Hmm. I haven't seen any that I thought were out of place, but I do find them regularly as long as I can remember in the 6000-something foot range in Colorado Springs in certain places - generally foothill-type terrain or at least with a decent bit of pine even if surrounded by urban sprawl. I have noticed a few more Rock Squirrels this year, though - not used to seeing them here. Still not a lot, though.
Diana Beatty El Paso County On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 2:00 PM John Ealy <[email protected]> wrote: > Pardon this peripheral bird topic, but I was wondering if any other > birders along the front range have noticed pine squirrels encroaching on > lower elevations. > > I am at about 6,000 feet in Douglas County, and we have had one or two > present in our backyard for more than a month. I mention this only because > we have had two of them in our backyard, as well as more Steller's, blue, > and Woodhouse scrub jays at the same time than we've ever recorded. We > haven't seen the pine squirrels in the 11 years we've lived here -- an > occasional ground squirrel (Wyoming ground squirrels, I believe). I'm also > seeing the pine squirrels throughout our neighborhood. > > They are very territorial, and while they don't bother the birds, they do > chase off the fox squirrels -- even each other -- which is fine by me! > > > Here's a link to a photo from the Colorado Virtual Library of a pine > squirrel in Rocky Mountain National Park. Ours look identical. > > https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/640px-Pine_Squirrel_7368947296-600x450.jpg > > John Ealy > Roxborough Park, Douglas County, 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/a963d80c-b0bd-46eb-b217-c7a28f739661n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a963d80c-b0bd-46eb-b217-c7a28f739661n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ****** All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. -- 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/CAM-_j9tZW54R%3DR%3DN%3DDpsgJ%3DX9dhEQ5kPBajdCf1LZD1Do7c_pA%40mail.gmail.com.
