Hi everyone-- This weekend I went to Durango to explore some new areas for me. On Sunday 7/3, I spent the morning along Junction Creek from the campground up to Animas Overlook. The campground had more people than birds, but it was great to see an Abert's Squirrel there. This one was gray with a gray and white tail. I found a pair of Grace's Warblers in a mixed-species flock in the last stand of pure ponderosa pine before the overlook at an altitude of about 8500 feet (this is about 1/4 mile short of the overlook). At the overlook, a pair of Peregrine Falcons gave chase to a raven. In the Rafter J subdivision, four Acorn Woodpeckers were on the granary tree.
I went home by way of La Veta, where I listened for cuckoos from the skateboard park at Oak and Ryus for not quite two hours without success. While I was there, I enjoyed watching a female Black-chinned Hummingbird picking bugs off the side of the railroad trestle. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
