Not being able to go birding for 3 days had resulted in withdrawal symptoms that I just couldn't take so this evening I drove out to a few place near Canon City just to see if anything was around. As I restricted from putting by eyes directly into binoculars and spotting scope, I found that one could see pretty well (at least better than with bare eyes) by keeping my eyes back just outside the eyecup. This afforded me the opportunity to view the *Picoides *woodpecker, that's call was a little different, and find it was a male Ladder-backed Woodpecker working some tree cholla then some junipers in the Williamsburg area (just sw of Canon City). I have never seen one in this area but this species is spread thinly across areas from just sw of Canon City to near Penrose. Couldn't gtet a photo as I left my dslr camera at home (to reduce temptation to put my eye in it's eyecup, very frustrating). Also heard some Scaled Quail but they are not as uncommon in similar habitat.
Close to dark I spotted a female/imm Common Merganser on the Arkansas River. It was close to where I found one last week and very, very shy so expect this is the same one I previously reported. Two Common Nighthawks worked near the river presumably migrating through. SeEtta Moss Canon City (where the birding is hot year-round) personal blog @http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com now blogging for *Birds and Blooms* magazine @BirdsandBlooms blog/southcentral region<http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/category/southcentral/> -- 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.
