I recently purchased and that the 
woodpeckers seem to be avoiding.) At one point, it seemed to me that a 
magpie was dampening a peanut in my bird bath. At a minimum, it flew from 
the platform feeder to the bird bath, put the peanut down in the bath, took 
a few drinks, retrieved its food, then flew off. So perhaps it was only at 
the water for a drink. I couldn't tell. I've seen crows soften food in 
water, but not yet magpies. 

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow & siskins - Arapahoe

[Jared Del Rosso]

Today (1/12/2019), at deKoevend Park (Arapahoe) were many sledders and dogs 
enjoying the snow. Also, at a residential feeder, along the High Line Canal 
(east and north of the park) were a duo of Pine Siskin, a Lesser Goldfinch, 
and many House Finches. This is the first winter of the three I've spent in 
Centennial (small sample, obviously) during which siskin have been 
regulars. I've had them in my neighborhood a few times and on both Denver 
CBCs. 

Also along the trail, but now on the western side of deKoevend, was a 
White-throated Sparrow with a flock of juncos. All were near the deKoevend 
"Tot Lot," where a drainage ditch brought runoff into the canal. This was 
my first White-throated at deKoevend and also my non-towhee/junco/Song-type 
sparrow of 2019. A third siskin called from this area, as well.

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow,Larimer County

[Elaine Coley]

Hi All,
Have a White-throated Sparrow ground feeding with regulars in my yard this afternoon.  This one, for a change, is NOT the tan form but a lovely white and black striped with yellow lores & not shy of eating alongside a squirrel.
A FOS Bullock's Oriole male has been on the river trail for a couple of days along with lots of House Wrens and a few Yellow-rumped Warblers.
If the White-throat sticks around, I'll post tomorrow and anyone who wants to list one is welcome.  Just give us a call first at 970-635-9095.
Elaine Coley, Loveland (between Taft and Wilson, south of Big Thompson River)


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Teller County

[Jeff J Jones]

The 1+ foot of snow that fell at my home (north of Woodland Park) brought in
a White-throated Sparrow. Seen just now at my feeders. It was hanging with a
bunch of Juncos (of various races). 

 

That is a first for me in Teller County, let alone my home.

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Carbondale - again

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

The White-throated Sparrow has returned to our backyard this afternoon.

If anyone wants to come look you are most welcome -  but contact me first as
you will need to look from inside the house.

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Carbondale continues

[Dick Filby]

Hi all 

 

Our White-throated Sparrow just showed up again (1:15pm) for the first time
today - just as the snow re-started flying with a vengeance

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Carbondale continues

[Dick Filby]

Hi all 

 

Our backyard White-throated Sparrow is still here this chilly morning: only
3F (-16C) at dawn 

 

Of course we are 'warm' in the Roaring Fork by 'near neighbor' Gunnison
standards, where I believe it was  -15F (-26C) this morning

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Carbondale still

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

The White-throated Sparrow made a couple of brief appearances this afternoon
in the back yard. Also a couple of Lewis's Woodpeckers on the power poles on
the hill, and at least one Pinyon Jay was making noise at one of the
neighbor's bird feeders

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Carbondale, Garfield

[Dick Filby]

Still present this am

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, Garfield Cty

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow in Alamosa

[mvjohnski]

Considered rare in these parts, was a White-throated Sparrow today at the 
"cougar woods" at the north end of the Alamosa Golf Course (Alamosa 
County). Other delights included Dusky Flycatcher, Sora and Bullocks 
Oriole. Maybe the wave of birds are finally arriving in our cold mountain 
valley. 29 degrees this am but I planted tomatoes in the greenhouse anyway!

Bird walk in Alamosa on Saturday and will let you know what we find!

John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow-SW Denver

[Doug Ward]

Noticed an adult WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in our yard (Athmar Park
Neighborhood, SW Denver, Denver Co.) yesterday (Sun. 7 Nov.’21), but waited
on posting until I saw him today (Mon, 8 Nov.’21) to see if it was going to
be repeatable.  Hoping he’ll stick around all Winter like the young Harris’s
we had last year, but not counting on it, so enjoying for now.  Granted not
that rare, but fun none-the-less, so if you would like to try for the
sparrow, just let me know separately.

