Today – driving back from Canon City; my wife and I had a Lewis’s Woodpecker 2 miles south of Hwy 50 on CR 9, fly up to a telephone pole.
On CR 11, at or near the Fremont/Teller Co line (not really sure where that line is on CR 11, so it could have been in Teller Co) we had 8 Pinyon Jays.
Also, as we got home in Teller Co (at 8,500’ in Ponderosa, Doug Fir, Spruce habitat) miles from any water other than the small recirculating pond/stream in my back yard; we had about ~50 Common Grackles making one heckuva racket in the trees around my small artificial pond. They stuck around for an hour and left. While I have had one or two grackles visit me from time to time over the years, certainly the first time for such a group. Specifically, here are the four records of common grackles at my house over 25 years; only 1 each time!
04/21/1997
05/15/1997
10/01/1997
04/15/2010
Jeff J Jones
Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands
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