I was gone from 7 am to 7pm today so didn't get a chance to check on birds for tomorrow morning's field trip I am leading until this evening. I refound at least 2 Black-throated Sparrows at 7:15 pm by hearing their tinkling calls. Then one of them began singing and did so intermittently until 7:57 pm. One of it's song bouts lasted almost 5 minutes. Rock Wrens have been abundant in this area this spring and I saw and heard several adults plus 2 fledglings. A family of Common Ravens that I have followed for the past week is still only a few hundred feet from the nest site though the 2 of the 3 fledglings appeared to be mastering flight skills, at least for a few hundred yards at a time--but not so much the art of landing and negotiating boulders. I call those 2 fledglings mutt and jeff as they seem to be developmentally similar and stay together most of the time. The last kid to fledge is now able to fly/hop/walk to be with the other 2 fledglings finally (it took this bird several days longer to fledge after it's siblings left the nest).
I also stopped by the farm fields that had hosted 1-2 Dickcissel and was pleased to find one singing tonight even though all the hay fields have cut in the area. Earlier today I saw and photographed a weasel on property in the Black Forest area just north of Colorado Springs and will post those pics in a little bit onto my BirdsAndNature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com>blog. This was a real treat as it has been a long time since I saw one in Colorado. SeEtta Moss CanonCity 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.
