[cobirds] white goose, Cherry Creek SP
Among the 1500 or more white cheeked geese on the ice and shallow water, on the west side of Cherry Creek reservoir, near the picnic tables, early on the 12/9 afternoon was one white goose. It faced the other way or was behind other geese. By size it looked like a Ross', but I did not get a good enough look to call it either Ross or snow. It was an adult bird. Karl Stecher Aurora -- 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/b1eaae18f7c7402c9494c531462df00d%40idcomm.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Mystery Aurora Goose
Thank you, good to know! Ben Sampson, Centennial, 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/7553a92d-8fdf-4a17-896f-db8a606794b7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Mystery Aurora Goose
Greetings Ben’s goose is a scarce (1:1000?) variant of Cackling Goose. These birds seem to have big white cheek, patches that come all the way to the bill, as in Ben’s bird Seems like a shared ancestral trait with Barnacle Goose Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- 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/B689C586-6290-4491-9E79-15E29CAB9358%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] CORRECTION: Boulder County Audubon Interludes Nature Trips for 2019 now open for registration!
Please use this list. Only change is the number of spaces on the Florida trip. Sorry for the mistake. Boulder County Audubon Society announces our 2019 Interludes With Nature trips and welcome you to register now! We have some outstanding destinations as well as some experienced and well-known trip leaders. Check out full descriptions and registration information on https://www.boulderaudubon.org/event-category/interludes-with-nature/ Trips include: 1. Winter Break, Birding Florida with the Best - led by Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel in Florida! February 6 - 13, 2019 (6 SPACES OPEN) 2. Owl Prowl: Denizens of the Dark #1, led by Scott Rashid, in search of owls from the tiny to the large! April 9, 2019 (6 SPACES OPEN) 3. April Love on a Lek: Greater Prairie Chickens - led by Bill Kaempfer, to Colorado's Eastern Plains where the Prairie Chickens dance! This trip has delighted our participants the last two years! Don't miss it this year! April 13-14, 2019 (8 SPACES OPEN) 4. North Park: Greater Sage Grouse and So Much More, led by John Vanderpoel, April 20-21, 2019 (ONE SPACE OPEN) 5. Owl Prowl: Denizens of the Dark #2, led by Scott Rashid, in search of owls from the tiny to the large! April 23, 2019 (10 SPACES OPEN) 6. Kansas Odyssey: Cheyenne Bottoms and Quevira National Wildlife Refuge - led by Carl Starace, April 26-28, 2019 (6 SPACES OPEN) 7. Prairie Perambulations: A Pawnee Grasslands Immersion Weekend, June 21-23, 2019. This trip sold out last year and got rave reviews! Join us this year with experts Dave Leatherman, Mike Weissman, Rachel Williams, Pam Smith, Dave Sutherland, Adrian Carper, Nicole Neu Yagle and John Spencer (8 SPACES OPEN) 8. Bandinb Baby Kestrels - led by Scott Rashid, June 30 SOLD OUT; WAITLIST FULL! 9. Close-Up Butterfly Photography - with Steve Jones July 23, 2019 (6 SPACES OPEN) 10. Journey to the Dark Side: Moths and Night Flying Insects - led by Pam Piombino and Scott Severs, July 27, 2019 (4 SPACES OPEN) 11. Beavers in the Glooming: Architects of the Landscape - led by Carron Meaney, August 23, 2019 (2 SPACES OPEN) Carol McCasland Louisville, Boulder 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/112b01d4901f%24830e10b0%24892a3210%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Boulder County Audubon Interludes Qirh Nature Trips for 2019 now open for registration!
