Here are some birds seen along the Clear Creek Trail this morning:
February 1, 2023
January 22, 2023
This morning I wandered around the Bear Creek Greenbelt. I saw dozens of American Robins, some of which were eating juniper berries, but I didn’t spot any waxwings.
Here’s a female Common Goldeneye (with orange-tipped bill!), and Canada Geese for scale.
Finally, here’s a Great blue Heron standing along the bank of Bear Creek:
January 21, 2023
Here’s an immature Bald Eagle I saw at Mt. Olivet Cemetery:

Bald Eagle
Here’s an immature Cooper’s Hawk we saw:
Waterfowl were plentiful. Here’s one thing I learned: the tip of a female Common Goldeneye’s bill isn’t always orange:
January 20, 2023
A Townsend’s Solitaire stopped by my bird bath today . . . but with its intact big toe on its left foot, it’s not the same individual as the other day.
Also, a male Cassin’s Finch came to the feeder today, along with House Finches. These are very wary birds. They take off as soon as I open the door, no matter how softly.
January 19, 2023
Today after work I met a friend not far from the Lilley Gulch Recreation Center.
A Red-tailed Hawk landed on a post near some grasses.
It flew up . . .

Red-tailed Hawk on take-off
We expected it to fly away with a meal. Instead, it took off again . . .
. . . and alighted on a high perch placed specifically for raptors.
It was a remarkably tolerant hawk. We watched it for almost half an hour. It was still perched when we walked away.
January 16, 2023
Just after dawn I walked alone in the Bear Creek Greenbelt for an hour and forty minutes. It was cool, temperatures in the upper 20s. I saw 27 species of birds, including the ones below:
And once I got back home, I saw a flock of Bushtits in my back yard. Here’s one:
Later, the yellow-feathered Downy Woodpecker stopped by the deck for some suet:
January 14, 2023
January 10, 2023
January 8, 2023
This morning the Townsend’s Solitaire stopped by my bird path for another drink. I say the Townsend’s Solitaire because it, like the one I photographed the other day, is missing part of its middle toe on its left foot.
Later in the morning I co-led, with David Suddjian, a Denver Field Ornithologists trip in the Bear Creek Greenbelt. For the first time in weeks and weeks, I saw a Belted Kingfisher perched above the pond that never freezes: