The unsettled rainy/snowy/sunshiny weather today made for great feeder watching here in Huerfano County...it brought in scores of birds. At times my head was absolutely spinning...we had:
1 male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 30+ PINYON JAYS 8 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS 1 LAZULI BUNTING 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS In addition to those we had: Spotted Towhees American Goldfinches too many to try to count Pine Siskins too many to keep track of Red-winged Blackbirds too many 10 Brown-headed Cowbirds 1 Song Sparrow 20+ Evening Grosbeaks 30+ Black-headed Grosbeaks 15 Common Grackles 20+ Bullock's Orioles 4 Western Tanager (including the most spectacularly colored one I have ever seen) 3 Black-billed Magpies 4 Eurasian Collared Doves 4 Mourning Doves 6 Black-chinned Hummingbirds 4 Broad-tailed Hummingbirds 10 Cassin's Finches 8 House Finches 1 Northern Flicker 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 4 Downy Woodpeckers 2 Hairy Woodpeckers 1 Hermit Thrush 4 American Robins 2 Yellow Warblers 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Blue Jays Not at the feeders, but in the yard...were: 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Osprey To see photos of the highlights please go to the following link: Backyard birds<http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=323pffwhqn2iy> Hooray for migration! Polly Wren Neldner La Veta, CO -- 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.
