Announcement: new Canon City field trip this Sunday 6/19/11 I am offering to lead a field trip to see the Black-throated Sparrows this Sunday, June 19 near Canon City. I have seen them everyday and found another pair further west of the original location so believe there are at least 2 pair and likely more at this area where I believe they are nesting. I enjoy listening to their 'tinkling' calls and hope they will still be singing their pretty song also. The little canyon where they are located also has a number of other singing birds including Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Western Scrub-Jay, Northern Mockingbirds, Spotted Towhee, Black-headed Grosbeak, Plumbeous Vireo, Cassin's Kingbirds, Ash-throated Flycatchers, Canyon Wrens and lots of Rock Wrens. Some of these have fledglings about and I found a family of Rock Wren nestlings inside a hole in the side of the bank of a nearby gulch. Lots of flowering cactus including beautiful red blooms on barrel cactus.
I have at least 1 male Dickcissel singing in another nearby location but cannot guarantee it will still be around by Sunday as I found the farmer mowing the hay field they are in yesterday. I will keep watch (it was singing still today) and if they might around we will try for them. There is a phoebe (she appears to be an Eastern Phoebe that bred with a Black Phoebe) raising nestlings on across from the Canon City Riverwalk that we can go look for if anyone is interested. We will walk on gravel roads and dirt paths, all generally level but not smooth The field trip will be a half day and over by 1 pm. Meet: June 19 at 8 am (over by 1-pm but can leave whenever) Location: Kwik Stop on the corner of H50 and Dozier Ave (near Walmart on east end of Canon City) Bring: snacks to eat in car as we will not stop for a designated lunch break; binoculars, hat, sturdy shoes, spotting scope if you have one, water, and a sense of adventure Sign up: not mandatory but I would appreciate an email letting me know you plan to attend ([email protected]). My cellphone if you need to call me is 719-429-3821>> -- 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.
