All A friend of mine just sent me a photo of one that was on his porch in Loveland Steve Larson Northglenn
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2020, at 5:29 PM, Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey, folks. I know this isn't bird-related, but I sure do appreciate folks' > consideration in the matter. The species in question is the black witch, > Ascalapha odorata, and I long to see one in Colorado more than anything else. > Especially a female. And David Gulbenkian just now showed me a photo of an > impeccable, impossibly ginormous female at his residence near Denver. Alas, > Kei has the car right now . . . > > This convo happened a little earlier: > > "Mom, I hate Dad." > "Um? Why?" > "There's a black witch in Denver, and he won't take me to see it." > "Um?" > "I'll never forgive him." > > So, yeah, things are getting a bit hairy hereabouts. > > Okay, birds. I should mention birds. Yesterday's "Lafayette Birds!" outing at > Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, was wonderful. We had a lot of people, so > I'm grateful to forcibly conscripted co-leaders Mikaela Caldera, Hannah Floyd > ("Mom, I hate Dad"), and Martin Ogle for breaking off with the sub-groups, > necessary for preventing the spread of COVID-19. I think most birders got to > see the two black-chinned hummingbird males duking it out near Hecla Pond; > that was a highlight. But the real show-stopper was a snow-white Swainson > hawk nestling poking out from its treetop abode near Waneka Lake. We actually > had 45 species of birds, not shabby for a hot summer afternoon. > > No black witches yesterday, but it seems like, after a few summers of not > getting the hang of it, the four-spotted moths, Tyta luctuosa, have finally > figured out why they got a free ticket to Colorado. Those day-flying moths, > handsome and distinctive, were absolutely infesting the bindweed which, in > turn, infests all of Lafayette and probably most of Colorado. Not that they > seem to be having any effect whatsoever on the bindweed, but, then again, > when's the last time biological control ever accomplished what it was > actually supposed to? > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > > > >> On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 4:50:17 PM UTC-6, David Gulbenkian wrote: >> I’ve bee emailing Ted Floyd about a rare moth he says he’s dying to see. >> Told him it had left, but now am trying to contact him to tell him it’s >> still here!! >> Have emailed him and left a message on his home phone, but don’t have his >> cell. >> >> He claims this moth is his #1 object to see in nature, so I’m sure he’ll be >> grateful! >> >> David Gulbenkian > > -- > 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/f1c28f4d-3b46-4173-9102-6c49fb711199o%40googlegroups.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7AF6C132-B21B-4F53-9F42-E752393A3495%40comcast.net.
