No crossbills for me, but upon returning from an uneventful morning of local birding, I found my Centennial (Arapahoe) yard overrun by American Goldfinches and Pine Siskins. They were eventually joined by a flock of Chipping Sparrows with two Clay-colored Sparrows in tow, a Western Tanager, a Yellow Warbler, and a Dusky Flycatcher.
- Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 8:58:53 AM UTC-6, kevyg...@aol.com wrote: > > Hello Fellow Birders, > > The flock of ~ 15 Red Crossbills I first reported in mid-March is still > hanging around my little townhouse yard in west Centennial, near Holly & > Arapahoe. Sometimes we see one or two, sometimes the whole gang. > > More recent visitors include a Chipping Sparrow who's been here this > past week, a few Pine Siskins who were here for a week or so but appear to > have moved on, and yesterday's cameo by a male Black-headed Grosbeak. > > Chickadees are on eggs, resident Broad-tailed hummers are back, and the > first fledge of 'great-horned' House Finches are haranguing their Dads for > food while their Moms are probably incubating the next batch. Which > reminds me, Happy Mother's Day to all who have earned that title. > > Keep Smilin', > Kevin Corwin > west Centennial, Arapahoe County > > Sent from my Remington Rand Typewriter via my Rotary Dial Wall Phone > > > -- 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/bfb5e3d8-b282-44e3-86d0-c478bc13d65e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
