Jan22 update - The local Sharpie has been ever-present the past two days - keeping the other birds at bay. Best bet lately, has been to catch them at the feeders early - They are arriving just before 8am (which, makes me late for work! Good thing my boss is sympathetic to a somewhat-excessive birder) Bob Santangelo Wheat Ridge
On Saturday, January 19, 2013 4:54:26 PM UTC-7, birderbob wrote: > Hello All, > > The Redpolls continue to appear at my feeders on a daily basis. Since the > recent warming trend, they are making an appearance in number around 830 - > 900a. After that, their arrivals are more individualistic and sporadic. > The original flock that arrived the weekend of Jan 12/13 had a number > of orange-variants and I am seeing fewer of those and more of the red > ones. This would indicate that there are more than the original 7 or 8 we > first observed. > > I would add that it is fine for birders to exit their vehicles at the > curb, I just don't want unfamiliar vehicles pulling up into the driveway - > that'll get my spouse's little dogs barking from the front window seat. It > is okay to park in front of the driveway because the vantage point is kind > of narrow. Also, I'll pass along a comment from one of my neighbors - he > said there have been a lot of birders stopping by and one birder had set up > a nice scope and very politely let him take a look - he was excited to see > for the first time, birds in great detail, and greatly admired how > beautiful they were. It is always nice to hear about someone else's > "moment of discovery" and whoever this ambassador of the birds was deserves > kudos. > > Bob Santangelo (3525 Estes St Wheat Ridge) > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/emMamKCsah4J. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
