I am forwarding the report below with a little background about the sighting came my way. Here is an intriguing story about Curve-billed Thrashers in Jefferson County. I met Phil Lyon, a teacher (fourth grade I recall) at the Red Rocks Trading Post the other day. I heard his story (see below) about seeing a CBTH at his school on Oct 21. The school he refers to is near the town of Morrison, near the lower entrance to Red Rocks Park, and almost visible if you look down the valley from the Red Rocks trading post. Phil has been birding actively for about a year and has turned all of his students into eager birders. I think that his ID is reliable. Obviously if this were a very rare bird or new state record or really difficult to ID, I would have to put less weight on the report. I asked him to send me the exact date and details. The CBTH he saw would become the 2nd Jeffco record if accepted. The first one was a few years ago in Mark Chavez's back yard and the other CBTH was the one found at Red Rocks on October 27th by guess who? Mark Chavez! Who knows if the schoolyard bird is the same individual seen at the Trading Post? Matters not. I enjoyed hearing this information, as the Red Rocks Curve-billed Thrasher has attracted a lot of well-deserved interest lately. A rare Jeffco bird, that. Joe Roller, Denver -----Original Message----- From: phill...@comcast.net To: per...@aol.com Sent: Tue, Nov 9, 2010 7:01 pm Subject: curve-billed thrasher Joe, As you requested, I went back to school, Red Rocks Elementary, to look at our records (we keep a list of what we've seen at our feeders just outside our classroom window) to determine when we saw the thrasher. As best as I can figure out, it was most likely Thursday, Oct. 21 in the afternoon sometime around 2:00 or 2:30pm. It flew up to a small bench just below our bird-feeder tree and stared into our classroom as we looked out to see what new bird had just shown up. The kids are great at calling out whenever they see what they think is a new bird. It stayed for just a minute or two before flying off. It never did eat any of the seed that was in the feeders or on the ground. I guess it was just checking out the territory. I didn't know what it was. Checked with my field guides and wondered if it might be a thrush of some kind, but didn't really think so. It wasn't until I saw the photos posted by Mark Chavez that I realized what it was, a curve-billed thrasher. So, that's the story. Phil Lyon 4th grade teacher Red Rocks Elementary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
