Steller's Jays and Mountain Chickadee at Littleton Cemetery, Arapahoe

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David Suddjian

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Oct 8, 2020, 4:54:36 PM10/8/20

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Today Karen Strong and I observed 10 Steller's Jays passing north over Littleton Cemetery, moving through at tree-top level, some pausing briefly and others flying through without stopping. They passed in loose assemblages of 8 and then later 2, without calls. This is my second record for Steller's at the cemetery, and the species is rare at Littleton. The other for the cemetery, on10/18/2017, occurred during another fall when there was movement of montane species to lowlands. I think our count of 10 today is high for Arapahoe County. We also had one Mountain Chickadee, which is also only rare and sporadic at the cemetery and generally rare along the So. Prince street area of Littleton.

David Suddjian

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