Yesterday I found my first American Dipper in the Canon City area for this season, this one several miles east of town. Every winter we have from one to a few American Dippers that move
downstream along the Arkansas River in Colorado in cold weather to spend
the winter in the mild Canon City area. We had such a terribly warm fall that this bird may not have thought it
necessary to leave the higher elevation areas of the river until the
recent cold weather. I have uploaded one photo of it onto my
Birds and Nature blog.
Today I saw 2 female and 1 male Williamson's and 1 male Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers around Canon City--got photos but don't have time to process and upload to my blog so will do later.
After not refinding the one eyed Ferruginous Hawk for about 4 days last week, I have seen her again all but one of the days I have looked for her this past week. With the lack of one eye she has to have learned somehow to compensate for problems with depth perception, which is awful important for a hawk going after prairie dogs. I will post photos of her later.