Birders, It's been an interesting couple of days at the Casa Sanders bird feeders. Yesterday we had the 2 Common Redpolls (yet to make an appearance today) and now there are 2 Hepburn's Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches on the ground under the feeders.
When I went out to hang the feeders this morning, there were 2 birds in the new snow working on the thistle I had thrown out for the redpolls yesterday. They wouldn't move to let me hang the feeders. I stood there about 3 feet from the 2 Rosy-Finches and they kept eating. I moved to hang the feeders and they finally moved off about 10 feet but as I was putting up the feeders and I was standing there, they flew back and practically landed on my feet. I looked down at them and they looked up at me. I walked away to get the other feeders and more sunflower for the 2 special visitors and they flew up to the Roadrunner sculpture a few feet away. I brought them some more seed and hung the tray feeder with more sunflower in it. I have some shots of them on the Roadrunner and a few moments later 1 was back on the ground and the other was pushing his way in to the flock of Redwings on the tray feeder. Yep, a couple of interesting days. It's been 24 years and 15 days since the last GC Rosy-Finch was seen in the yard and almost 4 years since the Black Rosy-Finch was here. The feeders are quiet at the moment. Must be a hawk around. Ira Sanders Golden, 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.
