David, I don't know what kind of phone you have. Mine is a Samsung Android phone. I transfer photos & videos via USB between phone and my computer. I connect using the same USB port used to charge the phone. Hope this helps.
Jeff On Friday, February 28, 2020 at 3:26:23 PM UTC-7, Dave Leatherman wrote: > > The pair of Red Crossbills seen for the last 3 days is definitely nesting > in the northeast corner of Section 1. Section 1 is the southwestermost > section of the cemetery. There is a major cemetery road intersection at > the ne corner of Section 1 which also touches the corners of I (letter > between H and J, as in "interesting", "ittybitty" and "insect"), H, G, and > 8. Their tree is a big CO blue spruce. Walking w from the middle of the > intersection on the road that divides Section 1 and I, this tree is the > second one on the left (south). Today I had the thrill of watching both > the male and the female fly from the spruce nest tree a short distance to a > Norway Maple on the ne side of the aforementioned intersection and tear > light, fluffy materials from an old robin's nest, take it to the nest, > return to the maple, then land at my feet to drink from a muddy puddle! > Quite a privilege. After their drink, the birds flew off to the east. > Perhaps they just added the final touches to the cup, drank a celebration > and went off to do what they do while she grows eggs. > > > > I recorded the male singing a few times on my cell phone but now don't > know what to do with the files (they exceed 100MB and I can't even mail > them to my email). I would like to edit them down and send to Cornell's > Matt Young for ID of which Type they are but am at a loss as to how. Any > suggestions? Thanks. > > Other interesting birds seen today included a group of 6 Common Ravens > cavorting together overhead, a lone Bushtit, increasing numbers of Pine > Siskins, and a female Great Horned Owl on the traditional nest. I searched > pretty hard for either of the two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers without any > luck. The adult male might still be around but I took the liberty of > removing both from the RBA just now since it has been a week since any > reports. Grandview's wintering sapsuckers traditionally leave in March but > late February now seems to be the new early March. If anybody sees a > YbSapsucker at Grandview, please let me know. > > Regarding the ravens, I strongly suspect they bred last year on or near > the CSU campus, which I don't think has happened before. The group today > might be part of the new contingent of low-elevation birds that lingers in > town or out on the Pawnee beyond the winter to breed. > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/42ab670d-1548-405b-94f0-51e2bdcf4d75%40googlegroups.com.
