big spruce north of the pumphouse, extreme southeast corner of Grandview Cemetery, west end of Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado:
The day of fledging for the two young White-winged Crossbills is getting incrementally closer but has not happened yet. I was there for three hours yesterday morning and most of today. The young are big, almost fully-feathered, and generally pretty active. They tend to stand up on the nest rim when the parents come in to feed. And the nestlings are definitely making an audible "hissing" sound when being fed (are you reading this, Nathan?). Visitors wanting to see the adults and/or witness a feeding would have their best chances between 7 and 10am. Plan to spend at least an hour. Of late, the birds are NOT coming to the ground anywhere near the nest tree, except for very rare instances in the fairly dense shade under the spruce tree grove due south of the nest tree just out on the golf course. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
