Coming up the driveway to my house at 6,000 ft in the foothills NW of Lyons, about noon.
I stopped because a solitaire was sitting in the middle of the dirt driveway. I pulled up within about 10 feet, and got out to see if it was injured. It flew off, and was apparently fine. Next to where the solitaire was sitting was an apparently dead large spider (Giant Wolf Spider maybe). When I pulled the car around the spider so my wife could see it, it ran off, apparently also fine. I found it quite odd that a solitaire would try to eat an arachnid that large (big enough that I thought Tarantula at first). Or maybe they were just talking! J It's also possible that the spider was playing Dead, as it did not move while I spooked off the solitaire. Other local news, along with Magpies, Steller's and Pinyon Jays, and occasional Scrub Jay, last week I had 2 Blue Jays and 3 Clark's Nutcrackers here. I'm guessing Blue Jay and Clark's Nutcracker aren't often seen Near each other. Raymond Davis - at 6,000 ft. NW of Lyons -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/003001d2200b%2415d586d0%2441809470%24%40net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
