Re: [cobirds] Limpkin update

[Scott Shaum]

Brandon and all,

I was there for 3 hours this morning with a number of others (roughly 7 To
10 am). The area was searched  well with no sightings. It may still be
there - could have been west of the road out of sight or possibly roasting
through the cooler weather. Hopefully others will give a look over the next
couple days.

Scott Shaum
Woodland Park, CO

On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 3:37 PM Brandon  wrote:

> Has anyone seen the Limpkin since yesterday, 4 July in the morning?  Seems
> like no ebird reports at all after that.  Some people were at Ramah SWA
> this morning, and didn't see it.  It seems like it can be hard to find when
> it is hot in the middle of the day.  No sightings this morning, is
> interesting.  There was cold front last night, and chilly today, perhaps it
> moved on or hiding.  If anyone sees it or any other Limpkins, please report
> them.  Colorado may well get more of them.  Last summer, after Kansas got
> the first one, several more showed up.  Congrats to everyone who got to see
> this amazing 1st state record, I believe the most westerly sighting of
> Limpkin anywhere in the United States.
>
> Brandon K. Percival
> Pueblo West,  CO
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[cobirds] Limpkin update

[Brandon]

Has anyone seen the Limpkin since yesterday, 4 July in the morning?  Seems
like no ebird reports at all after that.  Some people were at Ramah SWA
this morning, and didn't see it.  It seems like it can be hard to find when
it is hot in the middle of the day.  No sightings this morning, is
interesting.  There was cold front last night, and chilly today, perhaps it
moved on or hiding.  If anyone sees it or any other Limpkins, please report
them.  Colorado may well get more of them.  Last summer, after Kansas got
the first one, several more showed up.  Congrats to everyone who got to see
this amazing 1st state record, I believe the most westerly sighting of
Limpkin anywhere in the United States.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West,  CO

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Re: [cobirds] Re: A Goldfinch challenge for David Leatherman/// Similar behavior with hummingbirds

[Barbara Seibert]

I've observed similar behavior with the yard house finches. They gather by
the brick garden wall (stacked, no morter) from time to time, and peck away
at the bricks. I've assumed that they were after insects of some sort.

On Wed, Jul 5, 2023, 8:39 AM  wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I’ve been witnessing a similar behavior with the Broad-tailed Hummingbirds
> at my house.One will hover near the cement mortar around the brick
> exterior and then fly in and peck at that mortar, for several times.   I’ve
> witnessed this on more than one occasion.   I also have watched the females
> fly down to exposed dirt and peck (for lack of a better word) at the dirt.
> They will even sit on the ground and peck at the dirt.   I had thought they
> might be gathering nesting material, but they just flew up to an
> overhanging limb and sat there.  (This limb is not somewhere they built a
> nest, just a favorite sitting limb.)
>
> With the cement mortar, I was wondering if they are getting calcium from
> that
> Open to comments.
>
> Maureen Blackford
> Boulder County
> 8500’ elevation
>
>
>
> *From:* mailto:dgulbenk...@gmail.com 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 04, 2023 9:04 AM
> *To:* Colorado Birds 
> *Subject:* [cobirds] A Goldfinch challenge for David Leatherman
>
> Why would a Goldfinch cling to a brick wall for a minute and a half?
> At 7 AM when I walked into my garden I was treated to a brilliant Amer.
> Goldfinch male who flew directly from my Bachelor Button patch to the
> side of my yellow-brick garage.  The brick has an extremely rough texture,
> so it was easy to cling to.  Although there were lots of "gnats" in the
> air,
> there weren't any near the wall, which is protected by a 3' overhang.  I
> expected
> the bird to immediately move on, but he lingered and lingered, making
> little
> pecking movements at the brick and perhaps at the mortar.  It came to mind
> that Amazon parrots peck up clay, but it seems unlikely that 80-year-old
> mortar
> would be digestible.  Maybe a small spider or spider eggs?  After the bird
> left,
> I examined the wall but could see absolutely nothing. If it was a small
> spider, how
> extraordinary that the bird saw it in the shade from 25 yards away.
> P.S. to gardeners: Bachelor Buttons are incredibly easy to grow, and they
> self-sow,
> so there's almost no work involved in having a patch.  Bees, including
> some native
> bees, love it, and American Goldfinches, Lesser Goldfinches, and House
> Finches
> will come to it from time to time for the developing seeds.
> David Gulbenkian, Crown Hill area, Jeffco
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[cobirds] Re: A Goldfinch challenge for David Leatherman/// Similar behavior with hummingbirds

[mblackford]

Hello all,

I’ve been witnessing a similar behavior with the Broad-tailed Hummingbirds at 
my house.One will hover near the cement mortar around the brick exterior 
and then fly in and peck at that mortar, for several times.   I’ve witnessed 
this on more than one occasion.   I also have watched the females fly down to 
exposed dirt and peck (for lack of a better word) at the dirt.  They will even 
sit on the ground and peck at the dirt.   I had thought they might be gathering 
nesting material, but they just flew up to an overhanging limb and sat there.  
(This limb is not somewhere they built a nest, just a favorite sitting limb.)

With the cement mortar, I was wondering if they are getting calcium from 
that   
Open to comments.

Maureen Blackford
Boulder County
8500’ elevation



From: mailto:dgulbenk...@gmail.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2023 9:04 AM
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] A Goldfinch challenge for David Leatherman

Why would a Goldfinch cling to a brick wall for a minute and a half? 
At 7 AM when I walked into my garden I was treated to a brilliant Amer.
Goldfinch male who flew directly from my Bachelor Button patch to the
side of my yellow-brick garage.  The brick has an extremely rough texture,
so it was easy to cling to.  Although there were lots of "gnats" in the air,
there weren't any near the wall, which is protected by a 3' overhang.  I 
expected
the bird to immediately move on, but he lingered and lingered, making little
pecking movements at the brick and perhaps at the mortar.  It came to mind
that Amazon parrots peck up clay, but it seems unlikely that 80-year-old mortar
would be digestible.  Maybe a small spider or spider eggs?  After the bird left,
I examined the wall but could see absolutely nothing. If it was a small spider, 
how
extraordinary that the bird saw it in the shade from 25 yards away.
P.S. to gardeners: Bachelor Buttons are incredibly easy to grow, and they 
self-sow,
so there's almost no work involved in having a patch.  Bees, including some 
native
bees, love it, and American Goldfinches, Lesser Goldfinches, and House Finches
will come to it from time to time for the developing seeds.
David Gulbenkian, Crown Hill area, Jeffco
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