 

Good Birding,

Doug

Denver

 

8 November 2021  Athmar Yard including walk around Huston Park (~1½ blocks
away), Denver, Denver Co., CO

Cackling Goose – 10 “Richardson’s”

Canada Goose – 20 (50/50 Gtr:Lsr)

Northern Shoveler – 10

Mallard – 6

Pied-billed Grebe – 1

Eurasian Collared-Dove – 4

American Coot – 1

Ring-billed Gull - 2

Cooper’s Hawk – 1 imm f

Downy Woodpecker – 1

Northern Flicker – 3 “Red-shafted”

Blue Jay – 5

Black-billed Magpie – 1

American Crow – 10

Black-capped Chickadee – 4

Red-breasted Nuthatch – 2

European Starling – 5

American Robin – 15

House Sparrow - 4

House Finch – 10

American Goldfinch – 1

Dark-eyed Junco – 2m 1f “Slate-colored”

-  1m “Cassiar”

-  1f “Oregon”

-  1m “Tweener” (Oregon/Cassiar/Slate-colored)

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW – 1ad

Spotted Towhee – 1

Red-winged Blackbird - 15

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - SW Denver

[Doug Ward]

Returned to Denver this week after spending the holidays in North Idaho and
was pleasantly surprised that the adult WHITE-THROATED SPARROW which was
present throughout November and early December is still around today (Fri.,
21 Jan.’22) at our place in southwest Denver (Athmar Park neighborhood,
Denver Co.).  We headed north in mid-December, so after six (6) weeks of
empty feeders wasn’t expecting it to be around, and it took a couple of days
for activity to pick up, but seems like we are now back to normal - again, a
very nice surprise.  This is a similar experience to the one we had last
Winter with a young Harris’s Sparrow, and as such suspect the White-throat
will stick around through March/April (hope I didn’t just jinks things), so
if you’d like to try for the sparrow for your year list, …, just let me know
separately.

 

Happy New Year,

Doug

Denver

 

21 January 2022  Athmar Yard near Huston Park (~1½ blocks away), Denver,
Denver Co., CO

Canada Goose – 25 (all Gtr)

Rock Pigeon – 15

Eurasian Collared-Dove – 4

Ring-billed Gull – 3 ad

Northern Flicker – 5 “Red-shafted”

Blue Jay – 2

American Crow – 10

Black-capped Chickadee – 4

Red-breasted Nuthatch – 3

House Sparrow - 5

House Finch – 10

Dark-eyed Junco – 1 “Slate-colored”

-  2 “Oregon”

-  2 “Pink-sided”

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW – 1ad

Spotted Towhee – 1m 1f

 

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow & Ravens - Arapahoe

[Jared Del Rosso]

A White-throated Sparrow continues to visit (and then disappear from) my 
Centennial yard. This morning, the White-throated chased off Dark-eyed 
Juncos around the piles of seed I scattered. This is a reversal of the 
mid-winter dynamics. Then, the junco flocks were 2-3 times larger and the 
White-throated Sparrow skulked a bit more. 

Also in Centennial: Yesterday, I saw a Common Raven on the nest over the 
now abandoned Macy's at Streets of Southglenn in Centennial. From my 
vantage, I couldn't tell if the Raven was adding to or adjusting the nest 
-- or beginning any other sort of nesting activity in it.

Last year, I'm not sure that the nesting was successful, and I was left 
wondering if the removal of the Macy's signs (which are right below the 
nests) during the spring contributed. In previous years, there have been 
mixed results. One year, Rosanne Juergens found a dead Raven stuck in the 
building front below the nest. Other years, I've seen fairly large families 
of Ravens by summer. Let's hope for that!

Given that there's construction planned for Southglenn, including at the 
Macy's building -- but at some unknown date in the future -- it might be 
valuable for local birders to occasionally visit the Ravens to take stock, 
document activities (corvid and hominin alike), etc. I don't think there's 
anything imminent, thankfully, and I heard that the Sears building is the 
first to go. (There was a Say's Phoebe nest near the Sear's building last 
year.) 

Apropos of commercial nestings: One year, Brewer's Blackbirds nested at 
Southglenn. I haven't noticed them there regularly, though. They were 
divebombing passerby and, so, were hard to miss.

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Louisville, Boulder Co.

[Paula Hansley]

As soon as I opened my doors at noon after returning from Golden, I heard a
White-throated Sparrow chip from my patio!  There it was, hopping in the
leaves scratching for seed.  This is a first for my property here.  It moved
around in front a few minutes ago and scratched under another feeder, but
now I do not see or hear it.

