Hi, Kay,
Thanks for reporting what you saw, and I'm relieved the horrendous wind and
hail didn't damage the nest. RMBO is trying to keep track of how this
interesting pairing goes. I'm doing breeding bird surveys when I get a moment,
so won't be able to get there until next week. I find it interesting that the
yellow-throated was singing. I hadn't suspected that a female vireo would sing.
I HOPE it is a female, and the plumbeous hasn't gone TOO far afield in his
choice for a mate! Keep tuned
Larry Modesitt
Chairman, Board of Directors
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
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From: Kayleen A Niyo k...@kayniyo.com
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Sent: Thu, Jun 7, 2012 2:17 pm
Subject: [cobirds] vireo nest Chatfield
Mary Burger and I met at Chatfield to look for the vireo nest. We spent a half
hour with another birder who had seen it a few days ago, but was looking in the
wrong tree. I walked on down a few yards farther and, just as Larry’s
wonderfully explicit June 1 posted directions state (copy in my pocket!),
easily found the nest hanging high up on branches on the left of the
cottonwood. We watched through scopes from 10:30-11:45. The Plumbeous Vireo
was in the nest and would stick its whole head out once in a while and I could
see the bill moving as it sang from the nest. We heard the Yellow-throated
Vireo singing a few times from a tree to the left of the nest, but never saw
that bird. The storm last night brought lots of leaves and small branches
down, but the nest survived fine. We will keep checking.
Kay
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