To follow up on the tardy Broad-tailed Hummer nest at Littleton
Cemetery... I was not able to view it again after 8/15 until today 8/18.
The effort has failed. Today the nest was gone from its twig, as if a
predator destroyed it, or maybe the wind blew it out. I could not find any
remains of it.
Folks, Earlier this morning, Josh Bruening discovered an adult short-billed
dowitcher at the swim beach of timnath Reservoir. The bird is still here,
foraging amongst a flock of Canada geese. This is a great opportunity to study
a rare shorebird in Colorado. Swim beach is accessed from the
Yesterday, I watched a Red-tailed Hawk remove a dead branch from a
neighborhood cottonwood (Centennial in Arapahoe Co). Taking off, the bird
deftly switched the stick from its beak to its talons, mid-flight. Quite
impressive, but I was left wondering if this isn't rather early (or really,
