Several weeks ago I found a pair of Gray Flycatchers nesting in a juniper
in Red Canyon Park which is about 10 miles north of Canon City (and a
mountain park belonging to the City of Canon City). I went out of town so
didn't get the photos up then thought I would wait until the babies fledged
to
So, I've walked around town a little:
Say's Phoebe
Blue Jay
Downy Woodpecker
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (actually perched for a second)
Rufous Hummingbird (fly-bys, probable)
and this morning up Lookout Mountain:
Western Scrub-Jay
White-throated Swift
American Kestrel
Swainson's Hawk
UI Sparrows
All day today, a white hummingbird with pink feet & bill has visited my
front yard feeders. He would come every 30-45 minutes, but early this
evening he has been here quite a lot. Sean Walters and I think, but are not
sure, that he might be an albino broad-tailed hummingbird. Email me if you
mig
We had a female Blackburnian Warbler (#117)--good look, right outside
kitchen window in crabapple--in yard Sunday morning. There was a second
warbler in tow "could" have been the male (only had a fleeting
glimpse)--sparrows ran them out of yard.
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/notes/My_Yard_Bi
We took a trip up to the Pawnee Grassland this weekend. We saw a Solitary
Sandpiper in a mud puddle on the road near the buttes. I know there have
been many sightings of them this year on the front range, but not so many
out on the plains.
There was lots of other bird activity, but nothing excit
A Black Phoebe was seen along the river in my yard yesterday. This is a
species that I have been anticipating would show up with their ongoing
expansion. Next closest place I know of is the Old Hotchkiss water
treatment plant (about 8 miles downstream) where they may have bred this
summer. A Greate
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: August 19, 2013
email: rba AT cobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
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