I continue to visit Grandview Cemetery at the west terminus of Mountain Avenue
in Fort Collins, regardless of it being a rather lackluster autumn migration
for unusual species so far. Of course, the cemetery only has water in the form
of a now-turned-off irrigation ditch and the focus is
Well, yesterday I was talking about White-crowned Sparrows starting to
predominate. Today the only birds we caught were White-crowneds. There
was a flock milling around near the front nets when we arrived and we
caught 9 of them - 8 Gambel's and 1 Mountain. And that was it for the
morning.
This Thursday, October 12th, Fort Collins Audubon is pleased to host *Stephen
Jones, Author,** for** “Thirty-eight years of Continuity, Change, and
Wonder at a Sandhills Wildlife Area”*
In-person social time with refreshments starts at 7:00 pm; Announcements at
7:20 pm; Visual Presentation at
Hey COBirders,
A big day banding at Clear Spring Ranch this morning.
The past ten days almost all migrant activity has happened in the first 30-45
minutes, mostly before sunrise, then it got pretty quiet. I’ve had 40-50 birds
each morning the last two, then 92 today, 61 before 7:00! Most
I’d love to hear more input on this from other perspectives as well. Based on some input from others, I’m personally not as concerned about this development as something like Barr Lake, but I’m willing to change my opinion.What I’ve heard is that the area that’s being developed is not really
When I went outside this morning I heard a familiar sound — the call of a
Townsend’s Solitaire! The berries on my Washington Hawthorn tree are just
getting ripe and it’s cold and dry in the foothills.
I suspect it was here last year.
Paula Hansley
Louisville
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Hello again COBIRDERS!
Looking for something to do today...Sunday? How about some leisure birding
at a Big Sit?
What is a "Big Sit" you ask?
Well, a Big Sit is similar to the birding event called a "Big Day", in both
events participants try to count as many species as possible, the
