I was able to spend the morning in Philco, heading back home at noon. At dawn, the Haxtun sewage ponds held a gaggle of geese, with one White-fronted, one Snow and the rest white-cheeked. The Bonaparte' s Gulls seen yesterday were apparently one day wonders.
When I first pulled into Holyoke, a few birds, probably crossbills, flew south from the same spruce treetops where Mark Peterson and Brad Steger had both crossbills a couple of weeks ago -- a few blocks north of the eastern edge of Holyoke City Park. One loudly calling first-year male Red Crossbill (yellow bird) stayed behind, but I could not find the "ones that got away." I was happy that crossbills linger in Holyoke. I scoured Frenchman's Creek near the Lions' Fishing Hole and upstream from there, through the eastern half of town. A Cooper's hawk was checking out the creek too. None of the goodies seen recently met my eye. I did have a male Red-bellied Woodpecker, a county bird for me, and not easy to find out there. It was in the tall trees behind homes ENE of the grain elevators. Holyoke Cemetery was quiet and devoid of warblers. Haxtun City Park had a winter flock, including 3 Brown Creepers, but no kinglets, or Winter Wren. The Wood Thrush has been looked for and not seen for a few days now. The Gun Club pond south-east of Haxtun was frozen over. I hope to make another trip there in December. Joe Roller -- 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.
