Part of my birding this week in the La Junta area included some time I spent in nearby Rocky Ford where I located a fledgling Mississippi Kite in a residential neighborhood. It's watchful parent remained in a tree about 150 feet from the tree where the fledgling perched. The other parent paid quick visits to bring food to the fledgling. The apparently hungry fledgling called frequently to be fed and made two forays in apparent attempts to get it's own food--no evidence of success but it did fly fairly well.
It seems late to have a fledgling still so clearly dependent on parents for food. Though the *Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas I *documented a fledgling on August 25, *Colorado Birds *shows most of them migrating out of Colorado in about 3 weeks. I got several short video tape clips of the fledgling and one parent that I have uploaded to my BirdsAndNature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> blog and I will have a few still pics up there soon. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
