Pair of Rufous-crowned Sparrows

Rufous-crowned Sparrows were first discovered about 15 years ago at the Tunnel Drive area of Canon City during a Christmas Bird Count by bir...

Rufous-crowned Sparrows in Canon City, CO area

My area of south Central Colorado is interesting in terms of biogeography--we have a lot of cholla cactus grasslands in addition to juniper ...

Corn Earworm-cool looking- Moth

This is a Corn Earworm Moth though it actually feeds on a variety of food and non-food plants (including cotton) and is considered an agricu...

Curve-billed Thrasher posing

Curve-billed Thrashers can be found in several areas around Canon City, CO. This one was along Tunnel Drive Road at the far west end of tow...

Rufous-crowned Sparrows up close

Earlier this week I stopped by the Tunnel Drive Trail area to take advantage of the beautiful Indian summer fall we have had this week. Bec...

Interesting, suspected sub-adult, Rufous-crowned Sparrow

As can be seen in these pics, this sparrow has a reduced amount of rufous/rusty coloration on it's crown (but with a definite black outl...

Canon City's Rufous-crowned Sparrows

Yesterday morning I found a small group of at least 3 and possibly 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, a specialty species that was found in the Tunn...

Canon City Rock Wren

Though I don't know of any relationship to the previous post about birds wintering further north related to Climate Disruption (better t...