GC3KMR3 Avian Rarities of Colorado--Scarlet Tanager
Type: Traditional | Size: Other | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Denali41 @ | Hide Date: 05/18/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 41.381 W105° 01.621 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
               

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PIXEL MAGIC FOR FTF!

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The vivid red and black male Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) is among the most colorful and striking of our breeding birds. This tanager is a long-distance Neotropical migrant, annually making the journey between northwestern South America, where it winters, and the eastern United States and southern Canada, where it nests. In its breeding range, it occupies deciduous forests, preferring mature forest habitats, especially those where oaks are common. It is rarely seen in Colorado, but in some years one or two vagrants are recorded during the migration period. These out-of-range individuals stay a short period before moving on in attempts to find suitable habitat and others of their species.


MALE SCARLET TANAGER

On May 16th, a gorgeous male Scarlet Tanager appeared on our property, Falcon Ridge. This land has been planted to and managed for diverse wildlife habitats. Over the years it has attracted many bird species that are rarely found in Colorado. Hundreds of birders have also come to Falcon Ridge, many to see “life birds”, or species that they have not seen elsewhere in the state. In most years, between 140 and 150 species of birds are observed at Falcon Ridge, which is now permanently protected through two Conservation Easements.

This cache has been placed along our farm road west of where the Scarlet Tanager has been seen repeatedly over the past several days . Find the cache, sign its log, and then, if you are so inclined, look for the bird! It has been regularly foraging in the trees immediately south of the road just west of where you will park. Enter the rows of trees from the east end (the driveway end) and walk between the Ponderosa Pines and the Green Ashes. The bird has normally been seen in the ash trees. You have our permission to come onto the property to locate the cache (and to try for this special bird). Drive up Falcon View Drive and park in front of the green gate. For purposes of the sign near the highway, you are a Guest. No smoking is allowed on Falcon Ridge, per common sense, and per stipulations of the Conservation Easements. Access is restricted to daylight hours.

06/29/2019 By peace love pi
Yay for GotYour6! She made the find after a pretty thorough search of the entire area. She and I teamed up today after the Peace Love and Little Donuts event to do this Wherigo and the other nearby caches. We met Mrs. Denali who graciously gave us a tour before we began. Except for the 2 ticks I found on me, I eally enjoyed the experience. TFTC! All is well with this cache. This gets a favorite.

06/29/2019 By GotYour6
Great day of geocaching with PeaceLovePi. We were excited to find this cache after a lengthy search. Fun area to spend the day geocaching! Thanks for allowing us on your property to complete the wherigo and find the other geocaches.

05/23/2019 By dbrents
Didn't find but will be back. Too cold to linger. TFTH

03/09/2019 By OneKindWord
No luck for me on this one. I was using my phone instead of my GPS today, which is sometimes not very accurate, so I'm not sure if I was searching the correct area for GZ. Will have to try again next time I'm in the area.

11/03/2018 By Reikilove420
I like the container, you probably have so many replacement logs for this one. Thanks for an awesome day full of awesome caches!

07/22/2018 By Denali41
Because of the two recent DNFs I checked on the cache. It's there and in good condition.

07/17/2018 By galloquest94
Good hiding we will be back.

07/01/2018 By NDOkie
Nope! This was not loaded on my Garmin and this time the iPhone could not lead me there. Still, fun to look!

09/11/2017 By LCSM
Nice hide in a beautiful area. We paused a bit at the end of our walk to look for feathered friends but had to head south. This a lovely way to spend our morning. Thanks for inviting us here with these caches.

08/23/2017 By Tahosa and Sons
Well it must of been a blank spot in my daily memories, because we found this cache the last time we hiked the area and had both of those grand four leg with us. So we finally got around to signing the log and claiming the smiley. Thanks for the cache.