Walked around a few snowy hours in Grandview Cemetery, west terminus of Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins (Larimer), between 12:30 and 3 this afternoon. Only heard one crossbill, I think a Red. Bird activity understandably subdued in the intermittently falling snow and pretty cold temperatures. Surprisingly, I ended up with 21 species, which is a good total this time of year even on a better weather day, with the highlights being:
Sharp-shinned Hawk (adult, probably female) Merlin (the light was bad, but appeared to be the prairie race, not the taiga individual I've seen a couple times lately) Cedar Waxwing (just 1 flyover) Common Raven (heard off to the west) Hairy Woodpecker (1, not all that common at Grandview) Eurasian Collared-Dove (1) Townsend's Solitaire (1) I will continue checking Grandview daily for the White-winged Crossbills. Only when they haven't been seen for week straight would I take that to mean they might really be gone. 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
