[cobirds] Re: Prairie Falcon back at Red Rocks (Jefferson)
Hey Bob, Had the pair on Feb 15th, one on Cave Rock the other on Frog Rock. Looks like there back for more kids! Rob Raker Lakewood On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 6:57:54 AM UTC-7, Bob Shade wrote: > > Yesterday the 22nd, after scattering seed at the Trading Post, I checked > Cave Rock where the Prairie Falcons nest every year and sure enough found > one (seemed large like a female) perched on a likely nesting ledge. I also > found a dipper singing at the upstream bridge in Morrison Park where they > build a nest every year. This is an easy place to show your out of town > guests a dipper. > > Bob Shade > Lakewood > -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1bb7daac-5cd3-4e4b-9586-6e4f2af9e0f3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Fawn Brook Rosy Finches (Boulder Co)
There were twelve Rosy Finches at the Fawnbrook Inn feeders (Boulder County) at noon today, ten Brown-capped and two Gray-crowned (Interior). I then drove Ski Hill Road south of town looking for Pine Grosbeak and didn't see any, but had an awesome adult male Northern Goshawk. Went back by the feeders at 1:30 and after ten minutes the same group of Rosies showed up. I'm thinking there were larger numbers in the area but there were no mesmerizing, swirling large flocks, in fact both times I saw these twelve birds they just appeared in the trees above the feeders before I knew they were coming in. It was between 7 and 11 degrees, snow cover, in spite of me arriving at noon it seemed like an ideal day for some Rosy Finches to appear, and I was pleased to see just these twelve. Other birds were Hairy Woodpecker, Mountain Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed Junco (mostly pink-sided), Steller's Jay, Black-billed Magpie, probably 140 Pine Siskins, Common Raven flyover, and three Wild Turkeys near the beginning of Ski Hill Road, scratching under a feeder Junco-style and looking like large, beautiful yard pets. Dan Stringer Larkspur, CO -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/29d6a1e8-ac5d-4511-8009-5f5be291fa78%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Custer County Mtn Bluebirds
COBirders-- A couple of male Mountain Bluebirds showed up at about 8000 ft. elevation, some 7 miles NNW of Westcliffe along Verdemont Rd on Feb. 21. That's about three weeks or so earlier that average. The snow that has fallen since then is probably no big deal since snow is normally expected throughout March and much of April in the Sangre de Cristo range. Leon Bright, Pueblo and Custer County -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/003301d28ecc%24dc595400%24950bfc00%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Lakewood (Jefferson)
Just as I was lamenting that I could not make it up to Allenspark on this snowy day, what should appear at my feeders but one male GCRF! Interior dawsoni type. I will let you know if it hangs around and becomes "chaseable." Now if only they would come to Red Rocks again! Bob Shade Lakewood -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFwvYHrmFwPnRx6nVcTRvZYJcuopOFOZ6YhtrDTSJr%2Bx%2Bqvesw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Boulder bluebirds, 2/24
Three sky-blue male Mountain Bluebirds at the Coors Event Center this morning were my first for the CU-Boulder campus, and a lovely sign of spring. Nathan Pieplow Boulder -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFhaDVKmSrZXn4dEnvDOUyUTwGMg%2B5TkgLjtynjqSCWbt4aEOQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Shaffers Crossing
I am curious if anyone has a rough list of species seen at or around this location. Please email me off-list. Thanks. Kent NelsonOuray -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/989619945.384007.1487952758943%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Lapland Longspur [Weld County Landfill, Severance, Weld]
Hi all On the north side of the dump along Weld CR 84, .25m east of Weld CR 25 hanging out in fallow field on south. They were with a flock of Horned Lark (24+). I turned off car and both longspurs walked within 15 feet of my driver side window. Excellent photos: - http://coloradobirder.club/m/photos/home/ Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.club/ -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e58c1aba-297f-47bd-9b4f-03025e1a7717%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 24 February 2017
