Always great birding in cold and snow--we had both, temps in upper teens to 22 degrees and about 4 inches of snow today. I found a 1st winter Black Phoebe on the MacKenzie end of the Canon City Riverwalk today. I also refound the Ladder-back Woodpecker, a Townsend's Solitaire, a Spotted Towhee and at least 1 (possibly 2) Northern Shrikes--all in the first few hundred yards west of the MacKenzie Ave parking area. Photography was difficult in today's brightly overcast and often snowing conditions but I got one reasonably good photo of the Black Phoebe that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog (neat video just below about walruses).
I found an immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Veteran's Park on H50, the same location I have seen an immature Yellow-bellied a few times this fall-so likely the same bird. I also found 5 female and 4 male Williamson's Sapsuckers (and one sapsucker species, mostly hidden in tree that was not accessible), most on private property around Canon City. They are still doing a lot of moving around, seeing a male in places I saw a female and reverse. The most reliable spot, other than private property, is at Lakeside Cemetery.
Other birds of note today include 2 Snow Geese among a few hundred white-cheeked geese in the agricultural fields about a half mile north of the Arkansas River, one first of the season adult Bald Eagle, one Lewis's Woodpecker and a group of about a hundred white headed gulls (the ones I scoped were all Ring-billed). The number of gulls is remarkable in semi-arid Fremont County where we have few bodies of water and few gulls most of the time.
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/
Personal blog @ BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
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