Nesting Cordilleran Flycatcher

[Karen Drozda]

Saw a female Cordilleran Flycatcher building a nest on a very narrow shelf of a boulder. The nest was about waist high. The nest was nearly complete, no eggs.This was in Genesee Mountain Park Saturday 06/24. Thought it peculiar to be nesting so late in June and secondly on the boulder. Thoughts?

[David Suddjian]

I Karen,

I haven't seen one nesting on a boulder, but they do regularly use rock faces, such as small cliffs and rock outcrops that are in shaded settings. 

I do not think it is late, as I think some of the pairs have just finally settled in here and there. Atlas II has some nesting phenology info, and it shows both nest building and nests with eggs as regular in late June.

David Suddjian

Littleton, CO

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Karen Drozda <drozda...@gmail.com> wrote:

Saw a female Cordilleran Flycatcher building a nest on a very narrow shelf of a boulder. The nest was about waist high. The nest was nearly complete, no eggs.This was in Genesee Mountain Park Saturday 06/24. Thought it peculiar to be nesting so late in June and secondly on the boulder. Thoughts?

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[Karen Drozda]

Thanks, David. That fits. She was building a nest on the rock face of the boulder about waist high. It was on the north face, right under a vibrant AMRO nest. Great info. Thanks