a male bullock's oriole showed up in my yard at about 8 am this morning, and
has been visiting periodically since. he went straight for the hummingbird
feeder. they've nested here in past years.
Pine siskins and Cassin's finches remain abundant, with estimates of 35 and 12
birds, respectively, in our small yard. Over the weekend pine siskins reached
a peak of somewhere near 100. Also this morning, several mountain race
white-crowned sparrows and a gray-headed junco, migrants on the move. Also, a
male hairy woodpecker has been hanging around. while common in nearby pine
forests, they only infrequently visit my neighborhood. good numbers of
chipping sparrows moving though, with several flocks of 5 to 25 birds seen
today.
House wrens, spotted towhees and robins are singing up a storm. mourning doves
are copulating. mtn bluebirds are incubating. broad-tailed hummingbirds are
displaying. poorwills are singing at night, as are the great horned owls.
western meadowlarks sing in the distance -- my neighbor grazes their 35 acres
way too hard, unfortunately. instead we get a curious killdeer investigating
this hilltop pasture every now and then.
cheers,
Arvind Panjabi
5700' feet, Larimer County, CO
On the north slope of Milner Mtn
Mountain mahogany shrubland and grassland
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