December 2018 Birds Woodland Park Area and Beyond
Bald Eagle- adult at Rampart Reservoir on 12-12 Sharp-shinned Hawk- Loop Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 Eurasian Collared-Dove- near Penrose on 12-20 Northern Flicker- Loop Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 Steller’s Jay- 5 on 12-3, 4 on 12-6 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay- Loop Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 Clark’s Nutcracker- one calling at Mule Creek Trail on 12-7 American Crow- about 20 on 12-18, about 30 on 12-22 Mountain Bluebird- About 10 at Beaver Creek Wilderness and SWA and near Penrose on 12-20 Townsend’s Solitaire- calling at Red Rock Canyon Open Space on 12-17, calling on Canyon Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 American Robin- Beaver Creek Wilderness on 12-20, Canyon Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 Canyon Wren- Beaver Creek Wilderness on 12-20 Juniper titmouse- Loop Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 Pygmy Nuthatch- Canyon Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 Brown Creeper- Mule Creek Trail on 12-7. Canyon Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 European Starling- 4 on 12-23, 3 on 12-27 Spotted Towhee- calling at Red Rock Canyon Open Space on 12-17, one calling on Loop Trail at Aiken Canyon on 12-31 Dark-eyed Junco- All 5 subspecies on 12-27 Slate-colored- A few around all month Pink-sided- A few around all month Oregon- A few sightings. Small flock at Beaver Creek Wilderness on 12-20. White-winged- A couple sightings in late Dec. At Aiken Canyon Loop Trail small flock juncos on 12-31. Evening Grosbeak- a few on 12-18 House Finch- 12 on 12-23, 12-27 Red Crossbill- Small flock at Buffalo Creek RA on 12-1 House Sparrow- 1M, 1F on 12-23 Abert’s Squirrel- 1 or 2 around all month On 12-14 one Abert’s was jumping and flipping around for a while, like something was biting it, fleas, ants? Joe LaFleur Woodland Park, 8500 feet elevation -- 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/635e52f0-d5ea-4965-81db-f4d440d88616%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
