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, I visited there shortly after noon but found none. However, there were at least 27 (!) *Red-breasted Nuthatches *scattered in small groups throughout. Also 1 *Ruby-crowned Kinglet*, 1 *Hairy Woodpecker*, 1 *Brown Creeper*, and 2 *Mountain Chickadees* -- all good birds for the neighborhood.
Toward sunset and beyond there was a major flow of gulls in view passing southward over the vicinity of St. Mary Church (and much more broadly). The trajectory was pointed right at McClellan Reservoir, but I'm not sure where they were actually going. They were all aimed there, however, and the movement continued well after sunset. All told, over 75 minutes there were about 4,650 gulls that I saw, which was probably just a slice of the overall movement. I was able to identify about half of these, and they were predominantly *Ring-billeds* of course (~82%) and *Herring* (17+%). But of the larger gulls passing close by I was also able to pick out 7 *Lesser Black-backed*, 3 *Thayer's *and 2 *Glaucous*. Most evenings have a good movement in that area,but tonight there were many more than usual. David Suddjian Littleton, CO -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RoqYQKYkqhJrKejRZpDLPXkDdsOtkkyqM_WL7GqCRwOKeQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
