New Yard Bird(!) (Nunn/Weld)

[Gary Lefko]

Spotted Towhee yard bird in Nunn at 730PM ... he and the white-crowneds really enjoyed kicking up our mulch tonight.

Also, five Willets at Wellington SWA 5PM.

Habitat: 35 acres CRP property (old agricultural fields being converted to native grasses). We're landscaping (bird-friendly) 16,000 sq ft within our fenced backyard, phase II completed. So far, 43 trees (not seedlings, I want to be alive when they mature) and 134 shrubs planted last and this year. 14 feeders, 50 pounds of cracked corn, lots of sunflower, safflower, nyger and Tidy Gardener, and two heated water sources.

Yard species (85) to date (3.75 years): --------------------------------------
Sand Hill Crane
Great Blue Heron
Mallard
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Harrier
Swainson's Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-Legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
Northern Bobwhite
Chukar
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Killdeer
Rock Pidgeon
Eurasian-Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Great-Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barn Owl
Common Nighthawk
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Northern Flicker (Yellow and Red-Shafted)
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Western Wood-Pewee
Say's Phoebe
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Eastern Bluejay
Clark's Nutcracker
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
European Starling
Black-Billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Common Grackle
Horned Lark
Rock Wren
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Yellow Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Lark Bunting
Spotted Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Clay-Colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon, Slate-Colored)
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-Collared Longspur
McCown's Longspur
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-Tailed Grackle
Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
House Finch (Normal, Yellow Variant)
Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch
House Sparrow

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO
Building community, wanna help (http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/)?