Yesterday, along Shelf Rd, in northern Fremont Co my wife and I watched as a pair of Golden Eagles brought large dead limbs and finally a large green/live evergreen limb to a nest site. The nest site is on a ~100' cliff face, situated on a ledge half-way from top to bottom. The nest appears to be quite complete and ready for use. The pair was constantly harassed by nutcrackers, ravens and crows. The nest is on the east side of Helena Canyon, across the canyon (approx 1000 ft) from the road. Almost at eye-level. It is in a shaded nook.
I have owned property at this location for about 9 years now and never witnesses a pair of eagles in the area before - and there is no way I would have missed this. So I am quite sure this is a new site. And, there does not appear to be a large build-up of sticks nor accumulation of white-wash as would be expected at a site used for previous seasons. The large mesa tops and hillsides surrounding this site have ample cottontail and jackrabbit populations - along with marmot, ground-squirrel and others to be found. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
