There was a nice smattering of migrants where I looked today at Littleton.
Of interest to me were these:
Around St Mary Church on S. Prince St there was a *Virginia's Warbler*
along with Yellows and Orange-crowned, a soaring *Peregine Falcon*,
and a *Northern
Mockingbird*. I think this was maybe m
Three Type 5 (Lodgepole Pine) *Red Crossbills* were at Ridgeview Park off
South Prince St in Littleton this morning, feeding in the crown of a
spruce. I hadn't had any crossbills in the local area lately. Thinking to
try to find more amid the many conifers at Littleton Cemetery, just up the
street,
This morning a late *Wilson's Warbler* was at Lee Gulch downstream of
Prince Street, Littleton. 2 *Evening Grosbeaks* in some pines near the
office of St. Mary Church were the first I've had there.
Back home in Ken Caryl Valley (JeffCo) I'm enjoying sorting through 5 forms
of Dark-eyed Juncos at m
A stop at Ketring Lake in the early afternoon during light snow had my
first of season SNOWY EGRETS (2), a male and female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (my
first "in town" in Littleton), 3 NOR. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 12 BARN
SWALLOWS and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
A trio of SAY'S PHOEBES was intent on hovering low
A stop at Ketring Lake in Littleton early this evening was fun. A
BONAPARTE'S GULL in partial alternate plumage was flying around and around,
foraging, for my 1st this season. Two flocks of TURKEY VULTURES totaling 22
individuals flew over going west, likely heading toward a roost.(Earlier in
the d
