A very blustery, windy day here in Huerfano County. Hoping the change in weather might bring in some interesting birds for tomorrow's schedule AVAS trip to Lathrop State Park!
In the backyard this morning were: 3 Spotted Towhees Song Sparrow Evening Grosbeaks 5 Blue Jays A lone Stellar's Jay Black-billed Magpies Red-winged Blackbirds European Starlings Dark-eyed Juncos - our partial leucistic we named "Stripe" last year is back! Common Grackles Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker White-breasted Nuthatch Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch American Robins Eurasian Collared-Doves Cedar Waxwings - just a quick "fly through" Sharp-shinned Hawk flew through...scattering everything Red-tailed Hawk - high in the sky Yesterday at Lathrop State Park and surrounding areas: 3 American White Pelicans -when I first saw the "big white lumps" on the lake could not help hoping for swans...but alas they shape-shifted as I got closer... Red-tailed Hawk Hundreds of American Robins- by far the most numerous species 100 or so Mountain Bluebirds Many many Townsend's Solitaires 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler Several American Tree Sparrows A lone (late?) Lark Sparrow 1 Belted Kingfisher Hundreds of Clark's/Western Grebes (too far away for much detail) American Wigeons Mallards American Coots 1 Double-crested Cormorant A few Ring-billed Gulls Ruddy Ducks Buffleheads Ring-necked Ducks Redheads Canada Geese Horned Grebes Eared Grebes Pied-billed Grebes Merlin (the second time I have seen one out there in the past week - a new Huerfano County bird for me!) Bushtitis Black-capped Chickadees Western Scrub-Jay American Crows Common Ravens Polly Wren Neldner La Veta, CO -- 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.
