Surrounded by the Amasa Back, Hurrah Pass, Anticline, and Dead Horse Point and with the Colorado River running alongside, you’ve discovered Base Camp. A one of a kind wilderness lodge.
One of these things is not like the others........... I wonder if the song birds with the red on them are the males and the brown ones are the females. Seems in the feathered world the males are prettier:)
You are correct. The red House Finches are males, the brownish white are females. One of the videos towards the end a White-crowned sparrow shows up. In the early days a year or so ago the White-tailed Antelope squirrels dominated Tiffanys. Then the Junco's showed up, followed by the White-crowned sparrows, then House Finch's and it was quite a mix. The Junco's have disappeared over the last month or so and Red-winged black birds, Cow-birds, and lately Eurasian-collared doves have been showing up. I have the camera out there this morning and I see a single Yellow-headed blackbird but can't tell if he's in camera range.
Had guests scheduled but creeks are all flooded so can't get here so I will have two days off in a row for the first time since early March. Was going to go exploring but still a lot of rain and lightning so expect to be here all day. Going to keep the camera on Tiffany's all day and see what happens off and on. These videos sure have a variety of things happening. I put five glasses of bird food out there each morning and the first two there are two White-tailed Antelope squirrels and they get in a fight with a month full of food in front of them. Mother House Finch's feeding daughters. Father House Finches feeding daughters and little territorial squabbles with lots of song in the background. If it clears up tomorrow it's the week of things blooming in the canyons and with all the rain should be spectacular.
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One of these things is not like the others...........
I wonder if the song birds with the red on them are the males and the brown ones are the females. Seems in the feathered world the males are prettier:)
You are correct. The red House Finches are males, the brownish white are females. One of the videos towards the end a White-crowned sparrow shows up. In the early days a year or so ago the White-tailed Antelope squirrels dominated Tiffanys. Then the Junco's showed up, followed by the White-crowned sparrows, then House Finch's and it was quite a mix. The Junco's have disappeared over the last month or so and Red-winged black birds, Cow-birds, and lately Eurasian-collared doves have been showing up. I have the camera out there this morning and I see a single Yellow-headed blackbird but can't tell if he's in camera range.
Nice to have these windows on your world when we cannot be there in person.
Had guests scheduled but creeks are all flooded so can't get here so I will have two days off in a row for the first time since early March. Was going to go exploring but still a lot of rain and lightning so expect to be here all day. Going to keep the camera on Tiffany's all day and see what happens off and on. These videos sure have a variety of things happening. I put five glasses of bird food out there each morning and the first two there are two White-tailed Antelope squirrels and they get in a fight with a month full of food in front of them. Mother House Finch's feeding daughters. Father House Finches feeding daughters and little territorial squabbles with lots of song in the background. If it clears up tomorrow it's the week of things blooming in the canyons and with all the rain should be spectacular.
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