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: February 24, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 24 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: The RBA is using the new AOU checklist, & the order of families has changed. BRANT (Jefferson) Trumpeter Swan (Douglas, Moffat) Tundra Swan (Boulder, Chaffee) Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Pueblo) Barrow's Goldeneye (Chaffee, Jefferson) Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo) American Woodcock (Larimer) Greater Yellowlegs (Mesa) Mew Gull (Arapahoe) Thayer's Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, Crowley, Douglas, *El Paso, Larimer, Weld) Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo) Red-throated Loon (Kiowa) Turkey Vulture (Jefferson) Lewis's Woodpecker (Las Animas) Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Bent) Sapsucker spec (Douglas) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Prowers) Red-naped Sapsucker (La Plata) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso) Chihuahuan Raven (Baca) Carolina Wren (Prowers) Curve-billed Thrasher (Prowers) Brown Thrasher (Denver) Sage Thrasher (Baca, Douglas, Mesa) American Pipit (Bent) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Pitkin,) Black Rosy-Finch (Pitkin) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Pitkin) Lapland Longspur (Logan) Sagebrush Sparrow (Mesa) Lincoln's Sparrow (Boulder) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Bent/Prowers) Great-tailed Grackle (Bent, Chaffee) *For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site: www.coloradocountybirding.org ADAMS COUNTY: ---On February 19 at McKay Road Ponds, Adam Vesely reported 2 Thayer's Gulls, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (3 ad, 2 juv). On February 20 at McKay Gravel Ponds, Ryan and Jack Bushong reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On February 16 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported ad Mew Gull, 3 Thayer's Gulls, and Lesser Black-backed Gull. ---On February 17 at Cherry Creek SP, Candice Johnson and Glenn Walbek reported ad Mew Gull. BACA COUNTY ---On February 18 at Two Buttes SWA below dam, Ted Floyd reported Chihuahuan Raven and Sage Thrasher. BENT/PROWERS COUNTY: ---On February 19 on CR 1 and CO 196, Chip Clouse reported 1 singing EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. ---On February 19 at Lake Hasty, Ted Floyd reported Red-bellied Woodpecker and American Pipit. ---On February 18 near CR 15 & US 50, Ted Floyd reported a massive flock of Great-tailed Grackles. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On February 17 at Walden/Sawhill in Boulder, Carrie Vaughn reported 3 Tundra Swans and 2 Lincoln's Sparrows. On February 19, Todd Deininger reported Tundra Swans at Walden Ponds. On February 20 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Mark Minner-Lee reported 3 Tundra Swans and Lincoln's Sparrow. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On February 18, Jeff Guy, Kara Carragher, and Brandon Percival reported 2 Tundra Swans on CR 163 pond. ---On February18 at Sands Lake SWA, Kara Carragher and Brandon Percival reported 6 Barrow's Goldeneyes and 6 Great-tailed Grackles. CROWLEY COUNTY: ---On February 19 at Lake Henry, Liza Antony reported 1-st cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull. DENVER COUNTY: ---On February 18, Jeff Dawson reported Brown Thrasher at Fairmount Cemetery. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On February 20 at Chatfield SP, Thomas Holub reported Trumpeter Swan on the reservoir, Sapsucker species and Sage Thrasher in Plum Creek area. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On February 16 on Hanover Road, Kyle Hawley reported 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. ---On February 21 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Adam Vesely reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker. ---On February 23 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake in Colorado Springs, Bill Maynard and RIchard Bunn reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On February 16 at Lake Arbor, Kevin DeBoer and Alison Hixon reported BRANT. ---On February 20 at Belmar Park in Lakewood, Michelle Puplava reported Barrow's Goldeneye. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On February 18 at Blue Lake, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported ad Red-throated Loon viewed from SE most boat ramp. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On February 11 on Meadow Road in Rafter J Subdivision, Kip Stransky reported 5 Acorn Woodpeckers. On February 18, Amy Dobbins reported 3 Acorn Woodpeckers on Meadow Road in Rafter J Subdivision. ---On February 19 on River Trail between DT Hotel and Albertsons, Amy Dobbins reported f Red-naped Sapsucker. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On January 8, David Wade and Cole Wild reported 2 American Woodcocks at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area in the creek between the parking lot and the road. On February 11, Dave Leatherman reported American Woodcock at Bobcat Ridge NA. On February 12, David Wade and many other birders reported American Woodcock at Bobcat RIdge NA. On February 17, Todd Deininger reported that the American Woodcock was NOT seen. On February 18, Dick Pautsch reported that the Ranger told him that he has not seen the Woodcock since
