What a treat this morning to 1) wake up to sunshine and 2)sit in the Vic's drivethru on Table Mesa Dr. and watch a flock of Western Tanager's in the ditch, bushes and trees!! They were really busy this morning :) The staff at Vic's now thinks I am certifiably insane :)
Also, we have had an interesting spring at my school in Gunbarrel. We have a Killdeer nesting along the fence line of our school. The problem is, everytime we bring the kiddos out for recess, she makes such a scene. She is so camoflaged that if she just kept her mouth shut, we would have never known she was there. She is sitting on 4 eggs on a little strip on rocks between the fence and the sidewalk. Not the smartest place to try to raise a family as many people and dogs frequent this sidewalk. The kids learned the phrase, "Survival of the Fittest" this week. School is out in a week, so hopefully she will get a little peace and quiet starting then. Before then, however, we have field day...which will not be here favorite. We also have a Mallard nesting in the cat tails about 5 feet from the preschool entrance, a Eurasian Collared-Dove pair in a tree outside of our classroom window and of course our Twin Lake Owls. We learn about the life cycle in the first grade and I am pretty sure they get the picture by this point! Enjoy the brief sunshine that we have today! -- Julia Bond Boulder, CO -- 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.