Boulder County Audubon Society announces our 2019 Interludes With Nature trips and welcome you to register now! We have some outstanding destinations as well as some experienced and well-known trip leaders. Check out full descriptions and registration information on https://www.boulderaudubon.org/event-category/interludes-with-nature/ Trips include: 1. Winter Break, Birding Florida with the Best - led by Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel in Florida! February 6 - 13, 2019 (12 SPACES OPEN) 2. Owl Prowl: Denizens of the Dark #1, led by Scott Rashid, in search of owls from the tiny to the large! April 9, 2019 (6 SPACES OPEN) 3. April Love on a Lek: Greater Prairie Chickens - led by Bill Kaempfer, to Colorado's Eastern Plains where the Prairie Chickens dance! This trip has delighted our participants the last two years! Don't miss it this year! April 13-14, 2019 (8 SPACES OPEN) 4. North Park: Greater Sage Grouse and So Much More, led by John Vanderpoel, April 20-21, 2019 (ONE SPACE OPEN) 5. Owl Prowl: Denizens of the Dark #2, led by Scott Rashid, in search of owls from the tiny to the large! April 23, 2019 (10 SPACES OPEN) 6. Kansas Odyssey: Cheyenne Bottoms and Quevira National Wildlife Refuge - led by Carl Starace, April 26-28, 2019 (6 SPACES OPEN) 7. Prairie Perambulations: A Pawnee Grasslands Immersion Weekend, June 21-23, 2019. This trip sold out last year and got rave reviews! Join us this year with experts Dave Leatherman, Mike Weissman, Rachel Williams, Pam Smith, Dave Sutherland, Adrian Carper, Nicole Neu Yagle and John Spencer (8 SPACES OPEN) 8. Bandinb Baby Kestrels - led by Scott Rashid, June 30 SOLD OUT; WAITLIST FULL! 9. Close-Up Butterfly Photography - with Steve Jones July 23, 2019 (6 SPACES OPEN) 10. Journey to the Dark Side: Moths and Night Flying Insects - led by Pam Piombino and Scott Severs, July 27, 2019 (4 SPACES OPEN) 11. Beavers in the Glooming: Architects of the Landscape - led by Carron Meaney, August 23, 2019 (2 SPACES OPEN) Carol McCasland Louisville, Boulder 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/10cc01d4901c%24bf8893b0%243e99bb10%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Hybrid duck - Walker Pit - Douglas
Thanks to Kathy Mihm-Dunning & Christian Hagenlocher, we understand the identify of the hybrid duck at the Walker Pit. They referred us to several sites that show this bird as a Bufflehead/Common Goldeneye hybrid. Apparently it or one like it showed up at the Walker Pit last fall as well, although we didn't hear about it. One report, from British Columbia speculated that the Bufflehead and maybe COGO parent stuck with the hybrid. We see both at Walker, and the hybrid, yesterday at least, hung around three Buffleheads. Today, 3 male & 2 female Buffleheads, 10 goldeneyes. We have seen this duck yesterday & today around 10 a.m. but couldn't find it after 11 a.m. either day. Hugh & Urling -- 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/631110628.1462084.1544399889487%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Hope It Is Kept
On Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 11:43:21 AM UTC-7, brcy...@gmail.com wrote: > > For us Facebook holdouts there is eBird's Rare Bird Alert. eBird.org -> > Explore -> Alerts -> type in Colorado or any other state you are visiting, > then tap the " view " button, then bookmark. And you have a rare bird alert > at the touch of a bookmark, no sign in, password, or giving up you personal > data. Tap the "date" at the header to get the newest posts at the top. > Although this does not give you the conversations of Cobirds. > Bruce Cyganowski Kittredge > > > On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 8:22:35 PM UTC-7, Joanne wrote: >> >> A few of us do not have Facebook. I very much hope COBIRDS is kept >> online as it is now. >> >> >> >> Joanne Haller >> > -- 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/bc84ffc0-d928-48cc-9cd3-9e03c41d75c3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Another hybrid duck (Larimer)
A gadwall mix? Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2018, at 9:45 PM, Nicholas Komar wrote: > > Here is another hybrid duck, photographed today at Prospect Ponds Natural > Area’s Sharp Point Pond in Fort Collins (Larimer County). It appears to be a > drake Mallard x Northern Pintail. Any other opinions? > > -- > 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/95663C98-385C-4C46-8944-E9C378D2B7F9%40comcast.net. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > Nick Komar > Fort Collins 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/95663C98-385C-4C46-8944-E9C378D2B7F9%40comcast.net. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/E4A8CD7F-ED8E-4FF3-8A9B-79C3226C6D91%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Hope It Is Kept
For us Facebook holdouts there is eBird's Rare Bird Alert. eBird.org -> Explore -> Alerts -> type in Colorado or any other state you are visiting, then tap the " view " button, then bookmark. And you have a rare bird alert at the touch of a bookmark, no sign in, password, or giving up you personal data. Tap the "date" at the header to get the newest posts at the top. Although this does not give you the conversations of Cobirds. On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 8:22:35 PM UTC-7, Joanne wrote: > > A few of us do not have Facebook. I very much hope COBIRDS is kept online > as it is now. > > > > Joanne Haller > -- 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/305d0f18-aee5-44c9-b101-5b7cdbb9b45a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Arapahoe Co: Brown Thrasher—Cherry Creek SP
Hi all, There’s currently a Brown Thrasher skulking along the NE drainage that flows into the small pond north of the swim beach at Cherry Creek SP. This is where Rusty Blackbirds and a Black-and-white Warbler have been reported recently, but I have not yet seen them. Michael Lester Littleton Sent from my iPhone -- 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/3A55290E-EA10-43CD-A5F1-F3C0335FAE74%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Mystery duck Douglas
