I was out this morning with Mara Purdy of Denver Parks and Gregg Blew of Wellshire exploring a route we will take to bird the course in August with Denver Audubon.
Gregg was very proud of the course (he is the manager) and the birds he has on the course. He showed Mara and me where a pair of Swainson's Hawks have decided to nest this year -- this is their second year on the course. I find it interesting that these hawks have moved into the city. We watched one groom and then amble through the trees watching the golfers go by. According to Gregg the pair have been a bit aggressive toward people close to the nest site. A pair of red-tails has nested on the course for a number of years, always coming back to the same nest. It is now quite large and really bulky. The pair have two nestlings -- still downy but with flight feathers on wings and tail clearly developing. We watched one of the adults return to the nest tree, spend some time choosing and breaking off a short branch with leaves to carry back to the nest. A pair of Western Kingbirds took exception to the return of the adult and was fussing about the nest tree. The red-tail basically ignored them. Dick -- Richard Holmes Anderson 2330 S. Cook Street Denver, Colorado 80210-5527 Phone: 303 757-4582 email: [email protected] -- 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.
