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 > <[email protected]> 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, [email protected] >>> <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/69D6DC1C-C777-4C7B-AD15-224A11E4AFC8%40gmail.com.
