Pigeons have taken over my neighbors bird feeder since a year ago. I have asked them to not put it up anymore. The pigeons are becoming a real problem in this neighborhood.
But like a dim bulb he keeps refilling it.
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Pigeons have taken over my neighbors bird feeder since a year ago. I have asked them to not put it up anymore. The pigeons are becoming a real problem in this neighborhood.
But like a dim bulb he keeps refilling it.
Yesterday, I took a drive along the Peak-to-Peak and found a few Horned Larks feeding along the roadside and bravely gathering sand and salt in the wheel tracks on the highway. While this is common behavior on the plains I haven't seen it much in the mountains. I'm guessing that these are birds that are now establishing breeding territories in the alpine tundra but have been forced to forage at lower elevations due to large amount of snow along the Continental Divide. (We've had 12" in the past two days.)
Here's a snapshot of one feeding on the shoulder where the state snowplows exposed some ground.
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Well, apparently one of these birds followed me home and has been hanging out with the juncos and other birds below the feeders. What a surprise! In more that 50 years of feeding and watching birds here I've never seen a Horned Lark at the cabin. It's heavily wooded along a stream, and Horned Larks prefer open grasslands. Horned Larks nest in the shortgrass prairie of the Pawnee National Grasslands, in agricultural fields, desert grasslands and alpine tundra. They occur in all 64 Colorado counties.
I got a couple photos of this handsome male Horned Lark just outside our front door:
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Are there solar panels around? I've noticed that they love hanging out around solar panels and have seen some pretty significant problems caused by them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SideShow Bob
The Horned Lark is my favorite. We have quite a few. Very pleasant bird to have around.
I love the look on his face in the last photo, Hummer!
Hummer, I've never heard of a Horned Lark before. I'm learning all sorts of things from your posts, and I love the photos! :)