Yesterday I found a new family of Black Phoebes east of the MacKenzie Bridge over the Arkansas River on the east edge of Canon City. It was clear from the short length of their tails and their very yellow gapes that they were quite young. They were much closer to the bridge today and I counted a total of 4 birds, at least 2 being fledglings being fed by an adult. The fledglings were flying across the river today so they are gaining better flying skills which may mean the parent(s) moves them further away soon. This is apparently the result of a second nesting in this area. Interestingly, a juvenile from the first nesting has remained in the area and I saw it yesterday also.
I found 2 more juvenile Eastern Phoebes in addition to the 2 at my friend's (yes, different birds--after seeing them I drove directly to my friends and refound the 2 there), one on private property along the Arkansas River and another along the access road to the MacKenzie Ave parking area for the Canon City Riverwalk (and accessed via MacKenzie Ave). Today I saw the latter bird about midway down the access road from MacKenzie Ave to the parking area. Yesterday I also saw a family of Lewis Woodpeckers, the young practicing their flying behavior, at my friend's east of Canon City. This species nests on his property. And the bat extravaganza continues at the fishing pond at Pathfinder Park west of Florence and at a nearby quiet section of the Arkansas River. And I finally got some reasonable pics of the bats that I have posted to my blog at http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
