Huerfano County: Roadrunner

[Aaron Driscoll]

Traveled down to Walsenburg to spend Christmas with my wife's parents.

When we arrived, around 10 a.m., my father-in-law said to me: "you picked a good time to come; the roadrunner has visited the last two days!"

 

Oh yeah!  It's been over seven years since I've seen a roadrunner.

 

My nephew and I patiently waited for it to appear. 

It didn't show up until around 1 p.m.

Awesome! Couldn't get close enough for a photograph.

 

During the course of the day, we also saw at least one of these species:

 

Juniper Titmouse

Peregrine Falcon

Pine Siskin

Townsend's Solitaire

Mountain Chickadee

Dark Eyed Juncos

Pinyon Jay

House Finch

Bushtit

Magpie

White-breasted Nuthatch

 

 

Aaron Driscoll

Colorado Springs