Yesterday, I watched a Red-tailed Hawk remove a dead branch from a
neighborhood cottonwood (Centennial in Arapahoe Co). Taking off, the bird
deftly switched the stick from its beak to its talons, mid-flight. Quite
impressive, but I was left wondering if this isn't rather early (or really,
reall
Setting up for banding at Barr Lake this morning. Greeted at the parking
lot by a just fledged family of Western Wood-Pewee. Two young, still not
fully feathered but fledged balls of wild looking feathers were yelling
constantly for their parents' attention.I couldn't tell if they were
yellin
I too came across a Broad-tailed Hummingbird female sitting on a nest just
2 days ago in Boulder County, at around 7200 ft. I assume there were eggs
present, but couldn't check since the nest was up a tall power pole. I also
assume the verdant terrain surrounding the site is what's encouraging thes
To add to David's post, although decidedly less interesting, there's an
active House finch nest next to my house with noisy nestlings. There was a
Barn Swallow nest with 2 young 1-2 days from fledging at Clement Park on
Friday. I haven't gone back to check to see if they fledged. They seemed to
be
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 inc
