Have rarely seen black-crowned night-herons at Manitou Lake ($5 fee) in northern Teller County over the last 21 years. (May/99, May/04, Apr/06, Oct/06) This year I have seen a pair since May 3rd. Today, after watching the adult pair fly around the marsh for a few minutes, I saw a fledgling struggling to take flight and fly to the top of a nearby ponderosa! Neat!
The word of the day is fledglings. There were fledglings being fed by parents everywhere and by many, many species. Highlight was getting to watch the ever so secretive common yellowthroat parents never-ending trips to their youngsters' open gapes with insects of all sorts. 40 species in all seen at the lake. Many dozens of western bluebirds and yellow-rumped warblers with imms. Brewers and chipping sparrows. Also, plenty of band-tailed pigeons and evening grosbeaks at my feeders daily. All with imms of the year. Along with the regular fanfare. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
