In Colorado, birds breeding in our forests, start to move south when the breeding season concludes. It has always been assumed that the young fledging hangs around the nest site and then slowly shuffle their way south. But recently it's been discovered that the young actually leave the forest as fast as they can and head for the safety of the dense thickets that are along the edges of the forests, along roadsides, in clear cuts and any other places where the thickets occur. Thickets are where all the actions is; protection from raptors which can't squeeze their way through the tangled thicket branches, insects are plentiful and the berries are juicy. So what should we conclude from this information. Maybe instead of wasting time endlessly time peering through tall leafy trees, it maybe more productive in stead focusing on the thickets?
This information was adapted from Scott Weidensaul's 2021, A World on the Wing…
Bob Righter
Denver, CO
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