Was out in the Mesa wetlands & hillsides behind Holmes Middle School in NW CO Spgs (where I teach), during a half-hour break from school around 10 am today, and saw/heard the following, in chronological order:
Cooper's Hawk, House Wren, Gray Catbird, House Finch, Yellow-breasted Chat, Spotted Towhee, Mourning Dove, Green-tailed Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Western Tanager, Song Sparrow, Nashville Warbler, Western Meadowlark, American Goldfinch, Eurasian Collared Dove, Magpie (an occupied nest), and Red-winged Blackbird... (as well as Mule Deer and Coyote). This area is a natural, mostly protected streamside extension north & a bit west of (but continuous with) Sondermann Park--upstream along Mesa Creek. Parking is generally available behind the north corner of the school. At home before school, further NW in CO Spgs, had a Brown Thrasher very actively thrashing about in last fall's uncleared oak leaves, as well as Virginia's Warbler and Black-headed Grosbeak up in the newly leafing oaks. Marty Wolf 6633' 548-1932 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
