This morning at our feeder were the ususal suspects: 30+ Evening Grosbeaks Too many Red-winged Blackbirds to count 2 mature male Yellow-headed Blackbirds 70+ Pine Siskins Black-capped Chickadees Mountain Chickadees Spotted Towhee 6 Cassin's Finch White-breasted Nuthatch Hairy Woodpeckers Downy Woodpeckers Molting American Goldfinches Brown-headed Cowbirds Common Grackles 6 Blue Jays Northern Flickers are nesting
We headed for Lathrop State Park at Martin Lake we found: 50+ Franklin's Gulls - many with a lovely pink wash - have never seen so many...and so colorful! 75+ Eared Grebes several Pied-billed Grebes Buffleheads Clark's Grebes are abundant this years...actually outnumber the Western Grebes Sharp-shinned Hawks (2) Red-tailed Hawks more than a dozen Osprey Yellow-rumped Warblers have returned in abundance Townsend's Solitaire's were pairing up American Robins were everywhere Northern Shovelers Ruddy Ducks Mallards Gadwalls Spotted Sandpipers A pair of Willets Killdeer American Coots At Horseshoe Reservoir we added 7 White Pelicans Nesting Great Blue Herons (7 or so nests in one tree!) a pair of Snowy Egrets Dozens of Double-Crested Cormorants After we returned home: 3 Pinyon Jays arrived By the biggest hit of the day for us was the return of our Harris's Sparrow now coming into adult breeding plumage! It made it through the winter and is a very infrequent visitor! I am posting photos at Colorado Birder Saw one lone Turkey Vulture flying...how sad...our local neurologist somehow mananged to obtain a "kill order" to have some shot and hung in effigy next to his office in town...many folks are very upset...people who I never would have guessed would even care about these birds are upset! It was a great birding day in Huerfano County! Polly Wren and Polly Neldner -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
