Hi all,
Great to be back in CO after two excellent trips "South" ('Antarctica', and 'Antarctica, The Falklands & South Georgia'). Wow - been going there for 22 years, and it never gets old! Some recent sightings from the Roaring Fork valley: Yesterday, Wednesday 29 Feb, was at Snowmass ski area doing my weekly free bird tour.. We enjoyed some great Rosy-Finch action. PLUS it was a beautiful, sunny day, between the snowstorms (today it is dumping again like crazy), so the skiing is GREAT 30+ Brown-capped Rosy-Finches 20+Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches (mainly of the coastal form - Hepburn's) Also Gray Jays, Steller's Jays, and Mountain Chickadees. I also heard that the American Marten (Pine Marten) has been a regular visitor in recent days at the other feeder on the hill (at the top of the Gondola). Back home, an adult Northern Shrike grabbed a Pine Siskin in the yard and flew off with it, carrying it in its bill. GREAT sight! Cassin's Finches are back in the yard, and a couple of Evening Grosbeak flyovers (so it must be almost spring !) Lesser Goldfinches are hanging in, and a flock of Cedar Waxwings dropped by too Also around Carbondale: 9 Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Roaring Fork just below Catherine Store road bridge 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes on the private ponds at Ranch at Roaring Fork Good birding all Dick Filby Carbondale, CO -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.