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Eve Grosbeak, ElPaso

[macawolf]

Greetings, COBirders,


Beautiful crisp day with the full array of the usual winter birds here in NW CO 
Spgs, but with the addition of a pair of evening grosbeaks and a single 
1st-winter white-throated sparrow. Got pics of both, but haven't uploaded from 
the camera yet... 


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Louisville, Boulder Co.

[Paula Hansley]

Along with all of my White-crowned Sparrows, I just noticed a lovely
White-throated Sparrow!  They in my front yard eating millet with a few
doves.  Another group of only White-crowned Sparrows is in the back.

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Re: [cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Pueblo County

[mar1...@juno.com]

Oops -- reposting in proper form, no additional information:

I am currently seeing a White-throated Sparrow, a tan-striped adult, in my yard 
in Pueblo West. I'm getting very good looks at it from 12-15 feet away through 
a window, and was able for a short time to compare it to an immature 
White-crowned Sparrow.

Cheers,
Margie Joy
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, El Paso Co.

[David Chartier]

I checked the feeders this morning at Fountain Creek Nature Center to see if 
the Harris' sparrow might still be around.  I did not see it, but there was a 
white-throated sparrow.
 
David Chartier
Colorado Springs, CO  

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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, El Paso Cnty

[macawolf]

I had a first-winter (or tan-striped morph?) white-throated sparrow today in my 
back yard, feeding alongside a couple of white-crowns & lots of juncos, house 
finches & spotted towhees... dodging the scrub & blue jays. Also a lone female 
Cassin's finch, which hadn't been represented here since winter before last. 


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Bushtits/Sanitas/Boulder

[Maggie Boswell]

This morning there was a single White-throated Sparrow at the northern most 
part of the Sanitas Valley trail, and a flock of Bushtits in the same area.
The sparrow was picking along the path that leads to the housing development.

Maggie Boswell
Boulder

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, El Paso County

[Ken & Christie Pals]

COBirders,
While at Fountain Creek Nature Center this morning there was a diverse
flock of expected birds at the feeders.  Among the mixed flock was a first
winter / tan-striped White-throated Sparrow foraging on the ground. Is this
a big year for WCSPs?
Ken Pals

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow/El Paso County

[Steve Getty]

COBirders,

We've had a White-throated Sparrow at feeder in the neighborhood just south of 
Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs.

We'll see how long it lingers.

Steve Getty
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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Pinyon Jay--Lyons

[Marcel Such]

Hi All,

This afternoon, Joel and I found a White-throated Sparrow (tan-striped)
associating with a large junco flock on the northwest edge of the Lyons
Cemetery (north end of 3rd Ave). There were also a couple of Spotted
Towhees and Western Scrub-Jays in the area.

On CR71N (take Hwy 36 west out of town, turn north at the arched bridge),
we saw a single Pinyon Jay about a half mile from the county line (on the
Boulder County side).

Good Birding!

Marcel Such
NW of Lyons, CO
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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, Sloan's Lake, Denver

[Matthew Baker]

All,

There was a tan-striped white-throated sparrow at Sloan's Lake this morning 
in the reeds along the 'point' on the south side of the lake. 

-Matt Baker
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, El Paso County

[Stephen Getty]

CO Birders,

White-throated Sparrow frequented feeder yesterday (neighborhood just south of 
Bear Creek Pk in Colo Spgs). It's the 3rd in 12 yrs at this location (one spent 
the whole winter 4 years ago).

Given sparrow ratios along Front Range, I'm poised to add Harris's Sparrow in 
next few years to yard list. We'll see!

Cordially,
Steve Getty
Colorado Springs, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow etc N Boulder

[Alan Bell]

Today at our feeders north of Boulder, a single White-throated sparrow joined 
the Harris' s sparrow and the White-crowned sparrows. All first-winter birds. 
Still waiting for a golden-crowned. Also spotted towhee, Cassin's finch, tree 
sparrows, sharp-shinned hawk (imm, prob f).

