Both yesterday and today, Joe Scott, a fellow birder from Massachusetts and I had good luck in finding Rosy-Finches in Summit County. Today (Thursday), we had one Black Rosy-Finch, 3 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches (including one Hepburn's subspecies) and 60+ Brown-capped Rosy-Finches. The birds were seen and heard in a couple of sections of the Wildernest area of Silverthorne (Summit County).
Yesterday, we also had all 3 species with a Black Rosy-Finch and 30+ Brown-capped Rosy-Finches in the village of Heeney (Green Mtn. Reservoir). Later in the day we had 20+ Brown-capped Rosy-Finches and 2 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in the Wildernest area of Silverthorne. It appears that the Barrow's Goldeneyes have departed the Blue River Water Treatment Plant as well as the pond in Angler Mtn. Ranch (Silverthorne). At the treatment plant, I have seen over the past several days, an Osprey perched on a nesting platform with ~6 inches of nesting material. Not sure if a second nest is being built as I have not seen an Osprey bringing in nesting material. The traditional nest has 2 Osprey in\on it regularly. Some of the other birds seen in the Silverthorne area besides Rosy-Finches include Band-Tailed Pigeons 8, Pygmy Nuthatch 3, Red Crossbill 5, Evening Grosbeak 4, Pine Grosbeak 30+, Cassin's Finch 20+ and probably several hundred of the ubiquitous Pine Siskin. Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
