Hi all, Just wnat to thank everyone who commented onmy feather question. As if turned out, the bird was in fact a White-faced Ibis.
of interest, that pair of owls have also been feeding on... Brewer's Blackbirds Pocket Gophers Steller's Jay Cottontail Wyoming Groundsquirrels Common Nighthawk Northern Flicker I even found a few Turkey feathers under the nest!! The male is hunting during the day to keep up with the family's needs. On three occcasions I watched him give the female Wyoming Ground Squirrels at various times throughout the days. As I watched the owl family the other day, the female flew from the nest tree as a Cooper's Hawk began cackling. When I walked toward the hawk, I noticed it was trying to drown a Steller's Jay. The owl scared the hawk into releasing the jay. The owl flew a few feed from the jay and landed in on a spruce branch looking at both the hawk and occasionally looking at the jay The Jay made it to the side of the creek looking very unhappy. It perched on the edge of the stream just long enough for the owl to swoop in and catch the Jay, then carry it to the owls nest and feed it to the owlets. Scott Rashid Estes Park P.S. It is raingin up here in estes this morning and I have few Brown-capped Rosyfinches at my feeder. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
