I've enjoyed and been jealous of the recent Cassin's finch activity. Walking around Louisville early-ish this morning hoping to see some, just as I was wondering whether to head downtown since they've been seen around there, ears and brain connected and I realized I was hearing a finch din on both sides, not all from house finches. There were about 3 dozen birds, including probably a dozen Cassin's -on Coyote Run open space several hundred yards east of Harper Lake and just west of Washington, some at a house with feeders on the north side of the trail, and others in a tree on the south side.
Then a little while ago, clearing snow off my car, when I took a pause from fussing at the hackberry tree above my driveway for dropping snow blobs on my head, ears and brain connected again and I realized not all the chatter in the hackberry was coming from chickadees - there were several bushtits. The little cuties! I've seen them in the same tree before, and not when the gall-filled leaves are on, so they are after something else. I live close to Cottonwood Park and Lake Park, and have seen them a couple times in those areas too. Bev Baker Louisville -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/16326185-a4ec-4164-929d-4d80b4f392bc%40googlegroups.com.
