After skiing today, I drove around the Wildernest area of Silverthorne. Not lots but did come upon a flock of 19+ Common Redpolls. Detail in the eBird posting below. Also had a small group of Rosy-Finches but did not have my "good" binocs and could only positively ID 4 of the birds at a feeder; there were another 8-9 birds higher up in trees that I could not ID due to poor lighting. Following is my eBIrd posting:
> > Wildernest/Silverthorne Area, Summit, US-CO > Dec 19, 2012 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 2.0 mile(s) > 14 species > > Bald Eagle 1 seen from I-70 flying over highway from Dillon Reservoir > area, not from Wildernest but quite close to that area > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > Downy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts.) 3 > Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts.) 2 > Steller's Jay (Interior) 2 > Black-billed Magpie 3 > American Crow 37 large flock, on the move around the Wildernest area > Black-capped Chickadee 3 > Mountain Chickadee 14 > Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 > White-breasted Nuthatch (Interior West) 1 > Pygmy Nuthatch 2 > Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 4 small flock of ~12, only could positively ID 4 > at feeders > Common Redpoll 19 hard to get an exact number due to movement but this > is a minimum number that I could count. Small finch, red cap, black bib, > streaking along flanks, much variation in plumage from brown to very red on > throat and chest. I have seen several hundred Redpolls this December in > Quebec and Mass. including HORE and am quite familiar with this bird. > > Charlie Nims Silverthorne, CO [email protected] -- 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.
