Ken Caryl Valley report 9-19, JeffCo

[David Suddjian]

Landbird migration has remained slow at Ken Caryl Valley (no public access), but today there were a few species of interest and I encountered individuals of some of the regular species which have been missing for me in Ken Carly for the last 1-2 weeks. The highlights were 1 Gray Flycatcher, 1 Orchard Oriole, and 1 Chimney Swift. 

Among the other migrants I noted this morning at Ken Caryl were 1 Osprey, 1 Western Wood-Pewee, 3 Say's Phoebes, about 20 Barn Swallows, 4 House Wrens,  20+ Mountain Bluebirds, 3 Townsend's Solitaires, 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 1 Sage Thrasher,  1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 3 Audubon's Warblers, 7 Wilson's Warblers, 1 MacGillivray's Warbler, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, 1 Green-tailed Towhee, 1 Western Tanager, and 1 Black-headed Grosbeak.

Steller's Jays are showing a stronger movement than I've noted in the three prior falls that I've been here. Each day lately I find individuals in areas where they are often missing, and there are loose flocks moving through the area, consistently southward. For example, today I saw flocks of 11 and 9 Steller's passing over local neighborhoods. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay is also more widespread than usual in the KC Valley, presently occurring widely in areas where it is sporadic or usually absent. Pine Siskins are numerous around by yard, with 75-100 there lately, and widespread generally. 

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO