Date: 8/16/25 6:24 am From: Michael Keilly <mkeilly...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Digest for - 2 updates in 2 topics
We happened to drive past yesterday (Friday) a little bit after noon and
thought we saw it perched on one of the dead trees in the pond. Didn’t stop
but that’s what it looked like. I wonder why it decided to visit us as
well, and why it seems to be staying.
Michael Keilly, Erie
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> Yampa Valley Crane Festival, Routt Co., Aug. 28–31, 2025
> <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/2e1e84199fa118b1?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Ted Floyd <tedfloyd73...>: Aug 15 05:12PM -0600
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> Hey, all.
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> I'm writing to let you know about the upcoming 14th annual Yampa Valley
> Crane Festival, Thurs.–Sun., Aug. 28–31, 2025. The festival is based out of
> Steamboat Springs and Hayden, Routt Co., at a fascinating time of year for
> birding & nature study in northwestern Colorado.
>
> Many festival offerings sold out some time ago, but I am pleased to report
> that several new ones have very recently opened up—and that a few older
> ones still have some availabilities. So check out the festival website (
> coloradocranes.org/festival), and see if you can get on some cool field
> trips; also many of the lectures, workshops, and activities are free and
> open to the public, so you can just show up. Again, check out the website
> for all the inviting details.
>
> I mentioned the fascinating late-summer birding in and around Steamboat and
> Hayden in late summer, and I'll say two things about that before signing
> off. Here goes:
>
> 1. Well, cranes. Staging on their migratory grounds on their migration
> south. Until the advent of this crane festival, I think many of us in
> Colorado didn't know about this late-summer staging phenomenon at all.
> Anyhow, it's really something to see and hear, and you don't have to freeze
> your tush off the way you do in March at Monte Vista or Kearney.
>
> 2. You're not going to believe this, but...western warbling-vireos. I am
> not joking. In recent years, we have documented insane numbers of western
> warbling-vireos staging near Hayden—like 20+ in a single small Gambel oak.
> Have you ever seen 20+ vireos of any species all crammed into the same
> tree? Well, this is your chance! And you don't even have to worry about
> eastern warbling-vireos out there...as far as we know. :-)
>
> Ted Floyd
> Lafayette, Boulder Co.
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> <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/f5bbb0ddb864da72?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > R Carol Cushman <r.cushman...>: Aug 15 09:29PM
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> Has anyone spotted the anhinga at the 95th street ponds in the last few
> days? Any ideas regarding where it may have gone? Or, why it came here in
> the firs place?
> Carol Cushman
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