Today I led a group of 11 from the Boulder Bird Club to various mountain feeders in western Boulder County. We started on a tip to look for a wren species in lower Lefthand Canyon. We failed in that pursuit, but did get a glimpse of a Golden-crowned Kinglet and had a Golden Eagle soaring over Buckingham Park.
By the time we hit Ward the wind had really picked up, but the birds were still feeder bound. "Lower Ward" had its usual large flock of Evening Grosbeaks plus a couple of Pine Grosbeaks and a couple Clark's Nutcrackers. "Upper Ward" had a few additional of both grosbeak species plus a medium sized flock of about 25 Brown-capped Rosy-finches with views of from 10 feet in some cases. One Hepburn's Gray-Crowned Rosy-finch was in the mix. Allenspark was less windy and with a different mix of birds. Here there were many American Goldfinches along with Pygmy Nuthatches, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, a handful of Pine Siskin and a Cassin's Finch. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- 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.
