Usually, I'll hear my first Common Nighthawk from my Centennial backyard by May 26 or so. A night or two later, I'll see one or more -- over my home, neighborhood, and the High Line Canal. Then, for about two weeks the birds will pass over my home, before disappearing for the summer.
This year, t took a little longer this year to encounter my first Nighthawk, but since June 3 I've heard or seen Nighthawks almost nightly. My favorite encounter, easily, was in the evening of June 14, when two flew over my house -- low, seeming to feed, but also headed northish. One of the birds was incredibly vocal and I heard a single boom, my first time hearing this in Colorado. Last night, (6/16) I heard a single vocalization, but did not see the bird who gave it. This ties the latest date I've seen or a heard a Nighthawk over my home in June. Other observations, of the insectivore variety... Last Sunday (6/12), I biked the High Line Canal and Little Dry Creek from about Colorado Blvd to deKoevend Park. I tallied five singing Cordilleran Flycatchers over a four or five mile stretch of the route. I intend to bike the route again to see how many are sticking around. At Natural Grocers at University and Arapahoe, a Say's Phoebe's nest was overflowing with young last weekend. I stepped out of the store to see an adult phoebe perch on a sign and drop something. A fecal sac, it turned out on further investigation. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, 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/0bb79e06-800e-46ce-ae9b-971eb039ee09n%40googlegroups.com.
