Evening Grosbeak, Denver Cty

[Eric DeFonso]

This morning during a short stroll in the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver just a few blocks east of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, I heard the distinct calls of a pair of Evening Grosbeaks, amid some tall trees about a 100 yards from me.

Not what I expected to encounter on a mid-August morning in Denver! I became quite familiar with this species' sounds during multiple seasons of field work in the coniferous forests of the Colorado high country, so hearing them in such a different context was an absolute delight. According to eBird, lowland summertime encounters with Evening Grosbeak are exceedingly rare. If anyone else is in the area, keep your eyes and ears peeled.

Eric

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Eric DeFonso
Westminster, CO