———- Forwarded message ——— From: Juanita Moston Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 3:14 PM Subject: Fwd: LUCILLE CORSENTINO – David Sabosky shares attached video “For All The Bird Lovers” To: Moston, Bob
I hope you can open this. It has some of the most phenomenal bird calls, but the parrot with understanding of rhythm is special.
I know this is a stretch ( for comparative purposes ), but our CO first state record Lawrence’s Goldfinch disappeared for a few days, TWICE during its two-month stay in Grand Junction, visiting our thistle feeders, but it did keep returning… the way we knew this was because many people from across the country were looking for this bird every day and were entering notes in our journal…. seems that our bird had settled into a daily schedule of sorts, so might this Crane? Pls note, however, that was during breeding season for Carduelis species in western U.S.. Different deal here, but who knows?
I just wanted to add some thoughts on the possible whereabouts of the bird. While I do think this bird could be on it’s way out, I’m not convinced. It disappeared for a while the first day and was refound. It has proved to be mobile and moves around throughout the day. It does seem to return to the one field however. If it is not seen today I will be out there early tomorrow to check.
It was reported from about 9 am to 9:30 then flew off to the SW and disappeared. May still be around nearby, and may return to the same spot. Or may be on its way to parts unknown. 🙁
Jacob Briggs reports (on Facebook) that the Common Crane was still present (and eventually flew elsewhere) near Fairfield this morning. Jacob’s full post follows:
“My father and I found the crane just after 9am today at about these coordinates: 43.300005,-114.732729 . We observed him feeding in a field for about 25 minutes. He eventually flew high out of the field and headed southwest.
I watched the bird in my binoculars until it was no longer visible in some fog. Quite a few birders showed up after that so hopefully it will be relocated.”
Thanks to Jacob and everyone for the continued updates.
Ah, the way that regions are sorted when searching “Explore Regions” has apparently changed since the database migration. I just type “Ada, ID” and it comes right up. I also have the page for my home county bookmarked in my browser, so that I can always access it with one click.
Sigh! I know what you mean Larry about Cornell kind of messing with ebird just for the sake of change it would seem. You have to type in Ada as normally but when the scroll of places pops up you have to scroll waaaaay down the line to find Ada Co. We’re behind Alaska and Alabama now but still ahead of the other US places that start with AD.
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