I spoke with the sanitation district Wednesday to get more specific info on what they plan to do at the east end of the Canon City Riverwalk (sending it to me Monday). I asked if they would be working there over the long Thanksgiving week-end and they said they would not. Since they have so far just dropped off big pipes and equipment and have not dug anything up they said it would not be dangerous to enter the closed area (though they would not officially say it was ok to go in due to insurance and liability issues). I did go look for the Worm-eating Warbler on Thursday, Friday and this morning but no sign of that vagrant. They have been in the area where it was seen with front loaders to place big pipes along the side of the trail so some disruption has occurred.
While looking for the warbler Thursday, a Black-capped Chickadee put up a big fuss about the Great Horned Owl over the trail (it's been there several times in the past few weeks without this fuss but it must have annoyed the chickadee that day). A second bird took up the alarm calling and after watching the leaf-filled shrubs for several minutes I spotted a Winter Wren. It carried on for a few minutes in chorus with the chickadee then vanished in the undergrowth. I refound the Winter Wren on Friday by itself and got a few distant photos I will upload later. This morning I saw it working around a fallen tree where chickadees were also working. I hadn't gone back to Centennial Park to look for the juv. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker for about a week as it had been very shy and I didn't want to disturb it too much. I refound it yesterday in the pines at that park and it is still very shy. Found a female Williamson's in Rouse Park but it may be the same sapsucker that I found in early November at the McKinley School as I have not relocated one there since. I also saw the even more shy male Williamson's at Rouse Park today but too shy for photos. I did get photos of the female Williamson's and juv Yellow-bellied that I uploaded to my Birds and Nature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> blog (also added a cool video showing an octopus walking on land). SeEtta Moss Canon City Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com<http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/> Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ Birds and Blooms blog southcentral/<http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/category/southcentral/> -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
