Oh Yeah,this time I hit a buffalo coming back from Last Chance, but I got to
see that male beautiful Black-throated Blue Warbler. This Warbler in addition
to 2 Lincoln Sparrows and around 5-6 Ruby-throated Kinglets were continually
feeding in the Russian Thistle weed. The birds would hang out underneath the
thistle and then jump upwards towards the underside of the thistle leaves. I
finally went down to investigate what the birds were feeding on.Unfortunately I
did not have gloves on, but I managed to turn some of the thistle leaves over
and I found aphids under the leaves. I must admit I have been converted to
watching what insects feed on alot, alot more, since I have taken some of Dave
Leatherman's classes. Thank you Dave for opening my eyes to a new subject.
There were no flys on the thistle stems today like there were last weekend.
Dave thought maybe the flys were on the thistle stems because they were feeding
on apid honeydu[or how ever you spell this word]. One bird to add to the Last
Chance list from today is a late, late, Cassin's Vireo.I saw everything else
that Ben Kenmana saw today out there. I'm not sure what to make of this. A car
pulled up and I got talking to the man who was driving it. He said he knew who
I was. I asked him his name. He turned out to be the minister of the church
across the street from the Last Chance little pond. He said come on over, we
are having a get together for all the fire workers who helped put out the Last
Chance fire. Just goes to show folks tend to be a bit friendlier in very small
rural towns compared to folks in cities. I never saw so many brownies, cakes,
and sweets that were at this potluck. Before going to Last Chance I stopped in
Byers. If you go south over the railroad tracks from the Sinclair gas station,
there is immediately on the right a small town park/play ground. I stopped
there first before heading out east. There was 1, Orange-crowned Warbler, in a
flock with Yellow-rumped Warblers right next to the tiny play ground. All in
all, Golden Currant is taking off everywhere next to the Last Chance pond. Box
Elder is suckering and will get bigger eventually. The Cottonwood suckers
almost look like a hedge[they are about 4 feet high and around 12 feet in
width]. The 3 Russian Olive trees were being attacked by Hermit Thrush[eating
the berries] Happy birding !Tina JonesLittleton, Jefferson County, CO
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