This morning I found an adult Yellow-billed Cuckoo and observed it feed an apparent fledgling cuckoo in Lamar Woods in Lamar. Interestingly the fledgling has grayish upper and lower mandibles and I learned from Birds of North American online that they do not get their black and yellow mandibles until around 60 days of age. I got some photos of the fledgling cuckoo that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog <http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/> with more info on the birds.
Yesterday I saw at least 20 Mississippi Kites, many of them juveniles, in Las Animas as well as at least 5 Chimney Swifts. I refound more than one (still can't tell how many) Dickcissels in the Ft Lyon area. And last night I saw at least 8 Chimney Swifts in Lamar plus found a chimney into which 2 Chimney Swifts flew at dark. I have uploaded some photos of those Chimney Swifts on my blog also. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- 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/CAAUvckqoFFBxHdF%3DuWiLo48b7y2DusRVBm9ty%2BeCfcW23ab6fw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
