Earlier this morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt
Ring-necked Duck
American Dipper
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
January 12, 2025
Monthly Archives: January 2025
January 11, 2025
In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning:
Song Sparrow
Great Blue Heron
White-crowned Sparrows
American Dipper
January 10, 2025
Late this afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:
Hooded Mergansers
American Dipper
January 9, 2025
Seen from a snug cabin on a snowy morning in west Jefferson County:
Gray-crowned Rosy-finch (Hepburn’s, with the gray cheek)
Gray-crowned Rosy-finch (black cheek, unlike the Hepburn’s form) with Pine Siskins
Brown-capped Rosy-finch
Black Rosy-finch et alia
Cassin’s Finch
January 8, 2025
At Garden of the Gods this morning:
Golden-crowned Sparrow
And at Fountain Creek Regional Park and Nature Center:
Immature male Hooded Mergansers
White-breasted Nuthatch
And far away in the woods and shade:
Winter Wren shaking out its feathers
January 7, 2025
On this snowy morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:
Song Sparrow
American Dipper
Male Common Goldeneye (center) et alia
Wood Duck
January 5, 2025
Late afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:
Mama Great Horned Owl
Wood Ducks
Common Goldeneye (female)
Beaver and Mallards
Gray Softball, aka American Dipper
January 4, 2025
Seen on a long walk in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, including the far western section:
West-of-Kipling-Parkway Great Horned Owl
West-of-Kipling-Parkway Red-tailed Hawk
American Dipper
January 3, 2025
In the late afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:
American Dipper
The Great Horned Owl pair are spending more time roosting together:
Great Horned Owls
A raccoon perched high in a nest
Common Goldeneye
January 2, 2025
From the Bear Creek Greenbelt . . . here’s a male Hooded Merganser with a favorite meal:
Hooded Merganser with Crawfish
Gadwalls have been regular in the pond that never freezes. Here’s a pair:
Gadwalls
American Dipper
Female Common Goldeneye (far right) with two male Hooded Mergansers and one female