Re: [cobirds] Bluebird dearth

2021-04-07 Thread Peter Ruprecht
Bluebird migration, as visible from my home on the west side of Superior, was a little different than usual this year. Normally I'll see small flocks of Mountain Bluebirds passing by intermittently over a period of several weeks. This year, I only saw them for three days (around March 23-26) but

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (07 Apr 2021) 12 Raptors

2021-04-07 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 07, 2021 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[cobirds] Bluebird dearth

2021-04-07 Thread 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
We have not seen many bluebirds this spring, so I compared this year with the three prior years' data. This year we have seen only one or two of either species only once in a while. The last 3 years we saw them almost daily starting in mid-March. This drop seems striking, at least along our

[cobirds] Bald Eagle at Marston, Denver

2021-04-07 Thread Tina Jones
I just came back from looking at the Bald Eagle nest at Marston. After watching the nest through my scope for a while, I saw a quick movement which ended up being the tip of an Eagles tail. After a while I saw the top of the Eagle's crown move and then disappear, and that was it and there was

[cobirds] Re: Continuing saga: Black-capped chickadee and red-breasted nuthatch; Littleton

2021-04-07 Thread birderbob
They are competitive for food sources and nest sites and often found together in similar habitat. I don’t believe anyone has discovered anything other than that between the two species (like some sort of symbiotic relationship). On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 10:20:34 AM UTC-6 dty...@gmail.com