Genesee Mountain - Jefferson
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Hugh Kingery
Jun 20, 2015, 7:45:06 PM6/20/15
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Our Denver Audubon bird class had a very nesty morning on Genesee today.
We started by watching one nest tree with four species feeding young (Williamson's Sapsucker, Violet-green Swallow, Pygmy Nuthatch, and Western Bluebird) (watching that took us 30 minutes); then another that had only 3 nesting in it (same species except sapsucker).
We saw a Broad-tailed Hummingbird building a nest on a ponderosa pine branch, and a Cordilleran Flycatcher singing about a nest with eggs -- planted by the Ladies Room on an outhouse. Also another Western Bluebird nest.
We started by watching one nest tree with four species feeding young (Williamson's Sapsucker, Violet-green Swallow, Pygmy Nuthatch, and Western Bluebird) (watching that took us 30 minutes); then another that had only 3 nesting in it (same species except sapsucker).
We saw a Broad-tailed Hummingbird building a nest on a ponderosa pine branch, and a Cordilleran Flycatcher singing about a nest with eggs -- planted by the Ladies Room on an outhouse. Also another Western Bluebird nest.
Especially intriguing: Brown Creepers taking grass to a nest behind the bark in a dead ponderosa,with the male singing every once in a while.
Hugh & Urling Kingery
Franktown, CO
Franktown, CO
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