This evening was a very productive birding time for me. While I was watching a Black Phoebe on my friend's property near Canon City I spotted a Scaled Quail, a species I enjoy watching but I had not seen at this location for several years. Then I spotted my first of the year Yellow-rumped Warbler in bright fresh colors migrating up the Arkansas River.
Then I found a pair of Eastern Bluebirds feeding nestlings in a snag. I believe this is the first breeding record for Fremont County and the Colo Breeding Bird Atlas II website only 11 atlas blocks with confirmed nesting for this species. I got a few good photos in the diminishing daylight and have posted them on my Birds and Blooms blog<http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> . While I was waiting for the bluebirds to return to the nest hole I heard an American Kestral calling loudly, repeatedly and excitedly. When I finally spotted the kestral it was engaged in mating with another kestral on top of an electric pole. SeEtta Moss Canon City Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/ (newest link)<http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/category/birding/> Personal blog @ BirdsAndBlooms.blogspot.com<http://birdsandblooms.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 cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
