I sat in a forest west of Nederland for four hours today as I played the fiddle
for families walking through an “enchanted forest “. It was a fundraiser for a
Nederland ecology/nature center that is going to be built there.
I enjoyed the wildlife and bemoaned the fact that I hadn’t brought my
binoculars. Nonetheless, I enjoyed being “forced “ to sit for 4 hours, time to
let me watch the wildlife at work.
Specifically, I watched as a chipmunk stored his seed under a small flat
rock. A short while later, a red breasted nuthatch came and stole his stash.
The chipmunk came back a while later with his cheek pouches full and stored a
new batch of seeds. Soon after that a white breasted nuthatch came and stole
the whole stash.
Although it was quite the score for the birds, I do hope the chipmunk
figures it out and gets to store enough for winter!
It was a beautiful day!
Deb Carstensen, Arapaho county
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