Folks- my dad Jim & I braved the crowds of non-birders at the Red Rocks trading
post this morning and were eventually rewarded with nice looks of the
Curve-billed Thrasher filling up on millet during a short lull of kids crawling
around on the rocks near the feeder, families posing for portraits on the steps
and stone wall, etc. Also noteworthy and entertaining was a Northern Shrike
that blasted into the thicket but emerged empty-billed, trailing a smattering
of perturbed House Finches. Another major highlight was a patrolling juv.
Northern Goshawk that paused to perch in a snag protruding from the rocks south
of the balcony, affording extended scope looks before continuing on its way.
We also birded at Chatfield, where an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and Common
Loon seen at the Plum Creek Delta provided the highlights on a sweltering (for
November) day there.
Enjoy- Bill
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