Hi COBirders, Just back from my Colo Spgs CBC site. My area includes "Section 16" and the Palmer Trail, in the foothills and cliffs above the Bear Creek Nature Center on the SW side of Colo Spgs. The Douglas Fir are loaded with cones - like I've never seen - and the montane birds are working them, mostly at higher elevations there. I haven't done all of my numbers, but I had over 110 Red-breasted Nuthatch, dozens of Cassin's Finch, Pine Siskin, Mountain Chickadees, a couple of Red Crossbills, and an even dozen Evening Grosbeak - a first at this site in my 25 years of counting. All were seen high up in the Douglas Fir, on the sunny slopes. I even had my first Pygmy Nuthatches feeding in Douglas Fir cones - (aren't they supposed to be Ponderosa specific???)
I t was a VERY good day. Steve Brown Colorado Springs -- 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
