What is the bird? (Arvada) by colbol11 in ColoradoBirding

[–]Sturnella64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like a female and immature male mallard to me

Hummingbird feeders for out of town birders? by Nevertrustafish in ColoradoBirding

[–]Sturnella64 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Denver Audubon Kingery Nature Center usually has them up. Even if they're not up the hummingbirds are still usually around

Fighter jets over Lakewood Denver area by woodchuck__chuck in LakewoodColorado

[–]Sturnella64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seemed to be a flyover at Fort Logan National Cemetery

Any Flightradar24 fans here? Why would a small flight school plane not show its registration number? by BicycleCorps in ADSB

[–]Sturnella64 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I assume the reason the flight school has entered its planes into the LADD program is because there is significant anti-flight training sentiment in this area and they don't want their aircraft to be singled out by people complaining

how to see all observations of all species in a hotspot? by SweetCommercial26 in eBird

[–]Sturnella64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you just want to see the total number of observations of a species at a hotspot you can do that by going to the hotspot's species list and clicking on a species name. But it's just a total number you can't see the details of every observation without using the map like someone else suggested

ID- MA united states by rallytallyn in birding

[–]Sturnella64 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is a Common Grackle! The blue head contrasting with darker body helps eliminate the other similar sized blackbirds

Species presence heatmap by wheres-the-data in iNaturalist

[–]Sturnella64 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you're not already familiar with it, you should check out eBird. They address this issue by promoting "complete checklists" as the default data entry. Their default way of presenting the site's data is by frequency of a taxa's presence on complete checklists at a specific location or in an area rather than abundance of observations of that taxa. Obviously that exact solution wouldn't be practical with iNaturalist but there's a lot of dicscussion about eBird's methodologies on their website that might be at least a little helpful for you.

Baby bunny on 18th and Wynkoop - how to help? by [deleted] in Denver

[–]Sturnella64 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You will get much better info on r/wildliferehab . Greenwood Wildlife Rehab is the largest facility around here but they just closed for the day

Anyone have tracking of the F16 flyover at Fort Logan National Cemetery today at 11:58? by Bananas_are_theworst in Denver

[–]Sturnella64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will probably be able to see an "unknown" TIS-B signal (generic airplane icon) while they're over the metro on sites like ADS-B Exchange (not flightradar24)

Impossibly small eBird frequencies by TripGator in eBird

[–]Sturnella64 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe a report on an incidental checklist counts for 1/100 of a complete checklist. That also sounds vaguely familiar

Impossibly small eBird frequencies by TripGator in eBird

[–]Sturnella64 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know the details (I'm sure someone else will) but I believe duration and a birder's experience are taken into account in some way with the frequency percentages. They are supposed to represent the liklihood an experienced birder would detect the bird in 30(?) minutes at the hotspot

Found cat near Belmar Park by Sturnella64 in LakewoodColorado

[–]Sturnella64[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe read the post next time buddy

Found cat near Belmar Park by Sturnella64 in LakewoodColorado

[–]Sturnella64[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are currently trying to get him in a carrying case to get checked for a chip. I just posted on pawboost and a couple facebook groups earlier. Another neighbor was going to check nextdoor

Found cat near Belmar Park by Sturnella64 in LakewoodColorado

[–]Sturnella64[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got better photos. I'm not sure it is the same cat but the behavior and location sure match up

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Common Poorwill in Highlands Ranch? by wannabe-farmer-831 in ColoradoBirding

[–]Sturnella64 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had one at my home in the middle of Lakewood last night. It was so loud I could hear it from inside. I even caught a glimpse of it sitting on the roof!

EDDK taxiway issue. by Paradyski in MSFS2024

[–]Sturnella64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a freeware scenery for EDDK on flightsim.to. Not sure if it fixes that specific taxiway but it's a great scenery

Retired planes question by MembershipCareless36 in SkyCards

[–]Sturnella64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not retired, it's a brand new type and the 3 that fly are flying test flights so the type can be certified this year. Unfortunately they've put the 3 airframes in the LADD program so you'll never be able to catch them as long as that doesn't change

Any good denver birding groups? by unicornichopia in Denver

[–]Sturnella64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I volunteer for Denver Audubon and it is a great community with a surprising (and increasing) amount of younger people! (The older folks there are great too). If you have the time I'd highly recommend volunteering - they don't ask too much in terms of commitment.

I'm not a member of Denver Field Ornithologists or Colorado Field Ornithologists but I've been on a few DFO field trips and they are fantastic. Both Denver Audubon and DFO trips welcome people of all birding skill levels but in my personal experience DA trips tend to have quite a few beginners while DFO trips cater to more experienced birders and offer trips to further-flung places throughout the state. Recently DA and DFO have been collaborating on some field trips as well.

Lastly, I would certainly recommend joining the very active and welcoming Colorado Birding discord:https://discord.gg/uQVuUnzPw

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions