I went out for a while this morning in the South Valley Park and Deer Creek area, Jefferson, to see if last night's 5" inches of new snow brought anything out. I did find *Mountain* and *Western Bluebirds* in moderate numbers (about 40 and 20 respectively) at several places, many flying over. And I found some other birds of interest, coincident with the snow, but likely unrelated:
A *Wilson's Snipe* gave chipping calls from the snow-encrusted marsh at Docmann Gulch in South Valley Park. This was my first of the season there, where they apparently nest. Then I found an *Eastern Phoebe* along Deer Creek downstream of Grizzly Drive. The bird was foraging right along the creek with snow sloughing off the branches and twigs all around it. A lovely sight. Then at Buckhorn Road I saw a male *Williamson's Sapsucker* in junipers and pines. This species is unexpected down near the hogbacks, out of the forest in the foothills proper. A *Red Crossbill *flew over. 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/CAGj6RorrKD%2BmGsPO6sKsimayLtogEksu9hx8D0ysZXYUCA6SuQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
