Quick Colorado

On a whim, I decided to drive to southern Colorado in hopes of seeing the mega rare YELLOW GROSBEAK that showed up at feeders.  Normally found in western Mexico, this one in Colorado was a first for that state.  Anyway, once I *finally* arrived after the epic drive, the bird was there and most obliging:

The great feeder setup had a wealth of other things visiting such as this WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (these are a different subspecies from the ones we have out east):

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD:

LEWIS'S WOODPECKER:

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD:

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK:

WOODHOUSE'S SCRUB-JAY:

BLUE GROSBEAK:

CANYON TOWHEE: