The second bird could be a Brewer’s Sparrow, timberline race (?). I saw several yesterday in the foothills of Boulder County.
Paula Hansley Louisville Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 23, 2020, at 10:34 PM, 'DEBORAH CARSTENSEN' via Colorado Birds > <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > The first bird looks like a house rent me. > > The second bird is really interesting and I don’t know what it is. That > heavily forked tail is very intriguing! > > Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Aug 23, 2020, at 9:46 PM, julieama...@gmail.com >>> <julieamartine...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> Good evening! >> >> Yesterday morning I hiked around Turquoise Lake, near Leadville, and >> observed two birds I'm not positive in identifying. >> >> The first looked like a House Wren, but I wasn't positive since this was >> around 10,000ft. I know it's possible for them to reside at this elevation, >> and it doesn't quite appear to be another wren, so I wanted to soundboard it >> with you guys. >> >> The second I managed to catch only a quick glimpse of. I am rusty with high >> altitude, forest birds, and while it looked Finch-like, again, wanted to >> hear thoughts. >> >> I attached pictures to my drive where they can be viewed (unless I need to >> attach these in a different manner). >> >> Wren - >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tHQUgl48RbfG7SGhjrD-32KInI5pN4yM/view?usp=sharing >> Wren - >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LQNQIPQ0f97lne7edSycgqPAjPE0zkfD/view?usp=sharing >> Unk - >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1msLdNymu0mw44Pd4DJoqYcbK5q_9JcoQ/view?usp=sharing >> >> Julie Martinez >> Aurora, CO >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/aef474a2-8d46-46ea-a97f-d0e2fd6ffaafn%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8F7DE008-8BAD-4287-8B77-AAF7164BFD8A%40aol.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/69D6DC1C-C777-4C7B-AD15-224A11E4AFC8%40gmail.com.
