I swung by Ira's today to admire the rosy-finches. As I parked, a kestrel came zipping toward his front porch, pursuing a puffed brown rosy. It missed and smacked into the front door. It wasn't hurt and Ira came out to see what the fuss was. Apparently the kestrel hangs out in the same tree with the rosies and leaves them be. Ira guessed it was after this one, which has been acting sick and is continually puffed up: http://i.imgur.com/fk3Ll0b.jpg. (Is that a white-winged junco keeping it company?)
Thanks for shoveling that path, Ira, that was very kind of you. It was lovely watching 115 finches descend on your bird seed. Thanks for being a great host to both birds and birders! My count on Rosy-Finches: 9 Hepburn's Grey-crowned, perhaps a Brown-capped (I'm unsure: http://i.imgur.com/tbPGrss.jpg), and the rest were Grey-crowned (interior form). I didn't spot any Black. Jen Small Denver, CO p.s., A group of rosy-finches is known as a "bouquet". On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 7:26:06 AM UTC-7, Ira Sanders wrote: > > Birders, Rosy-Finches are here this morning and there is 100+ of them. > You need boots to get around the south side of the house to see the > backyard. > There isn't a lot of room to park on the street because of the snow but > you can park in front of my driveway. > > Ira Sanders > Golden, CO > -- 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/a599fafa-68ad-49a1-8f53-6ec145fc6f17%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
