Things seemed kind of stirred up today, as we went from partly sunny to light rain between 10am and 1pm. I guess everything has a right to be shaken up after the recent winds.
In my apartment complex courtyard about a mile east of the CSU campus were: Lincoln's Sparrow (been present for about a week, not normal for this property) Song Sparrow (yard bird #126), I have lived here 21 years. Red Crossbill (few that sounded like Type 2s were briefly in the cones of a tall spruce) Sheldon Lake at City Park had a female Hooded Merganser at noon sleeping with two Mallards on the southside log. Not normal for this location. At Grandview Cemetery: Two gray-headed Dark-eyed Juncos (not normal, obviously birds on the move from somewhere to the mountains). Also saw two pink-sided, which is the most common overwintering type and which seemingly had all cleared out for points north (that is, until these two appeared today). Red-tailed Hawk and Great Horned Owl continue on their respective nests. Black-capped Chickadees cleaning out a second cavity in the same American Elm where they were cleaning out a different one a few days ago. Small flock of five Mountain Chickadees was new, again, birds on the move to the mountains, presumably. Small flock of four Mourning Doves flew over, FOY for Grandview Cemetery. Still no female Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB3603E2228D0C536D858B3984C1B40%40CY4PR0601MB3603.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
