What a day for woodpeckers. We saw five species travelling from San Isabel to Beulah on CO Highway 78 today.
Just as we turned off CO Hwy 165 near San Isabel we saw two Northern Flickers. Three-and-a-half miles further up the road we got fabulous views of a male Williamson Sapsucker. A mile before we got to Pueblo Mountain Park we saw a male Hairy woodpecker. At Pueblo Mountain Park we were greeted by a N. Flicker and a female Downy woodpecker at the Environmental Center. We parked along the rail fence facing a large dead pine, got out our sandwiches and for nearly an hour watched two Acorn woodpeckers return repeatedly to the tree. We also had great views of Violet-Green Swallows landing on trees in the bright sunlight. Very nice. Other birds along highway 78 included: Green-tailed Towhee Black-headed Grosbeak Gray-headed Junco Mountain Bluebird Western Bluebird Western Wood-pewee Chipping Sparrow Yellow-rumped Warbler (just one) Robin WB Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Broad-tailed Hummingbird Common Raven American Crow Turkey Vulture Lesser Goldfinch Black-billed Magpie Blue Grosbeak Good birding, everyone. Mel and Jeanne Goff Colorado Springs -- 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.
