Re: [cobirds] New yard bird, Franktown, Douglas

2014-02-08 Thread Andrews Robert
Congratulations on a nice find for the yard. Always a great find at lower elevations. I remember looking at the variety of flickers as well at your feeders. Hope you are surviving the cold winter without too much cabin fever. Today here in Liberia we had an overnight low of about 70 and a high o

[cobirds] New yard bird, Franktown, Douglas

2014-02-08 Thread Hugh Kingery
This cold/not-cold/cold/not-cold regime has brought lots/few/lots/few birds into our yard over the past few weeks. During the cold/cold spells, we can count over 100 birds on the ground eating millet and seeds spilled from the feeders. Today, so far, a dozen. The flocks consist mainly of Am.

[cobirds] New yard bird, Franktown, Douglas

2011-06-06 Thread Hugh Kingery
An odd bird added itself to our yard list this morning. Odd, not because it's unusual, but odd because it picked an odd habitat in which to spend the morning singing. A loud cheery 'witch it witch it witch it' came from above our house, the hillside covered with scrub oak and mountain mahogany