Compiler: Allison Hilf
Date: August 10, 2009
E-mail: r...@cfo-link.org
Phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 10, 2009 at
7am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain
Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include (*denotes
So, in a fruitless crabapple tree today were one adult female American Robin,
two spotted juvenile American Robins, and one dispersed-from-the-mountains
adult female Western Tanager. My questions are these: Did the mother robin
take the children there as a learning experience (Remember this
Hi all:
I have posted the answers for the past two Mr. Bill Mystery Quizzes
(www.cfo-link.org).
Enjoy,
Tony Leukering
Villas, NJ
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All -
Good question SeEtta.
The answer is for the most part, neither. Definitely no burns in the
area.
The first group we saw/heard was in pines, some of which looked a
little marginal.
The remaining groups were all in a very mature, lush, mixed forest.
As with most of the 3-toeds I see,
Kathy and all,
My strong suspicion would be that beetles are, indeed, involved in the
concentration of woodpeckers you observed, in this case Spruce Beetles
(Dendroctonus rufipennis = tree killer with red wing (covers)). This
insect is killing lots of trees in the High Country but the nature
Mary Cay Burger showed me some new birding places right out my new front
door on the north side of Golden this morning! Highlights:
Lower White Ranch Open Space Belcher Hill Trail
Lazuli Bunting male singing
Blue Grosbeak male singing
Lesser Goldfinches (at my feeders also)
Spotted Towhee
