I had actually looked to the sky for circling birds; the way the huge flocks of Rosy-Finches come in to feed. It is snowing here...thankfully I washed windows yesterday and had already put out all the feeders; full.
And then, there they were; hundreds of Rosy-Finches in my yard...first time this season! I've never had them come in November, but with the earlier snows I had rather expected to see them. No, never till December; and here they are: December 1st...all three species as well as some Harlens, too. Always the case here. I'm so ticked... Last months yard-bird totals included: Downy Woodpecker, Song Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, * Ferruginous Hawk-2, Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, Cassin's Finch, Western Scrub Jay, Lesser Goldfinch, White-crowned Sparrow, Great Horned Owl, Mourning Dove, Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored, Oregon, Pink-sided, Gray-headed & Cassiar), Mountain Chickadee, Hairy Woodpecker, * Canada Geese, * Ducks (species), Common Raven, Blue Jay, American Crow, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Northern Flicker: Red-shafted, Black-billed Magpie, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, European Starling, House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared-Dove Beverly Jensen La Veta, Huerfano Co, CO RuralChatter.blogspot.com -- 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.
