This morning I found 2 male Williamson's Sapsuckers in Lakeside Cemetery, another location where sapsuckers winter in most years. These two appeared to chase each other from tree to tree in the cemetery;however, they did not display any apparent antagonistic behaviors once they landed and fed several times just a few feet apart. This seems surprising to me. I got some photos of these two, including of them feeding on the same tree, that I have posted to my BirdsAndNature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogpot.com> blog.
In order to see if one of these male Williamson's was the male I have been following just outside of Canon City, I drove immediately from the cemetery to that location and found him there. Thus it is most likely that these two males at the cemetery are additional sapsuckers. This is unusual to have this many male Sapsuckers here. I have to wonder if they could be late migrants, possibly related to the lack of very cold weather that I suspect makes drilling sap wells at the locations where they breed that are higher in elevation than Canon City? It will be interesting to see if any of them do stay for the winter in this area. Rich Miller saw a female Williamson's Sapsucker at Veteran's Park in Canon City. Since this park is only about a quarter mile from Centennial Park there is a good possibility that this sapsucker is the one also feeding in Centennial Park. In past years I have found sapsuckers feeding at about 9 different locations in Canon City. I was also surprised to see a big racked large Mule Deer buck in Lakeside Cemetery. Most of the deer I see in Canon City are White-tailed Deer and usually does and young deer so he was a surprise. Also, though the cemetery is on the south edge of Canon City, H115 runs along it's north edge. This big guy was in a panic trying to find his way back to his natural habitat and finally made a big jump over the 6 foot fence surrounding most of the cemetery. I also saw a small flock of Cedar Waxwings at Veteran's Park today. 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.
