As the overnight snow was falling from the trees this morning at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins:
American Robin (flocks high up, flying south (mostly), total of 150 birds) Townsend's Solitaire (1) perhaps a bird that will overwinter at the cemetery, not present in previous visits this fall Canada Goose (small flocks, mostly going south, total of about 165 individuals) Cackling Goose (with the bigger geese, estimate 8) Pine Siskin (one small group heard) low numbers this fall so far Black-billed Magpie (1) seen chasing junco, missed it (I think), later eating morsel in a big spruce that looked like cached but unfrozen meat (bird or mouse?)) RED CROSSBILL (3m, 1f) well-studied for wingbars, in CO blue spruce, first I've seen at the cemetery in several months Golden-crowned Kinglet (1f) in mixed flock of chickadees, creepers and red-breasted nuthatches, if it winters will be the first in couple years (a species that was regular at the cemetery in small numbers for several years prior to the 07-08 absence) Total of 20 species (which is good for the cemetery on the date) Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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
