Thanks to Duane Nelson for sharing this fascinating observation: > I learned a lot about the habitat preferences of Hepatic Tanagers at > the edge of their Colorado Range. They prefer to sing on the top of > dead snags on steep slopes just below the top of mesas. My > previous experience told me that there were usually Ponderosa > Pines around, if only a few, but here, there are none. Pinon Pines > seem to be necessary in Colorado, but almost all the trees here > are junipers. However, on the north-facing hillsides here, the > junipers are shaded, the micro-habitat is wet, and the trees are > much taller than other junipers lower down the hills.
Duane's observation sure helps put in context something Chip Clouse and I witnessed almost 4 years ago. Right down to the tall junipers on the north-facing canyon walls. (Chip, man, I think it's okay at last to tick Hepatic Tanager for that particular birding trip!) Anyhow: http://tinyurl.com/7l6lrzz (Third paragraph down.) I think it's great when COBirds folks share natural history insights of the sort Duane has shared. Bring it on! Ted Floyd tedfloy...@hotmail.com Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
