Pauli Perhaps a Goldfinch. Ira Sanders Golden, CO On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 12:40 PM Pauli Driver-Smith <hollyhockfa...@msn.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > I took a step ladder and tried to get better measurements and scale. (see > two additional pictures) I'm really curious and want to learn more. I've > never seen a nest quite like this one. > > Can anyone help educate me? > > Thanks! > Pauli > > From: Pauli Driver-Smith <hollyhockfa...@msn.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2019 9:10 PM > To: 'cobirds' <cobirds@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Help identifying bird's nest Weld County near Mead > > Hi Everyone, > > I found this tiny birds nest across the road from my house on the shore of > Highland Lake. It is small, but still larger than any hummingbird nest I've > seen, besides we rarely, if ever see hummingbirds in my area. I'm attaching > photos. The nest is about 6.5 feet up in a small tree, and is taller than > it is wide. I didn't have anything to measure it with, but best guess is > that it is about 2.5" - 3" across and about 4" tall/long. > > Anyone have any ideas as to what kind of bird builds a nest like this? > > Thanks, > Pauli Smith > Highland Lake/Mead, Weld County > > -- > 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/DM5PR1101MB217295F1AFCD72E3FEE74AC5DF470%40DM5PR1101MB2172.namprd11.prod.outlook.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siE4XdczaFkH-yjHwtZEu4E_Z7wRqwA%3D2%2B3%3DGZusbGE9vQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
