To follow up on the tardy Broad-tailed Hummer nest at Littleton Cemetery... I was not able to view it again after 8/15 until today 8/18. The effort has failed. Today the nest was gone from its twig, as if a predator destroyed it, or maybe the wind blew it out. I could not find any remains of it.
David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, CO On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 7:10 PM David Suddjian <dsuddj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/27 I found a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a new nest in a > spruce at Littleton Cemetery, the first hummer nest I’ve found there. Since > then she has been sitting on the nest, apparently on eggs (can’t see in), > and she was sitting yet today. This suggests maybe at least 18-19 days of > incubation which is at the outside end of the norm, and the nest is late > for a nest with eggs for this species. > > Two fresh juvie Cooper’s Hawks appeared begging at St Mary Church along S. > Prince St. this morning. They weren’t around earlier and seemed pretty new. > I see most Cooper’s families fledging by early to mid-July. I hadn’t had > any other families in the greater neighborhood area there this year. > > David Suddjian > Ken Caryl Valley > Littleton CO > > Sent from my iPhone -- -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RopxtWZBs9ettEjJdeO1wYt80_h6p58XRgg0oL2YLBfQqg%40mail.gmail.com.
