I have been away and was surprised to see how new plant growth in this part of the world is still slow in developing. Nonetheless, there were interesting things at Grandview Cemetery. Highlights:
Broad-winged Hawks (5!) - that is the most I've ever seen in one location in Colorado except for the 11 Dave Ely and I found roosting at Crow Valley on 19Sept01. One bird was sitting in the northwest corner of the cemetery on the east side of the ditch and the other 4 spiraled up about mid-morning to join Turkey Vultures in catching thermals. All appeared to be adults. Great Horned Owl - both babies are now out of the nest, out of the nest tree, and hard to find. This is probably old news, but last time I saw them a couple weeks ago they were barely peeking out from under momma. Now they're in junior high. Pine Siskins - general nesting activity Hackberry psyllid eggs (look like tiny, pearly-white footballs) are covering the emerging hackberry leaves, which means the adult insects have emerged from their overwintering sites and hopefully were used as food by some of the migrating birds and that the table is set for good bird activity in these trees next fall when the brood represented by the eggs completes its development and emerges from the galls they will form this summer. Chipping Sparrow (at least 100) - searching thru the mob produced nothing but adults of this species. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
