I continued a nice visit to Colorado with a wonderful surprise this morning. I
walked to get the Sunday paper at the "Other Side" restaurant on Mary's Lake
Road on the west side of Estes Park. I always count birds when I do this.
After collecting the paper I walked across Mary's Lake Road and walked west on
Lower Broadview Street ("Road" on maps but "Street" on the sign) which is just
south of the Other Side across the bridge. Walking back east on Lower
Broadview, just 30 feet before Mary's Lake Road, in the willows and alders on
the north side of the street I head and saw several American Goldfinch. There
was a streaky bird with them that I initially thought was a Pine Siskin until I
got my binoculars on it and realized it had a small red patch on the head and
pink on the breast.
Consulting my bird guide, I discovered I had a nice male Common Redpoll -- a
life bird! It gave me wonderful views from only 10 feet away. Next time I
will bring my camera when I go to get the paper!
Jim Nelson
Bethesda, Maryland
--
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.
