The Northern Parula male first reported on 9/26 at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins was still present in the top of the same Northern Hackberry in the extreme ne corner of Section 1 over the black "Jensen" headstone, still feasting on adult psyllids, as of 5 this evening on 1 October. That makes 6 days straight. Imagine how many 3mm-long psyllids a bird would have to eat just to maintain its metabolism, let alone fatten up before continuing a migration journey to the West Indies.
Many other common species of birds were in that same tree, including a Townsend's Warbler.
Also of interest today, at least to me, was a new species for my cemetery list (#193): a flyover of two adventuresome, stone-silent Clark's Nutcrackers bombing due northeast. Is there a good cone crop in the isolated population of limber pines near the Pawnee Buttes, the ponderosa pines of the Wildcat Hills in NE, a new batch of microbrew at Odell's or New Belgium? Only they know where they were headed and why.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Many other common species of birds were in that same tree, including a Townsend's Warbler.
Also of interest today, at least to me, was a new species for my cemetery list (#193): a flyover of two adventuresome, stone-silent Clark's Nutcrackers bombing due northeast. Is there a good cone crop in the isolated population of limber pines near the Pawnee Buttes, the ponderosa pines of the Wildcat Hills in NE, a new batch of microbrew at Odell's or New Belgium? Only they know where they were headed and why.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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