This morning I found an adult Yellow-billed Cuckoo and observed it feed an apparent fledgling cuckoo in Lamar Woods in Lamar. Interestingly the fledgling has grayish upper and lower mandibles and I learned from Birds of North American online that they do not get their black and yellow mandibles until around 60 days of age. I got some photos of the fledgling cuckoo that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog <http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/> with more info on the birds.
Yesterday I saw at least 20 Mississippi Kites, many of them juveniles, in Las Animas as well as at least 5 Chimney Swifts. I refound more than one (still can't tell how many) Dickcissels in the Ft Lyon area. And last night I saw at least 8 Chimney Swifts in Lamar plus found a chimney into which 2 Chimney Swifts flew at dark. I have uploaded some photos of those Chimney Swifts on my blog also. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.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/CAAUvckqoFFBxHdF%3DuWiLo48b7y2DusRVBm9ty%2BeCfcW23ab6fw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
