I found a Black Phoebe in Florence River Park, the first I have seen there for sometime (the brutal weather in November likely kept this insectivorous species in the most protected areas where they could find flying insects to sustain them). I got a couple of good photos of this bird,including one that shows it's tail feathers well as it spread it's tail wide) that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog. <http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/>
My delight at seeing this Black Phoebe was lessened by the efforts of the town of Florence to 'improve' this previously excellent natural park--they have removed most of the downed trees and branches and other 'clutter' plus have been cutting down those trees they deemed in some unnecessary. Additionally they are cutting across some of the best and most remote wetland area to put in a superfluous bridge from a parking lot on the west side to the trails on the east side. Fyi, since this park is adjacent to the sewer district there is often a stench that while birders take it in stride, most people avoid so there is limited use of this park with those fishing, walking dogs off leash (not an off leash park), birders and teenagers smoking dope the most common visitors. Very sad. 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/CAAUvckpikfGZpUjRqJYob%3DHmu4c23VpuURi%3DD-fDiyEwd75D1w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
