Mary et al,
A few years ago I was told Kevin Cook along the Poudre River in Fort Collins in
early winter discovered multiple stub-tailed wrens (not sure whether they were
Winter or Pacific but I know Nathan Pipelow confirmed by call a bird in this
same exact area as a Winter) going into a Bullock's Oriole nest at dusk! The
oriole nest was 20 feet over snowberry/river bank forest floor where the birds
spent their day.
During the White-winged Crossbill nesting episode at Grandview Cemetery in Fort
Collins in the spring of 2010, I watched the male go to sleep in a Colorado
Blue Spruce out along the Fairway #4 of nearby City Park Nine golf course.
This tree was about 75 yards southwest of the Colorado Blue Spruce nest tree
where the female was presumably spending the night brooding nestlings. I had
followed the male into the aforementioned tree and actually had it in my scope
when it settled and then closed its eyes. In the dim light I could see its
mandibles moving, as people move their lips when talking in their sleep or
having a bad dream. Wondering about this, I checked Craig Benkman's BNA
account and it states crossbills are known to pull up spruce seeds stored in
their crop for supplemental nourishment during the night. I think that's what
I saw.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Subject: Fwd: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood
From: mfg5...@live.com
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:17:02 -0700
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Mary Geder <mfg5...@live.com>
Date: November 4, 2015 at 10:10:57 PM MST
To: "fiddlen...@aol.com" <fiddlen...@aol.com>
Subject: RE: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood
This brings up a topic that has long interested me, perhaps a counterpart to
'what do birds eat?", that is, where do birds sleep? I have not investigated
this in any meaningful or thorough way yet. But have only anecdotal evidence
of some interesting roosts. So far, my favorite is the Carolina Wren that
roosts in the folds of a collapsed patio umbrella at my cousin's house in
Virginia. After the bird has settled in there, you can gently open the fold of
the umbrella and peak in at the bird. Facing inward and acting comatose,
he/she operates under the theory that if he/she can't see it, then it can't see
him/her. I'd be interested to hear of other unique resting/roosting
spots.Mary GederLakewood, Jefferson Co
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 21:40:57 -0700
CC: cobirds@googlegroups.com
To: goldeneagle...@gmail.com
Do they use the same the same place or find another place to roost? I'm not
clear on which birds roost inside a shelter as opposed to sleeping out on the
limb.Deb Carstensen, Littleton Arapahoe county
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On Nov 4, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Todd Deininger <goldeneagle...@gmail.com> wrote:
When I used to work in north Denver, the apartment building next to the school
had a pair of American Kestrels nesting in the roof. They would enter through
a small crack.
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:04 PM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds
<cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I was preparing to go into the Bed ,Bath and Beyond store on Bowles just east
of Wadsworth when I looked up to see a kestrel flying up to a hole in the
façade of the building where the sign is. There is a round hole, approximately
2 to 3 inches in diameter up and to the left of the main sign for the store. He
looked in the hole for a little bit, went in, and didn't come back out for as
long as I watched (which, admittedly, wasn't very long).
A retail roosting box? It was just before dusk…
Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County
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