COBirders,
Although it seemed a very slow morning of birding at Chico Basin Ranch (daily or annual fee) there were some interesting birds around. El Paso County Hermit Thrush - 1 Harris's Sparrow - 1 American Tree Sparrow - my FOS - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Red Crossbill (3) - only the second record for the ranch - perched, small subspecies, one all-red guy calling; all three headed south after a few minutes of sunning on the dead top of a plains cottonwood Mountain Chickadee - 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Pueblo County (with Brandon Percival) Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 HQ SEDGE WREN - 1 - almost close enough to touch at Upper Twin Pond, a photograph will be posted soon to Colorado Field Ornithologist Group on Facebook Hermit Thrush - 2 Mountain Bluebird - ~20 Mountain Chickadee - 1, nowhere near a tree Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Also, the first time in a while when there was not flock-after-flock of Sandhill Cranes passing overhead = 0 -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
