The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was present this morning as of 9:15 in this same location.
Brad Biggerstaff Fort Collins On Jan 25, 1:55 pm, "Dave Leatherman" <daleather...@msn.com> wrote: > From: Dave Leatherman > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:32 PM > To: COBIRDS > Subject: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins > (Larimer) on 26Jan2011 > > Late this morning I heard (pecking) and then saw a very drab juvenile > (female?) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Grandview Cemetery (at the west > terminus of Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins (Larimer)). Not having seen any > sapsuckers in the cemetery since seeing two with a group of Greeley birders > during autumn migration on 30October, I had pretty much concluded none were > in the cemetery area this winter. I've known about old sap wells on the > tree today's bird was in but never actually observed a sapsucker in it. > > If you come west on Mountain Avenue past the cemetery office and in the main > entrance, go across the ditch bridge, make an immediate right (heading north) > and parallel the ditch for a hundred yards or so until reaching a 90-degree > curve in the extreme northeast corner of Section A. Between the road curve > and the ditch is a big, double-stemmed Scots Pine (the only true pine in the > immediate area). The bird was difficult to observe near the upper part > (within ten feet of the top of the tree) of the main (thicker) trunk. > > Also in the cemetery today were two Golden-crowned Kinglets, at least one > solitaire, 6 flyover American Wigeon, Red-breasted and White-breasted > Nuthatches, and both chickadees. The Great Horned Owl female in not on the > elm crotch nest (yet). > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins -- 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.
