The cold snap yesterday brought in hundreds of birds to our backyard feeders...at times the action was frantic. Here is a listing:
PINYON JAYS 50+ several times during the day...a little note to the gentleman who came down to see them...I have lost your phone number...but the birds are here if you want to try again! HARRIS'S SPARROW 1 still coming in...yesterday it was quite bold! American Goldfinch 50+ Pine Siskin 60+ Dark-eyed Junco 40+ numbers are down for this bird this year Mountain Chickadees at least 4 Black-capped Chickadees 6 Evening Grosbeak 50+ Spotted Towhee 3 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW 1 this bird is quite uncommon for us in the winter...we get maybe 1 or 2 a year Blue Jays 6 - these have become a regular winter visitor...until 6 or 7 years ago we never had them! House Finches 20+ we were just remarking as to how few of these were showing up when the cold snap hit and brought them in! CASSIN'S FINCH 4 males and 4 females a record for our yard White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 female Downy Woodpecker 2 males and 2 females American Crows 4 just stopped by and then took off again Black-billed Magpie 3 brief visit Eurasian Collared Dove 2 WHITE-WINGED DOVE 2 Song Sparrow 2 Happy New Year! Polly Wren and Paul Neldner 1.6 miles east of La Veta Huerfano County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@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.
