This residential/golf course area has been a reliable location for Lark Sparrow, and have hosted nesting Blue Grosbeak a couple of the past few years. Check the undeveloped areas, and the area near the Marshall Sand & Gravel rock piles for Lark Sparrow. For Blue Grosbeak, please ask permission to bird watch from the paved golf cart path to gain access to potential nesting areas.
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Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Excellent cold hardy, and drought resistant, Colorado Blue Spruce is also attractive as a food source for grouse, and various finches including crossbills, siskins, and nuthatches. Like most conifers, it provides excellent nesting, roosting, and winter cover for numerous small birds. Grows 60 to 100′ high with a 15 to 35′ spread.
Black Hills Spruce
Black Hills Spruce is a slow-growing, compact tree, but don’t let that stop you. Slow growth equals dense growth, making it perfect for privacy screens and windbreaks. It’s short bright bluish green needles and a dense, conical shape make it a landscaper’s dream. Black Hills Spruce is virtually immune to the most common spruce pests and is very tolerant of drying winter winds. It is a truly cold adapted tree and is very resistant to winter injury.
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