12:45 duck disappeared along with one Bufflehead and six goldeneyes. Only half as many ducks as an hour ago. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com -- 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/2139865784.1079604.1544298551482%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Hybrid Duck at Prospect Ponds
Greetings All This appears to be a “Madwall” aka Brewer’s Duck aka Mallard x Gadwall. Note size- as big or bigger than Mallard- short tail. Also the head pattern, including brown and purplish hues, is common in this cross as is the birds bill pattern Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO Sent from my iPhone -- 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/3EEA2558-2BBD-455D-8140-C8E8810E5D32%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] FW: Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, December 9, 2018
This the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, December 9 at 6 AM sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Rare, out of place and out of season species of note for the past seven days include: (* indicates new information on this species) Trumpeter Swan (Jefferson) Black Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson) Black-legged Kittiwake (Adams) GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Larimer) GYRFALCON (Larimer, Weld) Vermilion Flycatcher (Boulder) Eastern Bluebird (*Jefferson, Chaffee) EASTERN TOWHEE (*Las Animas) Field Sparrow (*El Paso, Kiowa) Rusty Blackbird (El Paso) Palm Warbler (*Arapahoe) Pine Warbler (Arapahoe) ADAMS COUNTY: --On December 2 a juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake was reported by Adam Vesely at Ken Mitchell Park and Open Space, close to the fishing pier. Last reported Dec 4. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: -On November 29 a Palm Warbler (Western) was reported by David Suddjian at W Long Drive greenway in Littleton. It was at corner of tennis court. Last reported Dec 8. -On November 29 a Pine Warbler was reported by David Suddjian at W Long Drive greenway in Littleton. Last reported Dec 3. ---On November 26 a female Black Scoter was reported by Tanja Britton at South Platte Park-South Platte Reservoir. Last reported Dec 8. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On November 15 a Vermillion Flycatcher was reported by Leslie S. at Walden Ponds, seen daily through November 25. Last reported Dec 3. EL PASO COUNTY: -On November 30 (2) Rusty Blackbird were reported by Terence Berger at Fountain Creek -S. Circle Dr. to S. Academy Blvd. Last reported on Dec 6. --On Dec 1, a Field Sparrow was reported by Jim Merritt at Red Rock Canyon Open space. Last reported Dec 8. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On Nov. 28 a female Black Scoter was reported at South Platte Park/South Platte Reservoir; Southwest Bay Area. Last reported Dec 8. --On December 2, 3 Eastern Bluebirds were reported at Ralston Creek, Maple Valley Park by James McCall. Last reported in same area Dec 8. ---On December 7, 6 Trumpeter Swans were reported at Upper Mt. Olivet Reservoir by Doug Shoffner. The birds were last seen flying eastbound. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On December 3, a GYRFALCON was reported along Taft Hill Road in southern Fort Collins. The bird was seen again in the morning on December 4, between 7-7:30 AM, roosting on tall power poles along Trilby Road where it intersects Taft Hill road. While a sighting was noted over west central Ft Collins Dec 7, the reporter is now rethinking that observation. ---On December 4, a juvenile GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was reported at Horseshoe Reservoir by Nick Komar. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On December 8, a female EASTERN TOWHEE was reported at Freeman Ranch, east of Carizzo Creek, by Steve Mlodinow. WELD COUNTY: ---On December 7, a GYRFALCON was reported north of Highway 14 and west of WCR 47, which went to ground near Owl Creek, coordinates 40.58801940, -104.6200712, by Rachel Hopper. DFO Field Trips...trip details are at the DFO website: DFObirds.org Boulder County- Trip is currently full Monday, December 10 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM David Suddjian & John Malenich (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831.713.8659) El Paso County Tuesday, December 11 6:00 AM - 5:00 PM David Suddjian & Diane Roberts (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831.713.8659) Chatfield State Park Sunday, December 16 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303.655.9135) Chase Trip Monday, December 17 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659), and Dale Pate (575-706-4584) Aurora Reservoir and Cherry Creek State Park Tuesday, December 14 18 6:45 AM - 2:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) No additional trips are scheduled until December 27, 2018, but Christmas Bird Counts occur in Colorado from December 14-January 5, 2019. Birders of all levels are welcome! Thanks to Brandon Percival for his excellent post on CoBirds from December 6, 2018, which I've copied below: Christmas Bird Count season is coming up, starting Dec 14, 2018 to Jan 5, 2019. Here are the dates that are on the CBC Website so far. Friday (12/14/2018): Fairplay Saturday (12/15/2018): Colorado Springs Denver Fort Collins Granby Longmont Monte Vista N.W.R. North Park Pueblo Reservoir Pagosa Springs Roaring Fork River Valley Salida Steamboat Springs Sunday (12/16/2018): Aspen Boulder Durango Evergreen-Idaho Springs Grand Junction Gunnison Montrose Penrose Rocky Mountain National Park Monday (12/17/2018) John Martin Reservoir Pinon Canyon (new count starting this year) Tuesday (12/18/2018) Rocky Ford Weldona-Fort Morgan Wednesday (12/19/2018) Pueblo Thursday (12/20/2018) Fountain Creek Friday (12/21/2018) Bonny Reservoir Saturday (12/22/2018) Crook Nunn Spanish Peaks Sunday (12/23/2018) Delta Saturday (12/29/2018) Cortez Douglas County Great Sand Dunes N.P. Greeley Westcliffe Monday (12/31/2018) Barr Lake Rawhide Energy Station Tuesday (01/01/2019) Denver (Urban) Grand Mesa Loveland Friday (01/04/2019) Air Force Academy Flagler
