Random acts of bushtits and other birds, Larimer County
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Libby Edwards
Dec 17, 2016, 6:37:31 PM12/17/16
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Today at Watson Lake as the sun was setting we watched a flock of about 10 bushtits flitting from rabbit brush bush to rabbit brush bush, calling as they fed, going single file to a tree and then back again to the rabbit brush.
On Wednesday this week we were hiking in Lory State Park early in the morning on the Overlook trail, forest dark, and I heard a sound like miniature bells tinkling, coming closer. And then the area was lit up by flitting golden crowned kinglets, maybe 12-15 of them, surrounding us as they fed on through up the slope. They were like little fairies or Christmas lights turned on for a few moments.
Then on Thursday on the Audra Culver trail in Horsetooth Mountain Park, that faces west, in a stand of ponderosa was a flock of about 8 or so white breasted nuthatches, catching the glint of the sun as they flew from tree to tree calling.
Happy birding
Libby Edwards
Fort Collins, Larimer Co.
On Wednesday this week we were hiking in Lory State Park early in the morning on the Overlook trail, forest dark, and I heard a sound like miniature bells tinkling, coming closer. And then the area was lit up by flitting golden crowned kinglets, maybe 12-15 of them, surrounding us as they fed on through up the slope. They were like little fairies or Christmas lights turned on for a few moments.
Then on Thursday on the Audra Culver trail in Horsetooth Mountain Park, that faces west, in a stand of ponderosa was a flock of about 8 or so white breasted nuthatches, catching the glint of the sun as they flew from tree to tree calling.
Happy birding
Libby Edwards
Fort Collins, Larimer Co.
The "Nunn Guy"
Dec 19, 2016, 10:59:06 AM12/19/16
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Also, 14 Bushtit seen at Lory State Park Visitor Center parking lot on Saturday's Fort Collins CBC. Are other best bird was Canyon Wren (2) in one of the reservoir coves in Lory.
Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn
The "Nunn Guy"
Dec 19, 2016, 11:01:51 AM12/19/16
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"Our" (other best bird) not "Are" ... :-)
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