Alan Bell, Boulder

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow--Red Rocks/Jeffco

[markchavez]

This morning, there was a White-throated Sparrow at feeders at Red Rocks 
Trading Post. This tan-morphed bird was seen along with the adult 
Golden-crowned Sparrow, 5 Cassin's Finches, 10 Pine Siskens, and all the other 
regulars Red Rock birds. I did not see the Fox Sparrow or Harris's Sparrow. The 
bird can be seen below:
 
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/BIRDS/RARE-AND-UNCOMMON-2014/i-Fgdbv63


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Boulder 12/14

[Thomas Heinrich]

While participating in the Boulder CBC yesterday, I found a White-throated 
Sparrow at the NE corner of 4th and Dellwood.  The bird then flew to the 
backyard of the house on the SW corner of 5th and Dellwood. 
The N. Cardinal, along with 5 Cassin's finches, made a couple of visits to my 
feeders this morning.  We couldn't find it yesterday for the count 
unfortunately.  

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, El Paso County

[Stephen Getty]

COBirders,

A White-throated Sparrow (ad. tan-striped) was watching-over feeders at Bear 
Creek Regional Park today. Thick bushes just SW and outside the main doors of 
nature center (20 feet).

A kingfisher was also pretty darn different for this habitat and season, up in 
a mountain valley.

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow -- El Paso Cty

[Stephen Getty]

COBirders,

With Linda Hodges this AM, we had White-throated Sparrow at feeders at Bear 
Creek Nature Center. Not sure if same indiv from Jan or so, but it's in 
breeding plumage now.

Also hummingbirds today, and Osprey flying up Bear Creek 2 days ago.

Steve Getty
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, El Paso CO

['Kathy Miller' via Colorado Birds]

Yesterday and again this morning I saw a White-throated sparrow on the 
Homestead trail off of the Smokehouse Lane path access. It was flying to my 
yard as well. Easiest to park near 5331 Smokehouse lane and walk the trail 
access to the path below. 
This is about six houses south of North Carefree Circle and where the Homestead 
trail crosses it. There is a lot of road construction on N. Carefree and roads 
are often blocked. My yard has chain link fence you can see through.

Kathy Miller
Colo Sprgs 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow; El Paso County

[Steve Getty]

COBirders,

Data point: White-throated Sparrow at feeder in neighborhood just south of Bear 
Creek Park this afternoon.
We'll see how long it hangs around.

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Colorado Springs





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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - El Paso County

[Steve Getty]

COBirders,

A White-throated Sparrow was at feeder this AM in neighborhood just south of 
Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs.
I'll keep tabs to see if it continues for our CBC on Dec 15. (I put out extra 
seed!).

Cordially,
Steve Getty, Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Boulder, 9/29

[Thomas Heinrich]

This morning at about 8:30, while watching the N Cardinal at my feeders, I had 
a very brief visit from a tan-striped White-throated Sparrow--too quick for 
photos unfortunately.  Yesterday I had a couple of White-crowned Sparrows and 
Orange-crowned Warblers. 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Carbondale,Garfield Cty

[Dick Filby]

Hi Folks

 

A White-throated Sparrow just showed up at our backyard feeders (only
viewable from inside the house)

 

If anyone wants to come take a look, please contact me first

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Carbondale, Garfield Cty

[Dick Filby]

Still making occasional visits to our backyard today

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Carbondale, Garfield Cty

[Dick Filby]

Here again today!

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, Garfield County

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Carbondale, Garfield Cty

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

Was very pleased to finally HEAR our continuing  White-throated Sparrow sing
(just one phrase) this morning in the back yard. Got a visual of him later.

 

Visitors welcome - email to arrange a time

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, Garfield Cty

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Larimer-SW Loveland

[Denise B.]

A White-throated Sparrow made an appearance in my backyard this afternoon. 
I usually get one or two during the winter months, but not this 
winter...until now.  Check ebird for photos.
A female Western Tanager and a Spotted Towhee also made an appearance this 
afternoon. A Lincoln's Sparrow has been around for about a week.
Isn't migration season fun?

Denise Bretting
Loveland  

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Douglas-Yard Bird

[Gregg Goodrich]

The cold front has brought in new birds in our yard this morning. Fun to
get a White-throated Sparrow from the deck. Yard Bird! Also, FOS, American
Tree Sparrow and Slate-colored Junco.

Gregg Goodrich
Highlands Ranch

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow at Ken Caryl

[David Suddjian]

It was fun to see a hatch year White-throated Sparrow in the front yard today, 
with my little White-crowned flock. This is my earliest of several fall records 
over 9 seasons. I’m still enjoying several Broad-tailed Hummers in the yard. A 
friend and I were noting how these late season hummers shift to less frequent 
use of feeders in these last days. 

