All - Today I spent a fun morning birding in Canon City. The weather was mostly sunny and fairly pleasant for mid-February.
The highlights: Pathfinder Park - I'd never been here before. Upon driving in I was greeted by two Eastern Bluebirds (presumably two of the five reported by Rich Miller a week ago). The woods near the river were quite birdy with the best birds being several more Eastern Bluebirds and a Bewick's Wren. Centennial Park - The Williamson's Sapsucker continues in the pines in the park. I walked west of the park along the river. I enjoyed listening to the singing American Dippers take advantage of the acoustics under the 1st Street bridge. Just to the west of the same bridge, I located a Black Phoebe who was also singing. Tunnel Drive - This location was fairly quiet. Only two birds of note here - a single Rock Wren and a Say's Phoebe - both singing. It was then time to head back towards Denver. On Hwy 115 approximately 0.2 miles south of Barrett Road (see Mark Peterson's post from yesterday), I noted a large dead tree on the east side of the highway full of birds - Bohemian Waxwings - 190 of them doing their churring trill. Thanks Mark and Bill! My final stop was in Colorado Springs for the Acorn Woodpecker. Not being the most cooperative bird, it took a while, but I eventually found the bird hunkered down on a branch in the snow looking quite miserable. Spring is in the air (in spite of the snow). Good birding, Kathy Mihm Dunning Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
