Dad and I did some late morning birding down McElmo Canyon from Cortez this morning. Lots of the usual birds, but we also found a small group of sparrows in a small canyon down there (J road bridge, turn left, go almost to the stone house, dry pond on the north side of the road). Pretty sure they are juvenile black-throated sparrows, but would like a second opinion. Or third or fourth. I have seen adults before in Arizona but never run across young birds. Habitat was rock and PJ in a dry wash, sage nearby, riparian within 200 meters.
Three best photos: http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk296/Paoniabirds/P1080290lc.jpg http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk296/Paoniabirds/P1080298lc.jpg http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk296/Paoniabirds/P1080307lc.jpg Other birds of the day included several blue grosbeaks, bushtits, a couple Virginia's warblers (couldn't make them Lucy's), lots and lots of bluebirds and lark sparrows, western wood pewees, and so on. Dennis Garrison back in Paonia in the smoke tonight _________________________________________________________________ Get free photo software from Windows Live http://www.windowslive.com/online/photos?ocid=PID23393::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_PH_software:082009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
