No crossbills for me, but upon returning from an uneventful morning of local birding, I found my Centennial (Arapahoe) yard overrun by American Goldfinches and Pine Siskins. They were eventually joined by a flock of Chipping Sparrows with two Clay-colored Sparrows in tow, a Western Tanager, a Yellow Warbler, and a Dusky Flycatcher.
- Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 8:58:53 AM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello Fellow Birders, > > The flock of ~ 15 Red Crossbills I first reported in mid-March is still > hanging around my little townhouse yard in west Centennial, near Holly & > Arapahoe. Sometimes we see one or two, sometimes the whole gang. > > More recent visitors include a Chipping Sparrow who's been here this > past week, a few Pine Siskins who were here for a week or so but appear to > have moved on, and yesterday's cameo by a male Black-headed Grosbeak. > > Chickadees are on eggs, resident Broad-tailed hummers are back, and the > first fledge of 'great-horned' House Finches are haranguing their Dads for > food while their Moms are probably incubating the next batch. Which > reminds me, Happy Mother's Day to all who have earned that title. > > Keep Smilin', > Kevin Corwin > west Centennial, Arapahoe County > > Sent from my Remington Rand Typewriter via my Rotary Dial Wall Phone > > > -- 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/bfb5e3d8-b282-44e3-86d0-c478bc13d65e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
