I know I am revealing that I am a sentimental fool and subject to stretching coincidences. Nevertheless, this makes me happy, so I persist.
As you know, I've been longing for the Say's phoebes to return. Yesterday, during the brief midday spring, we were having lunch on our deck with two workmen friends when my spouse exclaimed, "There's a bird inspecting the phoebe ledge!" (Last August a late season nest there fledged 4 young which remained here into October). A Say's phoebe was resting on the ledge (and I believe it was thinking, "Wow! The old homestead hasn't changed a bit in all this time!") All of 4 months... However it was not happy with our human chitchat below and took off again. Now I can wait for the other siblings or parents, hoping that somebody else will want to give it another try... Linda East of Table Mtn, north of Haystack PS another bald eagle nest has been discovered in central Boulder County; Sue Cass of BCNA says this will be the 6th ! It is good to see that these exciting birds have recovered so much since their nadir in the 1950s when my school "Weekly Reader" announced that the species was disappearing fast... -- 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.
