Hi first of all, a big thanks for those who helped me try to locate the American Three-toed Woodpecker. I decided to bird the Three Sisters Park near Evergreen without successfully locating the bird. We didn't arrive there until mid-morning on Saturday and with the number of mountain bikers, families and time of day, birding activity going up to the lookout was almost non-existent with the exception of one Steller's Jay. One red fox though joined us for a rest half way up, as we sat on rocks it went downwind of us and around and then sat in the path watching us watch it until other hiker activity made it move on.
However, I decided to try the path across the road from the east parking lot around noon and found instantly more birding activity. Within a few minutes I tallied 3 nuthatches, white, red and pygmy, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, and one owl tooting. I did not locate it but it had a single toot repeated every 2 seconds or so. So that was a pleasant addition to my trip list. Starting at I-25 at the New Mexico border Friday morning, birds seen during my brief stay in Colorado were: Golden Eagle, Red-tail and Swainson Hawks and a possible Ferruginous. Missisippi Kite over Colorado Springs. At Lair of the Bear park between Morrison and Evergreen we had American Dippers, Broad-tail Hummers (in massive numbers everywhere we went including downtown Idaho Springs), Lesser Goldfinches. At the Corwina Park there was a Emp Flycatcher easily seen and heard but I was still unable to identify it, along with 5 or more Catbirds being harassed by the hummers and one Rock Wren. Of course there were the assorted to be expected birds, but the ones mentioned above were the highlights. I enjoyed visiting your state this weekend, quite beautiful and the park system is awesome. Dale Shaw Ohl Van Zandt Co., TX -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
