Clarks Nutcrackers at 6000 ft.

[Raymond Davis]

For about 3.5 weeks, I've had 2-4 Clark's Nutcrackers hanging around (I feed peanuts).

I have, in 20 years, seen singles for 1 day here in various Septembers, but never had an extended multi-visit.   I have NOT noticed unusual other montaine birds; juncos and red-breasted nuthatches have shown up, but i expect them in Sept.  Did have a bear a week ago.

Also, Friday, 10/2, while playing golf in Fort Lupton, we had 7 or 8 flocks of sandhill cranes, mostly circling to gain altitude, between 11 and 12:15.   Probably 450 total individuals.  Always a great sound to hear unexpectedly.

davis - at 6,000 ft. in very southern Larimer County, 5 mi NW of Lyons.

[Candice Johnson]

We had our first ever (in 50 years) Clark's Nutcracker pair come to our cabin near Meeker Park at 8750 feet, from about Aug. 28 to mid-September. One bird learned to get more peanuts in the front yard where we throw them by coming to the back window while I washed dishes & pecking on the window!  

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Believe it or not, we had a Clark's Nutcracker in our Nunn yard during blizzard of 2003!

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland