[cobirds] Canon City, etc

All -

Today I spent a fun morning birding in Canon City. The weather was
mostly sunny and fairly pleasant for mid-February.

The highlights:

Pathfinder Park - I'd never been here before. Upon driving in I was
greeted by two Eastern Bluebirds (presumably two of the five reported
by Rich Miller a week ago). The woods near the river were quite birdy
with the best birds being several more Eastern Bluebirds and a
Bewick's Wren.

Centennial Park - The Williamson's Sapsucker continues in the pines in
the park. I walked west of the park along the river. I enjoyed
listening to the singing American Dippers take advantage of the
acoustics under the 1st Street bridge. Just to the west of the same
bridge, I located a Black Phoebe who was also singing.

Tunnel Drive - This location was fairly quiet. Only two birds of note
here - a single Rock Wren and a Say's Phoebe - both singing.

It was then time to head back towards Denver.

On Hwy 115 approximately 0.2 miles south of Barrett Road (see Mark
Peterson's post from yesterday), I noted a large dead tree on the east
side of the highway full of birds - Bohemian Waxwings - 190 of them
doing their churring trill. Thanks Mark and Bill!

My final stop was in Colorado Springs for the Acorn Woodpecker. Not
being the most cooperative bird, it took a while, but I eventually
found the bird hunkered down on a branch in the snow looking quite
miserable.

Spring is in the air (in spite of the snow).

Good birding,
Kathy Mihm Dunning
Denver

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