Birds: Interesting and Returning

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I read somewhere that hummingbirds don't reuse nests year after year. But that is wrong. This is a 3rd generation in this one. First year they fledged and everyone happy. Last year, 3 dead chicks. My guess was heat related, as they are right under a metal roof. I tacked a yoga mat on the car port roof and hose it down on hot days (every day this year) and so far so good.
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Wentzl wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:16 pm I read somewhere that hummingbirds don't reuse nests year after year. But that is wrong. This is a 3rd generation in this one. First year they fledged and everyone happy. Last year, 3 dead chicks. My guess was heat related, as they are right under a metal roof. I tacked a yoga mat on the car port roof and hose it down on hot days (every day this year) and so far so good.

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Wentzl. Thought about you and your first generation hummer nest when thinking about ours. A bucket list item I didn’t know I had on the list. Ohmmm…
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They grow up so fast
They grow up so fast
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My backyard Hawk. One of them...in action.

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the last in the sequence...

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A Sharpie! (or maybe Coopers) Glad to see the birds have migrated back to the top for a while. :-D
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Oooooo what a great thread. Here's some birds that were hanging along the Gunnison river this summer...
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And another one
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I dont have a photo, but I probably saw a golden eagle hunting just east of Cherry Creek mall this morning along the creek. It was brown feathers head to tail. A little to dark and large to be a brown-tail hawk.

I have seen bald eagles in Denver parks before. They expand their hunting range in autumn and winter when their parenting duties are over. (Unless they've birthed a millennial eaglet who never leaves the nest.)
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This golden eagle was eating some roadkill along Blue Mesa Reservoir west of Gunnison.
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On the subject of golden eagles, it's incredible how large they are. A few years ago I was hiking through an open forest when one flew out of the tree I was walking under. It scared the crap out of me, partly because of how large its wingspan was. For a moment it looked like a mini dragon was hovering above me, and then it flew off. Very cool once I realized I was not about to be carried away.
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