The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW and a bonus COMMON REDPOLL put on a show at Red Rocks Trading Post this afternoon around 2pm.
Photos of these birds (and others) and a full species list are here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12476270 Other nice birds were a very vocal "western" White-breasted Nuthatch (quite a nice bird to hear now that I live out east) and a junco sweep (5 races) including a possible Cassiar junco. I always look forward to Colorado's junco (and red-tailed hawk) diversity when I come home for the holidays, so I think I may have enjoyed the junco show as much as the redpoll! Later this evening I had a NORTHERN SHRIKE while walking around my in-laws neighborhood. I first noticed it perched on a tree top, then after fetching my camera from the house it reappeared across the street with a scrap of food (passerine sp.) that it had presumably stashed nearby for dinner. Probably the best views of a N. Shrike I've had in years. A photo of the shrike and it's evening snack are at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12483121 Good birding, Paul Hurtado Pueblo, CO (& Columbus, OH) <http://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
