Cassin's Finches

[Jennifer Hallam]

Good morning!

Had beautiful Cassin's Finches at my suet feeder this morning in the Ken Caryl suburbs. 6 of them rushed my feeder (3m/3f) and stayed for about 5 minutes and then moved along. At first, I thought they were House Finches but the males were almost red headed and the females were crisp brown and white striped. Tried to get a pic but they moved through to quickly. Hopefully they will be back!!

Happy Birding this last day of 2014!

Jennifer

Ken Caryl, CO

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

I had one bright male and three females today. One or two have been
intermittent at my feeder for the past three weeks.

No other "exciting" birds for me recently. Four bushtits today, four
mourning doves at dusk two nights ago, one bird yesterday. Earlier this
fall I had two Western scrub jays, a male and female red crossbill which sat
on the feeder for 15 seconds, didn't see anything they liked, and moved on.
Only time for this species this year. Both white-breasted (only the past 8
days, seen about every other day) and red-br nuthatches (almost daily the
past two months are here. Three blue jays daily for the past four weeks.
One to two spotted towhees daily, had a maximum of four (3m 1f) a month ago.
One mountain chickadee visit four days ago.
While writing this, I watched a pale western red-tailed hawk circling
moderately high over the house.
No Cooper's hawks except for one brief visit to perch on a tree two weeks
ago. But I saw a Cooper's carrying a fresh red-sh flicker at Holly and
Orchard last week.

Karl Stecher
Centennial, near Colorado Blvd and Orchard

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[Bonnie Morgan]

I had a male and three females and what seemed to be a young male (since he did not have as much pink) today in my back yard. I got very bad photos with my phone and will get better pictures tomorrow.

Bonnie Morgan
El Paso County
North Colorado springs

On Dec 31, 2014 12:37 PM, "Karl Stecher Jr." <kste...@idcomm.com> wrote:

I had one bright male and three females today.  One or two have been intermittent at my feeder for the past three weeks.
No other "exciting" birds for me recently.  Four bushtits today, four mourning doves at dusk two nights ago, one bird yesterday.  Earlier this fall I had two Western scrub jays, a male and female red crossbill which sat on the feeder for 15 seconds, didn't see anything they liked, and moved on.  Only time for this species this year. Both white-breasted (only the past 8 days, seen about every other day) and red-br nuthatches (almost daily the past two months are here.  Three blue jays daily for the past four weeks.  One to two spotted towhees daily, had a maximum of four (3m 1f) a month ago. One mountain chickadee visit four days ago.
While writing this, I watched a pale western red-tailed hawk circling moderately high over the house.
No Cooper's hawks except for one brief visit to perch on a tree two weeks ago.  But I saw a Cooper's carrying a fresh red-sh flicker at Holly and Orchard last week.
Karl Stecher
Centennial, near Colorado Blvd and Orchard
Jennifer Hallam writes:

Good morning!
Had beautiful Cassin's Finches at my suet feeder this morning in the Ken Caryl suburbs. 6 of them rushed my feeder (3m/3f) and stayed for about 5 minutes and then moved along. At first, I thought they were House Finches but the males were almost red headed and the females were crisp brown and white striped. Tried to get a pic but they moved through to quickly. Hopefully they will be back!!
Happy Birding this last day of 2014!
Jennifer
Ken Caryl, CO
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