WINGSCAPES

Dark Eyes and Pink Sides

Another of the wonderful images Team Wingscapes has received from Connie in Loveland, Colorado is this one of a Dark-eyed junco, pink-sided form.

Pink-sided Dark-eyed Juncos are generally found in the interior west and range as far east as the Great Plains during winter. While they can be confused for the somewhat darker headed Oregon form near the western edge of their range, the Pink-sided form can be distinguished by their somewhat lighter “hood” and darker lores (the area on a bird’s head just in front of the eyes but behind the beak).

Happy New Year!

Many Native American cultures see the hummingbird as a symbol of good luck.Seeing a hummingbird just before undertaking a new activity was understood as a sign that one would be successful.

In that spirit, we would like to offer you this image of a Rufous Hummingbird in hope that seeing it will bring you good luck in all your activities throughout 2009.

Happy new year from all of us at Wingscapes.

Intergrade Flickers from Colorado

Connie from Loveland, Colorado, has been gracing the Team Wingscapes e-mail box with some great images she has been recording of the birds visiting her backyard feeders.

"I have many Northern Flickers and the [BirdCam] is helping me discover just how may are intergrades. Here are a couple of shots of one male intergrade that visits regularly." (An intergrade flicker is a cross between a Red-shafted Northern Flicker and a Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker.)

Connie also writes a great blog named Birds O' the Morning where she posts many of her Wingscapes BirdCam photos. Thanks Connie!