Hi all,
I went up to Conifer with my, alas, non-birding family today (Dec. 26th). It
wasn't very birdy at high elevations, with a raven & Mountain Chickadee being
the only species I saw, and a few more "usual suspects" (crows, magpies, a
Red-tailed Hawk and Steller's Jay) lower down. On the way back to Denver,
however, I finagled a couple of all-too-brief visits to Red Rocks Park &
Chatfield Reservoir. It was about 11:00 when we got to Red Rocks and 15 minutes
was about all I managed to get there. I'd had visions of Rosy-Finch flocks
dancing through my head, but nothing of that kind materialized. I think I must
have seen the same two Gray-crowned Rosies Mike Henwood reported earlier, one
each of "Hepburn's" & "interior" types. I assumed I was too late in the
morning, but after Mike's message concluded it simply wasn't meant to be today.
I also had a great look at the Golden-crowned Sparrow. There were quite a lot
of birds, but nothing unusual or unreported recently. Unlike Norm Lewis,
however, I *did* see a White-breasted Nuthatch. It was just after 11:30 when I
got to Chatfield. Mostly scads of white-cheeked geese around the tiny bits of
open water, along with several Bald Eagles on the ice & nearby trees. I was
grateful for their presence as they gave my non-birding companions something to
look at. I did see both recently mentioned grebe species. I was especially
delighted with Red-necked Grebe, my sixth species of grebe for Colorado. I did
wonder if the Western Grebes' patch of open water was truly in Jefferson
County, or whether that's Douglas--everything else I'm comfortable with calling
Jefferson County birding. Any & all opinions welcomed! Cheers, Rob
ParsonsWinnipeg, MBCANADA(but temporarily in unincorporated Arapahoe County for
at least another 12 hours)
--
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.
