Flocks of Cedar Waxwings (30-50 birds at a time, and a new yard bird for me) have been at my water fountains for the past three days. Not sure if others at lower elevations are also seeing them, but I wonder if it’s related to “winter burn” in damaged pine and spruce trees elsewhere?
Other new yard birds are a Green-tailed Towhee And a Great-tailed Grackle this AM. They headed towards Horseshoe Park. I get trees full of Common Grackles, but this was the first Great-tailed Grackle. Interesting “courtship" behavior with a male American Goldfinch. He bullies the grackles away, stands on top of a large water fountain and waits for females. Thus far I have observed up to six different females come in shortly thereafter. Seems today it’s down to one female…..he chases the others away and lets the one have a drink. Good birding, Allison Hilf Aurora, CO Sent from my iPhone -- 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/E85F5A40-D920-45AB-82EF-DFE4C485E9A1%40me.com.
