Hi all, Spent much of this glorious sunny day at the Snowmass ski area. Late morning I was at the top of Sam's Knob where around 200 Rosy Finches were visiting the feeders (a fairly even mix of Brown-capped and Gray-crowned of both forms) plus Pine Siskins, Pine Grosbeaks, Gray Jays, Mountain Chickadees and Red-breasted Nuthatches and a Townsend's Solitaire - rather high up at 10,600 feet in early Feb. I helped a while at the regular (Wednesday afternoons) banding station - at least 25 Rosy Finches were banded in the brief time I was there.
Later I was at the top of the Gondola - (foot passenger ticket $26) and a flock of crossbills flew around the tree tops calling. I got good looks at least one male White-winged Crossbill - there may well have been several more. The bird feeder there did not have any visitors in the few minutes I was there, but the lift operators told me that they are getting plenty of birds daily, as well as a American (Pine) Marten most days.. yesterday it was apparently there for half an hour in the afternoon, showing well to a crowd of admirers. No-one reported seeing it today. American Martens were reported regularly at that feeder last ski season (07-08). Good birding all Dick Filby, Carbondale, Garfield Co --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
