Cara Stiles and I went to Caribou Ranch for the Indian Peaks Bird Count, and had a pair of Williamson’s Sapsuckers feeding young in a nest in an aspen tree.
Elena Holly Klaver United States Court Certified Interpreter Conference Interpreter English < > Spanish 303.475.5189 Member: Colorado Association of Professional Interpreters (CAPI) American Translators Association Colorado Translators Association I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno'éí (Arapaho) and Cheyenne nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and that Colorado's Front Range is home to the Ute and many other Native peoples. Reconozco que vivo en el territorio de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho) y Cheyenne, según el Tratado de Fort Laramie en 1851, y que el estado de Colorado al este de las Montañas Rocosas es territorio de los Utes y muchos otros pueblos indígenas. > On Jul 6, 2022, at 4:55 PM, Adrian Lakin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <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/ > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a0f10434-6b77-4fd4-8833-fb8013fa6682n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a0f10434-6b77-4fd4-8833-fb8013fa6682n%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 * 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/D638320C-30B4-4F37-9170-A563B16B0A98%40indra.com.
