Hi cobirders. On Friday Dec. 4 a White-crowned Sparrow came back.
A male Red-winged Blackbird showed up with a large panel of brown
feathers on top of his back. This
makes them very difficult to identify if have not seen this stage of
molt. This the only one so far this season
and it was alone. However it did flash his bright red new wing
patch. I have had about a half dozen at
once a year ago. When they are with a small flock of Redwings they
often are not welcome.
On Saturday A Blue Jay came first in several weeks. It found a seed
to its liking and flew off.
It pays to check Juncos which I try to place in their sub-species
much easier than Red Crossbills if
you have not learned their calls or have limited hearing. Today there
was a lone black headed Slate-colored
Junco in the Russian Olive and flew down to the ground under the
thistle feeder. Sibley;s shows a
variant like that from the Canadian Rocky Mountains. First I
remember seeing one like that.
So it pays to watch what shows up at your feeders.
The partial albino House Finch hasn't shown lately nor any House
Finches only a small flock been
coming this fall. The Purple Finch males ( 2 seen at once) are still
coming. They both show more
streaking on flanks than I like to see but lots of white too.
Hard to keep the cage feeder full these days.
Bob Spencer
N.E. of Golden
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