Only a matter of time before a Brown Thrasher shows up ... currently hanging out in backyard. Also, Rock Wren (not new). Species total now 93.
Habitat: 35 acres CRP property (old agricultural fields being converted to native grasses). 14 feeders, 50 pounds of cracked corn (bi-monthly), lots of sunflower, safflower, nyger and Tidy Gardener, and two heated water sources. We've landscaped (bird-friendly) 12,000 sq ft within our fenced backyard, phase II completed. Landscape (Nunn, Colorado): Hackberry - 3 Dwarf Rabbitbrush (Green/Blue) - 21 Austrian Pine - 8 Witchita Blue Juniper - 8 Spanish Goldbroom - 8 Radian Crabapple - 2 Fat Albert Spruce - 3 Canada Red Cherry Tree - 5 Dark Knight Spirea - 5 Straight Plains Cottonwood - 2 Blue Spruce - 1 Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany - 11 Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn - 1 Nanking Cherry - 3 Pawnee Butte Sandcherry - 5 New Mexican Privet - 3 Grow-low Sumac - 7 Western Sandcherry - 5 Lilac - 10 White Snowberry - 9 Russian Hawthorn - 1 Patmore Ash - 2 Thunderchild Crabapple - 6 Dogwood (Yellow/Red-twigged) - 15 Yard List (93 total species): Sand Hill Crane Great Blue Heron Mallard Canada Goose Snow Goose American White Pelican Turkey Vulture Sharp-Shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Harrier Swainson's Hawk Red-Tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Rough-Legged Hawk Golden Eagle Bald Eagle American Kestrel (Breeder) Prairie Falcon Merlin Northern Bobwhite Chukar (Breeder) Ring-Necked Pheasant (Breeder) Ring-billed Gull Killdeer (Breeder) Rock Pigeon Eurasian-Collared Dove Mourning Dove (Breeder) Great-Horned Owl Burrowing Owl (Breeder) Barn Owl Common Nighthawk Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Black-Chinned Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Northern Flicker (Yellow and Red-Shafted) Eastern Kingbird Western Kingbird (Breeder) Western Wood-Pewee Say's Phoebe Northern Shrike Loggerhead Shrike Eastern Bluejay Clark's Nutcracker Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow European Starling (Breeder) Black-Billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Common Grackle Horned Lark (Breeder) Rock Wren House Wren Mountain Bluebird American Robin (Breeder) Sage Thrasher Brown Thrasher Northern Mockingbird Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Yellow Warbler Wilson's Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler Lark Bunting Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Lark Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Clay-Colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow White-Crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon, Slate-Colored) Lapland Longspur Chestnut-Collared Longspur McCown's Longspur Brewer's Blackbird Great-Tailed Grackle Yellow-Headed Blackbird Red-Winged Blackbird Bobolink Western Meadowlark (Breeder) American Goldfinch Pine Siskin House Finch (Normal, Yellow Variant) (Breeder) Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch House Sparrow (Breeder) Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/ -- Home of the "Nunn Guy" -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
