My 2 cents worth: To me these marks look more like bear claw markings. I don’t think a mountain lion would dig in so deeply into the bark or make such a large hole to get to the young.
Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2022, at 5:39 PM, elena <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> 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. > > -- > -- > 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. -- -- 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/22B86EF7-8311-4999-9A58-4EB3890ACD5D%40aol.com.
