The final member of our colorful trio arrived this morning: a bright
Lazuli Bunting. We also heard one singing in the gully below our house.
The other member of the trio - Black-headed Grosbeak & Western Tanager -
patronize our feeders today and we hope fo a while.
Big flock of
Townsend's Solitaires have arrived in our patch to serenade us with their
lovely melodic songs. We have probably a dozen or more along our road. Beyond
that, we still see an occasional Western Tanager; the males have started to
change their head colors from orange to yellow.
Still regular:
We see lots of juveniles this month. One day, 14 junior Spotted Towhees.
Several fledgling Gray-headed Juncos and Mountain and Western Bluebirds. 12
fledgling Robins gorging on a Chokecherry bush.
House Finches, Black-headed Grosbeaks, and Lesser Goldfinches feeding begging
youngsters.
A Fox Sparrow showed up yesterday to pep up our grayish junco flock, and came
again today. We had seen it for a couple of days in October. And this morning a
neighbor reported a small flock of Cedar Waxwings in his cherry tree -- maybe
not all the cherries got frozen.
The Denver Tech Center
Cobirds has seen a dearth of reports recently, so here's a brief one on our
yard birds.
The snow has brought us a big influx - no surprise. The number of species
(18-20) and the number of birds seem relatively normal (except for a dozen
Spotted Towhees) but these guys have stayed around all
These snowstorms really pack in the birds at our feeders. Today we had an
exceptional array.
A Northern Goshawk perched in the scrub oaks, 10 feet behind all our feeders,
for over an hour. The sun came out and she left. We called her a female because
of her bulky size. During her perch, bird
We speculated about whether today would produce more birds. In our yard, it
sure has. We walked through the open space by our house, and between that and
our feeders, we have a count of 37 species! The only unusual one (doubted by
eBird), a Gray Flycatcher IDd by its downward tail flick.
We have some anomalies this summer among the birds that come to our feeders.
Today 4 surprise birds showed up.
We see many more Black-headed Grosbeaks than in any of the past 3 years.
Compared with 5 or so in daily in summers of 2014-2016, this month we see 10-15
, and probably more. Many,
This morning is very birdy in my yard, possibly as a result of some of the
watering I’ve been doing over the past 24 hours. In addition to all my usual
birds, there are several other species around today, including:
MacGillivray’s Warbler – 1, very active in Virginia Creepers
Wilson’s Warbler
The variety at and under our feeders picked up over the last week.
During lunch today, a White-throated Sparrow came in with a couple of
White-crowneds -- made comparison easy. They seem to have proliferated this
week. We have 10 or so White-crowneds. A few minutes ago Urling spotted a
It's been a very busy day at my feeders today, including a new
yard-bird...a beautiful male Evening Grosbeak, eating sunflower seeds on my
deck. He was very accommodating, and allowed me to get several good photos.
Complete yard/feeder list for today:
Evening Grosbeak - 1
Black-billed
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