David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Merlin, Towhees (Arapahoe)

[Jared Del Rosso]

Since at least 12/9, a White-throated Sparrow has been joining the other 
sparrows to scratch birdseed out of the chokecherries and viburnum that 
line my Centennial yard. The White-throated has been fairly vocal, calling 
in the morning from conspicuous perches. (Note for Merlin users: the app 
identified the call of the White-throated as that of the White-crowned 
Sparrow, even as I watched the former give its call.)

This afternoon, while driving, I encountered a small falcon that perched on 
one of the transmission towers that run through my neighborhood. I stopped 
to look, but didn't have binoculars. The falcon struck me as too darkly 
colored to be a Kestrel and perhaps darkly colored enough to be a Taiga 
Merlin. By the time I returned home, the bird had flown on. So who knows. 
(But in 2017, a Taiga Merlin indeed perched on these towers. In the past, 
Peregrines have as well.)

Finally, the number of Spotted Towhees visiting my yard to also scratch for 
seed has been impressive. This afternoon, I counted up to seven along one 
edge of the yard. A few weeks ago, six were together, ornamenting a bare 
chokecherry. This isn't entirely unusual. eBird reminds me that the winter 
of 2017-18 brought a similar number through my yard. And I suspect it's 
just an outcome of me more consistently tossing seed around my yard, 
attracting the neighborhood's many towhees. (I use the waste free type so I 
don't end up with patches of millet and safflower.) 

No Cassin's Finches yet, though I seem to be surrounded by reports of them. 

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Dixon Reservoir, Larimer County

[Brad Biggerstaff]

There was a White-throated Sparrow (1st winter) at Dixon Reservoir/
Pine Ridge Natural Area in Fort Collins this morning. Although there
was a small flock of White-crowned Sparrows there, too, the White-
throated Sparrow was moving with a pair of Spotted Towhees when I saw
it on the brushy hill on the west side of the natural area at about
9:30.

Brad Biggerstaff
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Boulder County, Oct. 22nd

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.
 
Yesterday morning, Hannah and I heard and saw an adult white-and-black-morph 
White-throated Sparrow on the grounds of the Sunflower School in South Boulder.
 
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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - S Platte & 88th, Adams

[JBreitsch - Denver]

Nothing much to report from a quick morning of birding at Prospect Park in 
Wheat Ridge and also the South Platte by 88th Ave.
I just wanted to note that I had my 7th White-crowned Sparrow in the past 
17 days, spanning 4 locations in 3 different counties.  This one was in a 
flock of White-crowned Sparrows and Song Sparrows just to the southeast of 
the parking lot (88th and Colorado).  I'm hoping this, along with all the 
Harris's Sparrows being seen, bodes well for the upcoming winter season.
 
At Prospect, I was very excited to see the new boardwalk behind Bass Lake.  
Years ago that was a great place to go during spring migration.  I can't 
wait to visit it then.  In fact, I think I'll make a few trips back there 
in winter.  There are a lot of berries on those bushes and it has always 
been a good spot for waxwings.
 
John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Boulder County, 10/20

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

This evening, Sunday, Oct. 20, while Andrew and I were out looking for rocks at 
Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, we came upon a flock of Zonotrichia 
sparrows: mainly White-crowned Sparrows of course, but also a White-throated 
Sparrow. The flock was moving around a bit, but the birds were in the general 
vicinity of the southwestern corner of Greenlee Preserve, which is the same as 
the northwestern corner of Waneka Lake.

I'm guessing they'll spend the night. Or maybe, with the weather letting up as 
it is right now, they're already on nocturnal migration.

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado   

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Boulder Co., Oct. 4

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

A little while ago this sunny Saturday morning, Oct. 4, Andrew and I saw 
and heard a *White-throated Sparrow* along the shore of Waneka Lake, 
Boulder County. The bird was just northwest of the playground. The 
White-throated Sparrow exhibits a balanced chromosomal polymorphism; the 
bird we observed was of the black-and-white ("bright" or dominant) morph. 
In the past week, White-throated Sparrows have been putting on a good show 
just to our north; a week ago, Andrew and I (and others) saw at least 4 
just outside Cheyenne, Laramie County, and a few days later, birders in 
Casper, Natrona County, found at least 12.

