Today I observed a pair of Great Blue Herons engaged in breeding behavior and was able to get several good photos of their copulatory behavior with my new 400 mm lens (with a crop factor of 1.6 on my Canon EOS digital camera and on top of that my 1.4X extender gives an equivalent of almost 900 mm so I can get better birds pics without disturbing them). I have posted 4 of these pics on my blog at http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
I believe that a pair of Black Phoebes on my friend's property near Canon City have built a nest in the same location where previous pairs have nested in past years. Since I have to lean the top half of my body over the edge, while holding on to a cable and hooking my toes on the other edge, to look back directly under a bridge it is difficult for me (hey, I'm 62 and this acrobatic stuff isn't easy anymore) to check the nest. Two days ago I saw 3 Black Phoebes and 3 Say's Phoebes in just a quarter mile on my friend's property. Last years two pair of Black Phoebes nested on or adjacent to this property with at least one pair having two clutches. More area breeding birds--I have seen two Great Horned Owls in the Canon City area with 2 owlets each in their nests. Between the upper and lower Arkansas Valley, I have seen 2 nesting Bald Eagles and 1 nesting Golden Eagle. In area wetlands several male Great-tailed Grackles have been displaying to a few females and giving territorial calls. Migrants--There are now more than 15 Greater Yellowlegs feeding in flooded fields along River Road (listed as E. 8th Street on google maps), and up to 50 Wild Turkeys have been feeding here for the past several weeks also. This afternoon I heard then saw a flock of 40 or so Franklin's Gulls migrating over Canon City. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
