I would agree with Jeff's account. For the past ten years or so, we have had a pair of cordilleran flycatchers nesting atop our porch light above the front door of our montane cabin in Rosita (Custer County, ~9000ft). The next has been successful every year, including one year when I had to install a storm door and re-do the framing to make it fit. Throughout the procedure, which took most of the day, the female sat on her nest with a glittering eye, but rarely moved away, even when some of the reconstruction work was less than a foot away!
This year, a high wind blew the nest down, and since we were gone, we did not discover the very soggy nest on the porch until much later. There were no eggs at that point, and I saw no attempt to rebuild the nest above the porch light. The pair of COFLs was still around, though, and I finally discovered the location of the new nest—atop the electric box on the rear of the house. There are four eggs and we will, of course, be watching the progress of the nesting effort. Jim Mariner Colorado Springs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
