Today and on 5/4, I have had 1, male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in my yd. Also today and yesterday I have 1,m. and 1, f. Black-chinned Hummingbird and 1, m. and 1, f. Broad-tailed Hummingbird in the yard. There have been a fair amount of Chipping Sparrows and Yellow-rumped Warblers in the yard for at least 6 days. Courtship continues with Black-capped Chickadees nesting in a box, after they got the box after the Mountain Chickadees kept checking it out.Mountain Chickadees nested last year in my neighbors yard, but they came to my yard alot while feeding their young. Hope they will bring their young to my yd. this summer. My earliest arrival date for hummers is 5/9, with the exception of the 1, Broad-tailed who was near my blooming Redbud tree, about 2 weeks ago. This bird was only here one day. Last year I got to watch a male Black-chinned Hummingbird do his shuttle courtship flight infront of a female Black-chinned on 5/19. This was done while the female was sitting on my native Plum and native Mountain- mahogany thicket , I had 1, adult female Black-chinned from 5/16 on in 2011, and then I hada total of 3 female- like, Black-chinned in my yard the first 3 days of July. I was down to one, f. Black-chinned after this time. As the end of July approached I had 2, f. Black-chinned Hummingbirds, etc. I will look again for a hummingbird nest this summer, but It is pretty impossible to find a nest unless one sees a bird going to it, or one sees an individual carrying nesting material. Happy Birding!Tina JonesLittleton, Jefferson County, CO. -- 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.
