Late yesterday afternoon, I had flocks of >12 Mountain Bluebirds sheltering from the snow and wind on my two covered porches. I forgot to get some dried mealworms in anticipation of the storm like I used last spring when 60+ Brewer's Blackbirds helped themselves to the mealworms I spread on the sidewalks! Also last spring neighbors with the same type of porches had photos of 17 Mountain Bluebirds perched all over on their porch. A little oasis of shelter in a sea of buffalo grass prairie? The Brewer's Blackbirds have not arrived here yet, but I have ~4 Red-winged Blackbirds that are feeding on sunflower seeds.
Alas, my Say's Phoebes have not been back to their nesting box, nor have I seen any phoebes hawking insects from the pdog fenceline along N Table Mt P a block from my house. They have usually arrived between Apr 2 and 9 according to Avisys. I have only seen one once last week at a house across the street. Will keep hoping. Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications 5651 Garnet St. Golden, CO 80403 303.679.6646 k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/00da01cf57f2%24a608f220%24f21ad660%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
