Rose-breasted Grosbeak, et al. - deKoevend (Arapahoe)

[Jared Del Rosso]

The male Rose-breasted Grosbeak that I encountered on Sunday (5/22) continues today (5/23) at deKoevend Park in Centennial (Arapahoe Co.). He was in the field behind Shelter /  Picnic Area "A," which is adjacent to and just northwest of the tennis courts. When I saw him, he flew from the northern corner of this field (near a pedestrian bridge) to the southern edge; both edges intersect the Big Dry Creek. The areas around the creek and, increasingly, the west portion of the High Line are especially birdy. Today, the park contained a male Bullock's Oriole, a Swainson's Thrush, two or three Warbling Vireo, a Plumbeous Vireo, one or two Black-headed Grosbeaks, 9 or 10 Western Tanagers, and a singing Wilson's Warbler. I may have missed something among these. I didn't bird the east side of the park / High Line Canal. Perhaps it's equally birdy, but it usually isn't.

I'm happy to say that the Rose-breasted Grosbeak was eBird number #100 for deKoevend, changing its marker from the off putting, cold blue to the inviting, warmer green.  

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

[Jared Del Rosso]

I met Joe Roller, Steve Stachowiak, and another birder at deKoevend (Arapahoe) to look for the Rose-breasted Grosbeak around noon (5/22). Neither it nor anything but the Bullock's Oriole and a single Western Tanager (seen by Steve) showed. At one point, I thought we might be looking at an Olive-sided Flycatcher, perched conspicuously on the High Line. But consensus was that it was a pewee looking extra-vesty in the midday sun. Oh well.

Then we all went our separate ways. And of course it was only after that, when no one else was around, that I found a Black-headed Grosbeak, a Warbling Vireo, and, back where that vesty pewee was, a no doubt Olive-sided Flycatcher (with an even vestier vest than a pewee and white tufts on the side) flycatching near the pewee. I would have photographs of all of them, but I discovered that battery in my camera, which I dragged along for the trip, was dead. I swear.

I may have heard the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, too. There was a grosbeak, I think, singing softly along the High Line bordering the ice arena parking lot. I looked for it, including from the parking lot, but couldn't find it. Then, it stopped singing and I still couldn't find it. (The Bullock's Oriole was around, chattering and spitting out portions of its song.) I don't know the two grosbeaks' songs well enough...and have one of the least musical ears around...to distinguish them by sound only. In any case, the area of the High Line that it was on isn't far from where the bird was yesterday and today--the southern tip of the park.

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

[Tim Ryan]

Rose Breasted Grosbeak Arapahoe

The bird was present in the same location at 3pm. It flew SW into the grove of trees between the creek and canal. 

Tim Ryan

Parker, Douglas County CO. 

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