Longmont/Boulder Cnty area spring returns, and personal Hallelujah
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Linda Andes-Georges
Apr 21, 2016, 12:23:47 PM4/21/16
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Hi folks--
This week in east and west Longmont (sorry, I cannot reveal locations to closed areas) I've seen House Wren, W. Wood Peewee, WF Ibis, Amer. Pelican, Loggerhead Shrike, as well as the annoying BH Cowbirds and many others previously reported by you-all. (YR Warblers, for me, have all been Myrtle's).
But my most exciting bit of good news (Kay Niyo will share my joy) is that the Say's Phoebe which has nested on our house ledges for the past 7 years has finally found a female. The poor guy returned this year without his mate, on March 15th (earliest date ever). He has flitted around the area ever since, lamenting in that heartbreaking phoebe way, and not attracting a single gal. Imagine! Over six weeks of longing! (I was in a dither). But yesterday I heard sounds of excitement up the hill, and then the chittering this species makes when it revisits the beloved old nest sites: there were two. My spring is now complete.
I hope the rest of you are finding similar raisons d'etre in the season.
Linda
This week in east and west Longmont (sorry, I cannot reveal locations to closed areas) I've seen House Wren, W. Wood Peewee, WF Ibis, Amer. Pelican, Loggerhead Shrike, as well as the annoying BH Cowbirds and many others previously reported by you-all. (YR Warblers, for me, have all been Myrtle's).
But my most exciting bit of good news (Kay Niyo will share my joy) is that the Say's Phoebe which has nested on our house ledges for the past 7 years has finally found a female. The poor guy returned this year without his mate, on March 15th (earliest date ever). He has flitted around the area ever since, lamenting in that heartbreaking phoebe way, and not attracting a single gal. Imagine! Over six weeks of longing! (I was in a dither). But yesterday I heard sounds of excitement up the hill, and then the chittering this species makes when it revisits the beloved old nest sites: there were two. My spring is now complete.
I hope the rest of you are finding similar raisons d'etre in the season.
Linda
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