The last post prompted me to mention the great number of Corvid fledglings we had up here on our mountain near Conifer this summer. This is the second summer that a pair of Crows has come back to nest, last year their one baby spent his summer fussing and whining at his parents on the pine tree at the peanut feeder in our front yard. They joined a large flock and finally left in the fall, but early this spring they were all back. They fledged two, and again, very loud baby crows who fussed all summer, and now that it is fall they are flying again with a much larger flock. But they have all stayed around so far this fall; we often have 25 crows swooping through the trees and feeding at the peanut feeder. A wild bunch!
A family of magpies also fledged 1 beautiful, curious, brazen, smart magpie who now flies with the same flock of crows. At nesting time the crows tried to drive the magpie family away but were not successful and all the fledglings hung around together when they were first out of their nests, and on and off the rest of the summer. The 2 crows and 1 magpie were quiet a group, but now with their 25 friends they are really quite a group! The Stellar Jays fledged two young who also fussed all summer at the peanut feeder but they don't socialize with the crows quite as readily. We generally have a consistent group of about 10 - 15 Stellar Jays year- round. It has felt like we were living in a Corvid nursery all summer! Such different personalities! Paula Bard Conifer, 8500 ft. [email protected] paulabardphotography.com 303-898-5054 * "No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." William Blake* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
