All,
After having only 5-6 House Finches and a pair of loyal flickers at my feeders since the late-Sept 16+" of rain that I got just north of Golden, I finally have lots of birds in this past week's storm and today. I just counted ~50 juncos of all but white-winged subspp, a few House Finches, and for the first time in 5.5 winters here in Golden, 3 Tree Sparrows coming to feed for the last 3 days. I read with interest Bill's president's column in the latest Colorado Birds about the dearth of small birds since the rains and Steve Jones's article in the Boulder County Nature Assoc newsletter. Life with hardly any birds at my feeders for 4 mo in the fall/early winter for the first time in my life has been spooky and depressing. I have visited with other birds who have had the same situation. Hope the affected spp can reproduce and re-establish their populations this spring. I also just photographed a lovely adult Sharp-shinned Hawk sitting in my tree; first time I have seen it in a couple months! My feeders were empty while she was there! Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications 5651 Garnet St. Golden, CO 80403 303.679.6646 k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/031201cf21fc%24ca5b4cd0%245f11e670%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
