[cobirds] HMANA (Hawk Migration Association of North America) Winter Raptor Survey from Bennett to Jackson Lake

2024-02-14 Thread Ajit Antony
We conducted a new survey route we created this winter season to add to the 3 surveys we did in 2022-2023 when we moved from New York to Denver. This one went from Bennett to Jackson Lake taking local mainly dirt roads. We completed this route in December 2023 and January 2024, doing the last one f

[cobirds] Crows, crows, and more crows

2024-02-14 Thread Doug Ward
The past few days we have had large numbers (100+) of AMERICAN CROWs in our neighborhood in southwest Denver (Athmar Park neighborhood, Denver Co.). This ensemble moves around and feeds in smaller tribes (15-20) with occasional diversions to harass the local hawks (RED-TAILED & COOPER'S). Today the

[cobirds] Some Ken Caryl birds, JeffCo

2024-02-14 Thread David Suddjian
My wintering Red Fox Sparrow has been a very sporadic and mostly uncooperative visitor over the last 5 weeks. It is still around, but is predictable only in that it has lately been appearing *only* in snowy conditions, and then briefly, and in not the best light at its favorite cover in my front ya

Re: [cobirds] Crows, crows, and more crows

2024-02-14 Thread David Suddjian
One thing I've noticed at other locations is that the places where crows stage before roosting when the day is ending, and even getting toward dark, are not always where they are actually roosting. I* don't know the situation at Denver*, but I have observed final roost entries happen when it is in