Margie, That is crazy. Somebody has to get photos. Only insects I can think of they might be getting are midges, which would be present anywhere there is unfrozen water. Desperados is all I can figure. Wonder if any swift is known to have wintered in the northern part of its range by going into torpor in south-facing cliffs warmed by the sun? If poorwills are suspected of doing it, maybe swifts can, too. Great report.
Dave Leatherman > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 23:47:22 +0000 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [cobirds] very late White-throated Swifts, Pueblo County, Lake > Pueblo State Park > > Hi all, > > This afternoon, about 1:45pm, I found at least 4, maybe more, White-throated > Swifts flying and actively feeding over the Arkansas River below the dam, > west of Osprey Picnic area near an old bridge abutment on the banks of the > river. I walked west along the river and continued to see these birds in this > area of the river until I left at 2:30pm. They were quite low over the river > and surrounding trees, clearly visible and easily identified. > > This is very late for these birds; Brandon Percival tells me there are no > December (Winter) records for this area. No photos, sorry. > > Cheers, > Margie Joy > Pueblo West, CO > > > > -- > 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/20151202.164722.10142.0%40webmail13.vgs.untd.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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-W137A28A62761C3DA11EB3EC10E0%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
