A quick trip to our cabin in Rosita (Custer Co., 9000 ft) yielded an
interesting array of birds for the short time we were there. I filled the
feeder and within a couple of minutes had pygmy nuthatches, white br.
nuthatches, and mountain chickadees trying to crowd each other out. Later,
pine
A quick walk along the Fountain Creek Regional Trail and the F.C.
Nature Center this morning produced a reasonable variety of sightings:
Canada geese (~40)
Belted kingfisher (3)
Prairie falcon
Red-tailed hawks (2)
Northern Shoveler (1)
Pied billed grebes (6)
Hooded Merganser (4)
Grn.W. teal
It may be relatively common for folks in Fremont County and SE
Colorado in general, but I thought I should report the Roadrunner I
saw this afternoon crossing CO-115 approximately 4 mi. N of Penrose.
It's only the 2nd one I've ever seen in Colorado, the other one being
much farther S,
On my way home from the Widefield Community Center at noon today, I
was treated by the fly-over of a Mississippi Kite. It was about tree-
height and about 50 feet from me and was being chased by several
smaller birds, mostly starlngs. It was my first sighting in this area
since last
At 10:15 this morning, I spotted a Mississippi Kite circling over the
main pond @ FCNC. He was being harassed by perhaps 30 swallows and
red-winged blackbirds. He was in the area for about 10 minutes and
several folks enjoyed the sighting. this is my first sighting there
this year.
I would agree with Jeff's account. For the past ten years or so, we
have had a pair of cordilleran flycatchers nesting atop our porch
light above the front door of our montane cabin in Rosita (Custer
County, ~9000ft). The next has been successful every year, including
one year when I had
