Hi, everybody. Just some notes of local interest, all from Boulder County: Sun., Jan. 17, Boulder Creek <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26965362> downstream from Foothills & Arapahoe, an *American dipper <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1040730735987991&set=a.198013230259750.50285.100001532230844&type=3&theater>* that meets David Leatherman's criteria <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cobirds/co2WYwqGaLQ>.
<http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27010767> Tues., Jan. 19, Erie Reservoir <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27010767>, the continuing ruddy duck, an even 100 *canvasbacks*, an unnatural gathering of *ring-necked ducks* (*n*=736, if anyone's keeping score), a *prairie falcon*, and an *American coot <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1044644202263311&set=p.1044644202263311&type=3&theater>* with *Tyrannosaurus rex <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1044836568910741&set=p.1044836568910741&type=3&theater>* genes. Thurs., Jan. 21, Lake Park Open Space, <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27044338>Louisville, a *western ["Woodhouse's"] scrub-jay <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1043843669010031&set=gm.10153179676892038&type=3&theater>* at the eastern limit of its range, a vocal *common merganser <http://www.xeno-canto.org/301042>*, and a *white-breasted ["Nelson's] nuthatch* giving the absolutely craziest vocalizations I have ever heard <http://www.xeno-canto.org/301364> from a nuthatch. Sat., Jan. 23, Boulder Creek <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27077209> upstream from the 75th Street bridge, a *white-winged dove <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1044533148941083&set=gm.10153181515437038&type=3&theater>*, a *ruby-crowned kinglet*, and a *myrtle warbler <http://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/23566081?__hstc=60209138.c9a70ac356da3681b573c33a00fc21ab.1452912338385.1453727175501.1453745505219.31&__hssc=60209138.18.1453745505219&__hsfp=382605219>* . Sun., Jan. 24, Mesa Trail <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27114430>complex, 14 *dark-eyed ["white-winged"] juncos <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1045185182209213&set=gm.10153183679122038&type=3&theater> *and a common raven giving a vocalization that I have come to think of as "the Boulder meme." <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1045536458840752&set=gm.10153765454240781&type=3&theater> I'm curious: Have any of you heard this vocalization away from the northern Front Range metro region? Mon. Jan. 25, Greenlee Preserve <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27119754>, the continuing *gray catbird* and, suddenly, three *brown creepers*. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/31907d56-14b2-4345-ba59-e77d88a83f83%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
