A recent acquaintance, Jared Del Rosso, birds often in Cheesman Park and the nearby Botanic Gardens. He found a malocclusion of Red Crossbills in the NE corner of that park this afternoon, and I was able to get over there in time to find them feeding in a tall Blue Spruce. He had estimated that there were 6-9 in this orthodontically-challenged group, both males and females.
They have roamed that corner and were most recently been seen high in the tallest and most north-easterly spruce in a line of spruces. Jared also found a sapsucker there yesterday and thought it to be a Female Red-naped Sapsucker, based on a very limited amount of white under the chin. As you know, this is a tough individual to distinguish from a Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, convergent evolution at its best. Joe Roller, 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUB5JmY2uV%2BJV5kNBPdkrm2Wd%2BGT%3DMTjT8iEr0ZedGgE4A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
