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This morning I *finally* managed to get a shot of the male Flicker-- sort of. He's much shyer than the female and usually flies off the second he sees me, but this morning I managed to catch him just as he poked his head out of the nest. If you look closely you can see the red 'blusher' on his 'cheek.' (I enlarged it a bit so it's kind of pixellated, sorry.)
Also, since I'm picspamming, here's an absolutely gorgeous early morning view in the courtyard between Hellems and Education on the CU Boulder campus, looking north toward the Theatre building. (Please to pretend you don't notice the edge of my finger in the lower right corner of the pic.) There's a the bright pink flowering crabapple tree on the right, an orangey flowering quince beneath it and I'm aiming through the branches of a tree I can't identify but right now it has deep burgundy-red buds about to break into bloom, and it has orange berries in the fall. (It's not a bittersweet, though.) I have a pic of it in the fall showing the berries >here< if anyone wants to try to ID it for me.
Also, since I'm picspamming, here's an absolutely gorgeous early morning view in the courtyard between Hellems and Education on the CU Boulder campus, looking north toward the Theatre building. (Please to pretend you don't notice the edge of my finger in the lower right corner of the pic.) There's a the bright pink flowering crabapple tree on the right, an orangey flowering quince beneath it and I'm aiming through the branches of a tree I can't identify but right now it has deep burgundy-red buds about to break into bloom, and it has orange berries in the fall. (It's not a bittersweet, though.) I have a pic of it in the fall showing the berries >here< if anyone wants to try to ID it for me.
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One of the pix is of the parental unit feeding the juvenile. It was SO awesome! There are a couple of others of the juvenile hanging out in my front meadow watching me. walking along the wood of the retaining wall. just so lovely with its longer legs and bigger eyes. sizing me up for a snack maybe? it really cracked me up when it was chasing the squirrels. on the ground. I was all like "dude" you can do your awesome raptor thing and swoop down on them! to no avail. maybe they were too big for baby!owl.
I haven't been able to get close enough to this year's brood. Theres a Great Horned Owl in the area and as they reign supreme over all the raptors in the area? I'm guessing everybody else is watching their pecking orders. but I hear them a lot!