Re: [cobirds] Rattlesnake catches Towhee - Douglas

2021-10-08 Thread Jim Tyler
I live in Roxborough Village and one day my neighbor asked me to help him relocate a rattlesnake in his backyard. His house backed up to the hogback and he had low-growing Junipers up against the fence. He went out to fill the bird feeder, located at the edge of the Junipers, and looked down to

[cobirds] Rattlesnake catches Towhee - Douglas

2021-10-06 Thread 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
    During lunch today, Urling saw something snap at a ground-feeding Spotted Towhee. Several other towhees and a couple of White-crowned Sparrows perched in plum and oak bushes to see what had happened.     We went over to inspect and found a large rattlesnake starting to consume a dead towhe