Geoff Stacks and I stopped at Chapel Hill Memorial Garden in Centennial (Arapahoe) today. The southwest corner was birdy. A White-throated Sparrow, perhaps the same one that was in my yard late last week, was mixed in with juncos, Spotted Towhees, and White-crowned Sparrows. A Cassin's Finch (Female/Immature) was also around, among many House Finches, feeding in ash trees and feeders in adjacent yards. The Cassin's was also occasionally calling. The White-throated Sparrow, meanwhile, only provided brief and just-barely-definitive looks through the row of lilacs and other plants that edges the cemetery.
The Cassin's Finch was a rewarding encounter. I have only once previously seen this species, way back in 2014 on a birding trip led by Joey Kellner. (I remember how all the more experienced birders on the trip made sure I got to see it.) This was a species that Geoff and I hoped to encounter today, and the bird was the second species we saw while at the cemetery. Birding is rarely so fortuitous. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/9dcf1776-9853-4224-8699-3a221f243084n%40googlegroups.com.
