I returned this morning to Pueblo Mtn Park to put some effort into looking for the Hooded and Grace's Warblers that have been reported there since during prior visits my focus has been on the Acorn Woodpeckers. I bombed on the Grace's Warbler, maybe too late in the morning to catch it singing (that is the only way I have located them previously) or maybe it's not singing now. I did not hear the male Hooded Warbler singing but did hear it's loud 'chink' calls. I took the time to watch it moving in the undergrowth and got some very good photos of it through the twigs and leaves of the thicket of vegetation it was always in (except when it was flying into a thicket of vegetation where it disappeared from view). I have uploaded a few of the photos onto my Birds and Nature blog<http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com>. I was able to get a number of photos by 'digging' it out of the vegetation so it was comfortable in there and seemed curious about the mechanical clicking noise of my dslr camera (maybe sounded like loud chip notes??)--unusual as many birds flush at these sounds.
The Acorn Woodpecker pair were still busy picking and storing acorns in the larder tree as I reported from my last visit. There were a lot of Mountain Bluebirds and Pygmy Nuthatches, many of which were fledglings. I will post more on these other birds later. SeEtta Moss Canon City Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/ 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
