To follow up on the tardy Broad-tailed Hummer nest at Littleton Cemetery... I was not able to view it again after 8/15 until today 8/18. The effort has failed. Today the nest was gone from its twig, as if a predator destroyed it, or maybe the wind blew it out. I could not find any remains of it.
David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, CO 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/CAGj6RopxtWZBs9ettEjJdeO1wYt80_h6p58XRgg0oL2YLBfQqg%40mail.gmail.com.
