Mary et al,
A few years ago I was told Kevin Cook along the Poudre River in Fort Collins in early winter discovered multiple stub-tailed wrens (not sure whether they were Winter or Pacific but I know Nathan Pipelow confirmed by call a bird in this same exact area as a Winter) going into a Bullock's Oriole nest at dusk! The oriole nest was 20 feet over snowberry/river bank forest floor where the birds spent their day.
During the White-winged Crossbill nesting episode at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins in the spring of 2010, I watched the male go to sleep in a Colorado Blue Spruce out along the Fairway #4 of nearby City Park Nine golf course. This tree was about 75 yards southwest of the Colorado Blue Spruce nest tree where the female was presumably spending the night brooding nestlings. I had followed the male into the aforementioned tree and actually had it in my scope when it settled and then closed its eyes. In the dim light I could see its mandibles moving, as people move their lips when talking in their sleep or having a bad dream. Wondering about this, I checked Craig Benkman's BNA account and it states crossbills are known to pull up spruce seeds stored in their crop for supplemental nourishment during the night. I think that's what I saw.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Subject: Fwd: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:17:02 -0700
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A few years ago I was told Kevin Cook along the Poudre River in Fort Collins in early winter discovered multiple stub-tailed wrens (not sure whether they were Winter or Pacific but I know Nathan Pipelow confirmed by call a bird in this same exact area as a Winter) going into a Bullock's Oriole nest at dusk! The oriole nest was 20 feet over snowberry/river bank forest floor where the birds spent their day.
During the White-winged Crossbill nesting episode at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins in the spring of 2010, I watched the male go to sleep in a Colorado Blue Spruce out along the Fairway #4 of nearby City Park Nine golf course. This tree was about 75 yards southwest of the Colorado Blue Spruce nest tree where the female was presumably spending the night brooding nestlings. I had followed the male into the aforementioned tree and actually had it in my scope when it settled and then closed its eyes. In the dim light I could see its mandibles moving, as people move their lips when talking in their sleep or having a bad dream. Wondering about this, I checked Craig Benkman's BNA account and it states crossbills are known to pull up spruce seeds stored in their crop for supplemental nourishment during the night. I think that's what I saw.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Subject: Fwd: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:17:02 -0700
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From: Mary Geder <mfg5000@live.com>
Date: November 4, 2015 at 10:10:57 PM MST
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Subject: RE: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood
This brings up a topic that has long interested me, perhaps a counterpart to 'what do birds eat?", that is, where do birds sleep? I have not investigated this in any meaningful or thorough way yet. But have only anecdotal evidence of some interesting roosts. So far, my favorite is the Carolina Wren that roosts in the folds of a collapsed patio umbrella at my cousin's house in Virginia. After the bird has settled in there, you can gently open the fold of the umbrella and peak in at the bird. Facing inward and acting comatose, he/she operates under the theory thatif he/she can't see it, then it can't see him/her. I'd be interested to hear of other unique resting/roosting spots.Mary GederLakewood, Jefferson Co
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 21:40:57 -0700
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To: goldeneagle90a@gmail.comDo they use the same the same place or find another place to roost? I'm not clear on which birds roost inside a shelter as opposed to sleeping out on the limb.Deb Carstensen, Littleton Arapahoe county
Sent from my iPhoneWhen I used to work in north Denver, the apartment building next to the school had a pair of American Kestrels nesting in the roof. They would enter through a small crack.On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:04 PM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:I was preparing to go into the Bed ,Bath and Beyond store on Bowles just east of Wadsworth when I looked up to see a kestrel flying up to a hole in the façade of the building where the sign is. There is a round hole, approximately 2 to 3 inches in diameter up and to the left of the main sign for the store. He looked in the hole for a little bit, went in, and didn't come back out for as long as I watched (which, admittedly, wasn't very long).
A retail roosting box? It was just before dusk…
Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County
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