Yesterday I found a Lewis's Woodpecker on the east side of the Canon City Riverwalk (1/2 mile east of the MacKenzie Ave parking lot at Fourmile Creek marker) investigating a large tree stump. This species used to nest in several large cottonwoods at this location until Starlings chased them away. This is the first Lewis's I have seen here in some years and hope they will be able to re-nest at this location.
I also found a lone Black Phoebe, presumably a non-breeder, just over a 1/4 mile west of the MacKenzie Ave parking lot in the location where there is a large grate over the Fremont Ditch (where people can cross over to access the river). This has historically been a location favored by Black Phoebes. I can remember when Dave Pantle and I led the CFO field trip to Canon City when the CFO Convention was held in Pueblo around 2004 (just my memory?)--that is the location where a number of Colorado birders were able to get their life or state Black Phoebe. If anyone is coming down this way, this is a good place to check if they want to see a Black Phoebe as it provides close views (the others in public areas are in more distant locations). I also got a Willow Flycatcher near the MacKenzie parking lot of the Canon City Riverwalk confirmed by several soft 'whit' calls. I got a pretty good photo of this bird that I have uploaded to my BirdsAndNature<http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com>blog. I also saw Chihuahuan Raven (thick bill, long 2/3 rd of bill nasal bristles, throat only a little shaggy) a few miles south of Canon City (on CR79 a few hundred yards east of CR11A) getting harassed by Prairie Falcon then by a Northern Mockingbird that was likely nesting nearby. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- 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.
