Today I found a flock of 5-6 Eastern Bluebirds a few miles east of Canon City and just over a mile from where a pair successfully nested last year.
I refound the Black Phoebe that I found last month at Florence River Park. I had observed a subadult Golden Eagle flying in apparent harmony with an adult Golden Eagle last Friday. I thought this was likely the subadult and adult that Mel and Jean Goff and I had seen while we were at Holcim Wetlands about an hour earlier (posted by Mel last week). So I followed in my car and got a photo of the subadult right before a third Golden Eagle, an apparent 2nd adult, flew quickly and directly at the subadult. I jumped out of my car to catch the action--the eagles immediately locked talons and started tumbling. I got a series of 6 photos (all in less than a minute from the photo I took of the subadult soaring peacefully) showing the battle. These are uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog<http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com>along with some research I did indicating that most talon locking interactions by Golden Eagles (apparently somewhat different from Bald Eagles) is generally aggressive which is what it looked like to me. It was certainly amazing to watch. SeEtta Moss Canon City Personal blog @ BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com Blogging for Birds and Blooms Magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/ -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
