Submitted on behalf of Andy Goris, who lives in the foothills southwest of
Fort Collins. He has had red-headed woodpeckers nesting in his
neighborhood for the last couple of years, and provides the following
history about them -
"2019: Saw a single Red-headed woodpecker eating insects in our
We saw our first Chipping Sparrow of the fall going to our (rather
dilapidated) water feature this afternoon.
We also have a family of White-breasted Nuthatches buzzing around the yard, a
passel of junior Spotted Towhees, and a family or two of Black-headed
Grosbeaks. A Yellow Warbler
Last night offered a wonderful opportunity to bird watch from my yard in
Centennial (Arapahoe). The evening began early, around 5:40, with a flock
of 8 Common Nighthawks feeding over my yard, University Ave, and the edge
of deKoevend Park. Within ninety minutes, the flock had nearly tripled in
Identifying adult Dowitchers in worn plumage is full of pitfalls. Late
yesterday evening I was able to get recordings of flight calls from apparently
the same Dowitcher in the NW corner of Timnath Reservoir and the calls matched
Long-billed Dowitcher.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
> On Aug 18,
