The cold snap and light snow has brought our Pinyon Jays back 40 to 50+ at a time. I have lost the telephone number of the birder from up north who wanted to photograph the jays...so if you read this feel free to call and come down! The Harris's Sparrow has been coming in daily - always very early in the morning and after most of the birds have left in the afternoon The pair of White-winged Doves has continues to show up daily We have a record number of Cassin's Finches coming in...up to 10 at a time...hard to keep track of them all as they move around so much...but there is one with a distinct yellowish coloring. I know this can occur in House Finches...has anyone ever hear of this happening in Cassin's Finches? 2 Song Sparrows visit daily...but rarely at the same time...their coloration is much different...one is much "brighter" than the other...they must both be "intergrades" as one sort of looks like a Pacific Northwest bird and the other is closer Adult Eastern...more boldly patterned and less gray. 2 White crowned Sparrow showed up today - both first winter 4 Spotted Towhees are here 6 to 8 Blue Jays are coming in regularly Lots of American Goldfinch, Pine Siskins and all races of dark-eyed Juncos 4 Downy Woodpeckers 1 Hairy Woodpecker House Finch numbers were way down until this last storm...now we have red, orange and yellow 4 Mountain Chickadees and several Black-capped Chickadees 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 2 Eurasian Collared Doves We have seen the White-throated Sparrow on the property...but it appears to have stopped coming the feeders Evening Grosbeaks continue to come, but oddly their numbers dropped with the latest weather...down to around 20-30 of these We continue to hear a Hermit Thrush calling on the property...odd at this time of year, but we have been unable to locate the bird...not for want of trying A great Horned Owl is on the property
Polly Wren and Paul Neldner 151 County Road 359 Huerfano County -- 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.
