I made the mistake once of birding in the face of an approaching cloud
formation at Chatfield Reservoir. As I was walking next to the water
(about 100 feet from the car and next to a line of trees), the storm
front rolled over the reservoir and the electrical discharge and hail
started. Birds were flying down into the shelter of the trees, including
a Cooper's Hawk, watching (in amusement, I thought) as I sprinted for
the car.
With all the rain today in Roxborough, we watched a number of species
sheltering in our lilacs, including 6 Chipping Sparrows, a Lazuli
Bunting, a Mountain Chickadee, and a Broad-Tailed Hummingbird.
Jim Tyler, Douglas County
On 5/3/2021 12:39 AM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds wrote:
Wow! What an amazing thing to see! I’ve always wondered how these
types of birds survive hail. I know that hail can kill larger birds
like the pelicans killed at a lake in Colorado. Does anyone remember
that terrible hail storm that killed so many pelicans?
Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county
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On May 2, 2021, at 9:34 PM, John Shenot <[email protected]> wrote:
This afternoon at my home in Fort Collins I was watching a flock of
30 or so tree swallows flying far over my back yard, several hundred
feet high, when hail started falling all around me. A second or two
later the swallows dove, as a group, in a straight line at full
speed. Fast! When they were just 50 feet off the ground they banked
hard and disappeared into a large spruce. They sheltered there until
the hail stopped.
John Shenot
Fort Collins, CO
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