We had a lively day here in Huerfano County. First thing this morning we had a very brief visit from our immature Harris's Sparrows. Pinyon Jays quickly followed and left about 20 minutes later. An out of town birder came (for the third time) to see our Pinyon Jays...which stubbornly remained absent. We decided to try our luck at Beverly Jensen's yard in La Veta to see if the Rosy-finches were still there. After waiting for around 15 minutes they started coming in. While some of the Rosys had left...there was still a flock of 200+ in the yard. All species of Rosy's were present as well as the Hepburn's subspecies of the Gray-crowned. What really amazes me is the number of Black Rosy-Finches present. Out of this flock there were easily 30+ Blacks. I believe this to be an extraordinarily large number for this size of flock. We stayed about an hour watching them fly in and out. We then returned to my house to wait out the Pinyon Jays. A flock of around 25-30 individuals showed up and put on quite a show for around 45 minutes. Late this afternoon a lone White-winged Dove came by.
Photos of the Rosy-Finches and other birds can be seen at the following link: La Veta's Lovely Rosy-Finches<http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/albums/la-vetas-lovely-rosyfinches> Polly Wren La Veta, CO 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.
