Yesterday, I watched a Red-tailed Hawk remove a dead branch from a neighborhood cottonwood (Centennial in Arapahoe Co). Taking off, the bird deftly switched the stick from its beak to its talons, mid-flight. Quite impressive, but I was left wondering if this isn't rather early (or really, really late) for nest building activities for a Red-tailed? The Birds of the World database doesn't suggest this should be happening now. Perhaps some very early rehearsal?
- Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 12:42:51 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > Setting up for banding at Barr Lake this morning. Greeted at the parking > lot by a just fledged family of Western Wood-Pewee. Two young, still not > fully feathered but fledged balls of wild looking feathers were yelling > constantly for their parents' attention. I couldn't tell if they were > yelling for food or just the chaos and excitement of first flights. > > Charlie > Denver > > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 9:13 AM Scott Somershoe <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> To add to David's post, although decidedly less interesting, there's an >> active House finch nest next to my house with noisy nestlings. There was a >> Barn Swallow nest with 2 young 1-2 days from fledging at Clement Park on >> Friday. I haven't gone back to check to see if they fledged. They seemed to >> be pretty late nests. These birds are all in Littleton, Jefferson County. >> >> Scott Somershoe >> Littleton CO >> >> Joe Roller Memorial Green Big Year 2021 blog >> <https://jrmemorialgreenbigyear.blogspot.com/> >> Co-Author of *Birds of Tennessee: A New Annotated Checklist >> <http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Tennessee-New-Annotated-Checklist/dp/1507815751/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1453317221&sr=8-3>* >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 7:10 PM David Suddjian <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 7/27 I found a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a new nest in a >>> spruce at Littleton Cemetery, the first hummer nest I’ve found there. Since >>> then she has been sitting on the nest, apparently on eggs (can’t see in), >>> and she was sitting yet today. This suggests maybe at least 18-19 days of >>> incubation which is at the outside end of the norm, and the nest is late >>> for a nest with eggs for this species. >>> >>> Two fresh juvie Cooper’s Hawks appeared begging at St Mary Church along >>> S. Prince St. this morning. They weren’t around earlier and seemed pretty >>> new. I see most Cooper’s families fledging by early to mid-July. I hadn’t >>> had any other families in the greater neighborhood area there this year. >>> >>> David Suddjian >>> Ken Caryl Valley >>> Littleton CO >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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 >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >>> --- >>> 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/E96FAC99-65DB-4312-879D-7081397571CA%40gmail.com >>> . >>> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >> --- >> 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/CAJmtx%2BUs%2BkJMuQS1JD%3DiEAwW4Ues5-Nx4Ce20gtoA_%3DfzoaRfQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJmtx%2BUs%2BkJMuQS1JD%3DiEAwW4Ues5-Nx4Ce20gtoA_%3DfzoaRfQ%40mail.gmail.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 * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/1683cb31-410c-4df2-a5ad-c06f216820b8n%40googlegroups.com.
