Joining the chorus of in-yard birders, our first TRSWs showed up today. The Say's phoebes have been here for two weeks, but although they chitter-churr on the house ledges from time to time, they are delaying nestsite location decisions until after COVID has leveled off. Anyway, last year they used the neighbor's awning, so their loyalty to our yard has weakened. :-(
Heard our first snipe a week ago, before the snow; now they've gone quiet. Yesterday, the local GH Owl male decided to get up at noon and do some vocalizing. Odd. In non-birdy news, the elk herd, 200-strong, that is famously migrating short-distances these days (from Table Mountain to the plains east of it, and back) is very happy with this choice. We are dreading the moment when, upon passing our little orchard which just lost all its apricot & cherry blossoms to the cold but is at least usually happy to produce apples & plums, one or two elk may lift the nostrils upon realizing that there is a banquet right over the skimpy wire fence. They have decimated veggies & orchards & pastures to the north and south of us so far. Linda I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne and Ute Nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and that Colorado’s Front Range is home to many Native peoples. Reconozco que vivo en el territorio de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne y Ute, según el 1851 Tratado de Fort Laramie, y que el estado de Colorado al esté de las Montañas Rocosas es territorio de muchos pueblos indígenas. -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/98178243-A18C-48C0-AE99-25AC9AA738FC%40comcast.net.
