Feb 21st update: I've had a couple of email inquiries so I thought I'd post another update. The Wheat Ridge Redpolls (sounds like a baseball team doesn't it?) continue to show up daily. A little snow keeps them on the feeders through most of the day. I have a m/f pair of Sharp-shinned Hawks making appearances every so often and that's the only time I don't have the birds in my driveway. Fortunately, I also have a small gang of Black-billed Magpies that harass the hawks if they try to spend extended periods near the feeders. Bob Santangelo 3525 Estes St 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 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/Xc-YxwxqTKUJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
