COBirders,
After spending the major part of the last ten days at our cabin in western Custer County (at 9,200 ft.), I can report very good hummer numbers there at this time. The rufous came in a few days early (I think, but my wife says there were on time), on the 4th of July. There are just a few, the vanguard, and as we discussed in this forum last year, they seem not to be so bellicose as those that will coming in larger numbers very soon. Last Friday the first calliope appeared, a striking male in sharp plumage. Also at our cabin I have not seen nor heard a single raven for a month, maybe six weeks, and we have been spending three or four days of each week there. During the almost 40 years we have lived there part-time we have never experienced such an absence of ravens. Are there any corvidologists or others out there who might be able to explain the dearth of ravens? Leon Bright Pueblo and Custer Counties --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
