Hello birders,
Saw one Saturday afternoon along the Arkansas River at the Poncha Springs Frisbee park, a sort of mini-Hutchinson Ranch. The RBGR was intently combing Gambel oak flower tassels with its beak, gleaning insects I suppose, singing between bites. (Sorry, should have posted this to eBird, but got busy with convention chores.} Per eBird only two previous sightings in the area in the past five to eight years, both by CFO’s excellent artist & Salida local, Sherrie York. After taking a photo of the Rosie, I moved a few feet to get a different perspective, and saw in my camera’s viewfinder a Black-headed Grosbeak. A sudden morph? No, but what were these two cousins doing so close? Probably competing for the Gambel oak grove and its insects. Two photos: http://bit.ly/1HY70jI Cheers, Tom Wilberding Boulder, Colorado -- 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/d040b9a6-9296-4766-aa5d-799a642eb075%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
