Had I only birded one tree, the large Northern Hackberry in the extreme ne
corner of Section 1 (which is the in the southwestern corner of Grandview
Cemetery), I would have had 16 species of birds and 1 mammal (Fox Squirrel).
All were foraging on the sudden emergence of large numbers of adult gall-making
psyllids. The tiny psyllids (pronounced "sill-ids") are evident flying if you
position yourself so as to backlight them against a dark background such as the
dark spruce tree to the south, or perched if you look closely on the shiny
surfaces of dark headstones below the tree (look like miniature 3mm-long
cicadas).
The list (roughly in the order of detection):
Yellow-rumped Warbler (5)
House Finch (3)
Black-capped Chickadee (5)
Mountain Chickadee (1 or 2)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Brown Creeper (1) FOS at low elevation for me this fall
Downy Woodpecker (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 or 2)
Orange-crowned Warbler (1)
Chipping Sparrow (15)
Western Wood-Pewee (1)
Wilson's Warbler (2)
Townsend's Warbler (1)
*Northern Parula (1m)
I also found a dead Red-naped Sapsucker male (FOS at low elevation for me), a
few Dark-eyed Juncos, and Turkey Vultures still linger (headed to the
traditional roost at Washington and Mountain Avenues a mile or so east of the
cemetery entrance). No Barn Swallows for the first time since they arrived
last spring.
Total of 25 species
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Colorado Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SNT148-W74D3329A274660E2A3D6B8C1280%40phx.gbl.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
