Please be on the look-out nr Colorado Blvd and Mineral in Centennial, Arapahoe Cty
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Carol Blackard
Jun 18, 2023, 2:53:24 PM6/18/23
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Hi,
We just saw a light yellow-breasted bird (beak to vent)with two wing bars exhibiting flycatcher behavior from our Austrian Pine 15-30 ft from our seats on the deck. I thought Cordilleran, which would be a new yard bird for us. We got no good look at the eye.
Good news and bad news. It was singing, always just two notes, high-pitched with the second note
almost an octave higher than the first. Timbre: sweet, whistling, light-weight. Definitely sounded more like partial song Pacific-Slope than Cordilleran.
Also caveat: looked like white or lighter outer tail feathers and Sibley doesn’t show that for either bird.
Just watch/listen if you are near here. It is very singy and perching in the lower and outer branches.
Carol Blackard
carolblackard.com
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We just saw a light yellow-breasted bird (beak to vent)with two wing bars exhibiting flycatcher behavior from our Austrian Pine 15-30 ft from our seats on the deck. I thought Cordilleran, which would be a new yard bird for us. We got no good look at the eye.
Good news and bad news. It was singing, always just two notes, high-pitched with the second note
almost an octave higher than the first. Timbre: sweet, whistling, light-weight. Definitely sounded more like partial song Pacific-Slope than Cordilleran.
Also caveat: looked like white or lighter outer tail feathers and Sibley doesn’t show that for either bird.
Just watch/listen if you are near here. It is very singy and perching in the lower and outer branches.
Carol Blackard
carolblackard.com
Sent from my iPhone
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