At dawn there was a family of *Lesser Goldfinches* in my yard with 2 new fledglings, begging and being fed. It was nice to see on September 25, but it is not late. I was impressed to see one of the juveniles holdings its own on a feeder amid an intensity of hungry *Pine Siskins*. A lot of siskins have been at my yard this late summer, with 100 or more daily for some weeks now.
After the drizzle subsided I checked along Massey Draw near my home (no public access). The cool cloudy conditions did not precipitate too much bird action but there were highlights: *Least Flycatcher*, *Red-naped Sapsucker*, and some movement of flocks of *Western* and *Mountain Bluebirds* flying over. Other migrants there were few: 4 *Wilson's Warblers*, 6 *White-crowned Sparrows* and 1 *Brown Creeper*. I was back there later, under dry but moody afternoon skies, and enjoyed a memorable birding moment. I turned to look up, and there below the only break in the clouds, in the only struggling sun shaft, soared an adult *Golden Eagle*. Its brown shoulders and golden nape glowed in the light! And from above an adult *Red-tail* came to spar with it. And through the midst of that interaction there came 7 *White-throated Swifts* and 3 *Violet-green Swallows*. The swifts and swallows seemed to disappear into the gray, and the circling eagle remained under the watchful eye of the soaring Red-tail. David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, 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/CAGj6RoqR--fr%2Bz-dw9yfvOUy_%3DHP1Y3S5bGL%2BTh1L3t7195M9Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
