I spoke too soon; the Lewis's Woodpecker is still here...I just saw him taking peanuts that I put out for the jays and magpies. I wonder where he's been the last two weeks. He sure seems happy to be back; must be refilling his larder as many times as he's visited the feeder!
Speaking of jays, not only are the Blue Jays coming with regularity, but I've discovered I also have Western Scrub Jays visiting. Looking at the handsome bird, I have a feeling I've seen him before but thought I was looking at a 'relaxed' Blue Jay. Perhaps I'm a lazy birder...or perhaps these new glasses are quite an improvement, but I think they've been here before and I just didn't SEE how different they are from the Blues. And over the weekend, I also saw the White-winged Dove. I can't seem to get rid of the Eurasian Collareds and notice I hardly ever see Mourning Doves here any more; are these implants running them off, I wonder. All three Rosy-Finches continue to come, though when the weather is bad there are so many more. Perhaps 100 visited this morning, while it was closer to 300 all weekend. I think they know what time I toss out the seed! On Sunday though, things were pretty calm for the greater portion of the day, as a Cooper's Hawk sat in a huge Cottonwood overlooking the yard. He stayed for hours and hours...never did see him try for lunch, though. This must have been a female, she was quite large. It was good to have the chance to really look at her and take in the lighter nape and more rounded tail. Seems she also had very little white in the last bar of her tail coloring. Other than that, all the standards abound: nuthatches, chickadees, creepers, finches (and finally siskins again...where have they been?), Hairys, Downies, Juncos, the occasional Sparrow or Cassian's Finch and always Evening Grosbeaks...sometimes as many as 50 at a time. While the little hawk-types visit often, I've yet to see a Great-horned Owl this year. Feel free to give me a call should you be interested in birding my yard. Beverly Jensen 719-989-1398 www.RuralChatter.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
