Western Tanager invasion, Boulder

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Joyce Takamine

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May 19, 2019, 11:30:04 AM5/19/19
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I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
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Joyce Takamine

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May 19, 2019, 11:38:12 AM5/19/19
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 Sorry hit the send key before I was finished.

On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:30:04 AM UTC-6, Joyce Takamine wrote:
I live in East Boulder away from the foothills and usually do not
see Western Tanagers in my yard.  But about 2 weeks ago I noticed
   2 males and saw at least one for a few days.  But in the last few days
   the tanager gang has grown.  Sometimes I can count about 10 birds
   at the feeders and in the nearby trees and bushes.  There are at least
   2 females but mostly males.  They are eating the suet blocks.  Has
   anyone else had such an invasion.  It is not unusual to see multiple
  tanagers are the feeder area.  They do not seem to like to share the
  suet block while they are eating.  There is at least one male that has
  a gorgeous bright red hood and he seems to be dominate.  

Joyce Takamine
Boulder 

Randy Siebert

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May 19, 2019, 12:20:17 PM5/19/19
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I had 2 males and 2 females at Waneka Lake in eastern Boulder county (Lafayette) this morning. So they do indeed seem to be in the area.

Randy Siebert

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May 19, 2019, 12:21:16 PM5/19/19
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Another send too soon

Randy Siebert
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Elena Holly Klaver

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May 19, 2019, 1:29:39 PM5/19/19
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I have several western tanagers in my yard in Niwot for the first time that I can remember.  There are males and females, both, calling (not singing), and they prefer the suet.  What a treat.  Nothing says “neotropical migrant” better than a western tanager!

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Migrant

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May 19, 2019, 1:37:41 PM5/19/19
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In our Green Mountain Lakewood yard, we have had tanagers for eleven straight days. Yesterday was the max with six- four males of various ages, and two females. They were joined by nine orioles and three lazuli buntings, along with the “usual suspects” of robins, blue jays, magpies, spotted towhees, broad-tailed hummers, black-headed grosbeaks, bushtits, house finches, scrub-jays, chickadees, flickers and doves. Quite a show. The tanagers are interesting because the males can be told apart by the amount of red on the head, presumably a function of age. We had a range of bold, fully red head to one with just a wash of red on what otherwise looked like a female.

Norm Lewis
Lakewood

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Janet Hanley

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May 19, 2019, 2:00:00 PM5/19/19
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I live on the west edge of Louisville and I have had several  Western Tanangers for three days now.  They are after the suet.
Janet Hanley


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Becky Campbell

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May 19, 2019, 5:14:14 PM5/19/19
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I live in the southeast metro- Denver area just south of Cherry Creek State Park.  I’ve had four Western Tanagers for about a week, also going for suet.  It’s definitely the brightest male who dominates. Previous years’ tanager visits have been fleeting. 

For the past several weeks, I’ve also had several male Bullock’s Orioles and two male Black-headed Grosbeaks joining the American Goldfinches to round out my color parade. 

Becky Campbell 
Arapahoe Cty. 
Just so. of CCSP

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linda hodges

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May 19, 2019, 7:28:06 PM5/19/19
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Not sure if any of this is unusual, but a friend of mine in Colorado Springs' westside had a dozen Western Tanagers in her yard for about a week this May. 

Linda Hodges
Colorado Springs




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