Dave, I was wondering if you'd like to come up & see my place but don't know how to contact you.
On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 8:51:59 AM UTC-7 Dave Leatherman wrote: > Hi Jeff > Thanks for your post. Creepers going to the ground is something that > happens on occasion. At Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins the things I > think they are getting (when they let me figure it out) are hackberry > gall-making psyllids, ants, maybe spruce seeds and melted water/snow/ice. > Because their normal foraging pattern is to fly to the bottom of a tree > and spiral upward, I think they notice things on the soil near the base of > said trunk and get sidetracked opportunistically. The water acquisition > activity is no doubt premeditated. > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 2, 2021, at 6:59 AM, Jeff Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dippers have been singing a lot in the last week or so along the Big > Thompson River. Part of the river is iced over, but there is still alot of > open water. We seem to have a couple pairs in our area. > > > I watched a Brown Creeper creeping across the ground for about 10 yards at > my home. There is probably a lot of seeds from weeks & feeder spill in > that area. But I've never seen them on the ground before. They have > always been on trees, which is expected. Anybody else seen this? > > -- > 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/68e246ea-ce72-47cc-aaec-1f8e4458c069n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/68e246ea-ce72-47cc-aaec-1f8e4458c069n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate --- 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/ae2c6d76-d793-4751-8aa2-7298b58e82c4n%40googlegroups.com.
