Yesterday, Kelly Ormesher and I hiked up Mason Creek Trail. We had several wonderful encounters during the hike: a doe and her newborn fawn, a coyote pack howling, a Violet-green Swallow entering a nest, beautiful wildflowers, and lots of great birds.
We were specifically looking for sapsuckers and woodpeckers and when we arrived at a known Williamson's Sapsucker nest site area, we found an Aspen tree that looked like a bear had recently destroyed the nest hole. We weren’t completely sure if this was the specific nest site as there were many Aspens with nest holes in that same area, but I later confirmed with Kathy Kay that it was the same tree where she had seen nestlings being fed last week. We took some photos of the claw marks and destruction to the nest site. Kathy also suggested that they might be mountain lion claw marks based on the pix I sent last night. We are wondering if anyone has experienced this before or has insight into what animal would have left these marks. I've added a link to the pictures below... Pictures <https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajlspix/albums/72177720300367043> Cheers, Adrian Lakin, Mead, CO -- -- 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/a0f10434-6b77-4fd4-8833-fb8013fa6682n%40googlegroups.com.