Here is a recording of the flight call of the White-throated Sparrow at 
Waneka Lake:

http://www.xeno-canto.org/197803

Spectrographically, the flight call of the White-throated Sparrow is 
unique, being double-banded, high-pitched, descending, and wavering or 
trilled toward the end. This is what the Waneka Lake bird "looked" like:


In the immediate vicinity were Orange-crowned, Wilson's, and Audubon's 
warblers. Also, surround-sound Allard's ground crickets. No Sandhill Cranes 
for us yet, but we have ears cocked to the sky...

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado



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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow & Merlin - GJWA - Mesa County

[Mike Henwood]

Had a good morning of birding at the Grand Junction Wildlife Area (GJWA),
which is near the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers in Grand
Junction.

Lots of sparrows including an adult White-striped White-throated Sparrow, 6
Lincoln's Sparrows, about 20 Chipping Sparrows(down in numbers from several
days ago), plus numerous Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows,
and Dark-eyed Juncos (mostly Pink-sided & Oregon).  Spotted Towhees (8)
made the 7th sparrow species.

Also had a Merlin hunting from a perch and on the wing.  Observed a young
Cooper's Hawk carrying a junco in his talons.

Also observed an unusual Red-tailed Hawk which I think is a dark morph
Western Red-tailed.  Saw the bird circling and the body was uniform black
with a light rufous red tail.
Looked like a Harlan's Hawk with a red tail, so I'm not positive of the ID.

Mike Henwood
Grand Junction
Mesa County

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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow continues El Paso CO

['Kathy Miller' via Colorado Birds]

Not see yesterday, but was feeding this morning at 7am in backyard alongside 
several White-crowned sparrows and juncos.
Kathy Miller

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Ken Caryl Valley, JeffCo

[David Suddjian]

Nice hatch year *White-throated Sparrow* feeding in the front yard right
now.

David Suddjian
Lilttleton, CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Denver Botanic Gardens - Denver

[Jared Del Rosso]

This morning, I briefly observed a White-throated Sparrow at Denver Botanic 
Gardens. The bird emerged out of the "Birds & Bees Trail" before 
disappearing into the center of the Gardens. This was my first sighting of 
this bird at the Gardens. 

Though by no means rare, I was surprised to see a Belted Kingfisher flying 
over the Gardens' several, small bodies of water. A Say's Phoebe was also 
around. Dark-eyed Junco & Townsend's Solitaire have been around for several 
weeks now. I'm still waiting for a Mountain Chickadee to join them.

- Jared Del Rosso
Denver, CO


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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Boulder County, Oct. 22

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders. A *white-throated sparrow* has been hanging out in my front 
yard, Lafayette, Boulder County, this rainy Thursday morning, Oct. 22. Here's 
a photo  and here's audio 
, obtained while I was on the phone 
with an author. Do we live in the age of multi-tasking or what?

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow in Brighton, Adams County

[Douglas Kibbe]

Those who remained for the compilation of the Barr Lake CBC know that a 
White-throated Sparrow was reported from Brighton.Details on the location were 
sketchy, however, as the area was adjacent to an active construction site and 
road nomenclature unclear.The bird was first heard by Pablo Quezada, (proving 
again that younger ears are better ears) as the team walked west along the new 
road alignment for E. Southern Street which will connect Tower Road with S. 
Telluride Street.The bird remained concealed in a dense hedgerow on the south 
side of the new road alignment approximately 200 yards west of the junction of 
Southern St. and Tower Road.  We believe the bird (and dozens of house sparrows 
and finches) is probably frequenting feeders along La Plata CT. on the north 
side of the new alignment.   These private feeders can be partially viewed from 
the new road alignment but are screened by fencing on the north.Anyone visiting 
the site would be advised to use caution in parking and walking since it is an 
active highway construction area.
Doug KibbeLittleton
  

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Carbondale, Garfield Cty still

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

The White-throated Sparrow still visiting our back yard this morning. 

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow & Paired Swainson's Hawks - Arapahoe

[Jared Del Rosso]

This afternoon, while running along the High Line Canal in Centennial, I 
heard a singing White-throated Sparrow in the brush. Never saw it, but it 
was nearly the complete song...

This evening, while walking my dogs in the neighborhood in Centennial, a 
pair of Swainson's Hawks spent time together flying and perched on a 
transmission tower. I first noticed a Swainson's in the neighborhood on 
Sunday, so was surprised to see a pair so quickly paired. 

First of year Brown-headed Cowbirds and a Broad-tailed Hummingbird (male) 
on Sunday as well. Local Say's Phoebe calling madly and flying over the 
neighborhood, too. 

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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