apologies from forgetting protocol on postings wrt name and area Ron Bolton, Berthoud
On Friday, March 21, 2014 1:14:18 PM UTC-6, ronbco wrote: > > While on a chair lift at Copper Mtn, saw a small bird feeding on the top > of a douglas fir tree at 11k elev. > Not sure if it was going for the fir cone seeds or maybe insects. > First impression was house finch by size, slim build, and pink/red breast > and head. > But the color seemed more orange and the wings too uniformly black. > So I'm stumped on the following possibilities: > - red crossbill - I think I would have noticed the distinct beak, but > whatbird says "smaller-billed birds favor spruce cones" > - pine grosbeak - my specimen seemed too small and slim > - brown-capped rosy-finch - there was no cap! it was uniform red/orange > head and neck, and would it be eating on a cone-covered fir tree top? > > -- 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/msgid/cobirds/1e34d865-90c8-442a-9253-5e2780ac5596%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
