Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams) the other day

[Ira Sanders]

To all,
The pelicans have been at Barr Lake all winter.  Hope the ice melts for
them.
Ira Sanders
Golden


On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 10:45 AM Dave Cameron  wrote:

> We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show
> them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported.  The lake was frozen so
> we "only" saw 15 or 16 of them.
>
> What we found interesting was 9 Am. White Pelicans standing around on the
> ice, this early in the year,
> ...and several Western Meadowlarks, only one singing, but still quite
> early.
>
> Also a small flock of Am. Tree Sparrows
> many Song Sparrows scattered along the canal
> Kestrel
> Rough-legged Hawk, roosting over in the Eagles' trees
>
> Dave Cameron
> Denver
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[cobirds] Arapahoe Co.: Gulls at South Platte Reservoir

[Michael Lester]

Hi all,

At least 2 Glaucous, 1 Lesser Black-backed, and 1 Thayer’s among Ring-billeds 
and Herrings on the Arapahoe side of South Platte Reservoir. 

2 Long-tailed Ducks still present, as well. JeffCo is currently 100% frozen. 

Michael Lester
Littleton

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[cobirds] eBird - Mis-plotted checklists near Fruita

[Kathy and Jeff Dunning]

Dear Colorado eBirders (if you don't use eBird, you can gleefully delete
this email),

This email is in response to concerns I have heard from several parties
about several mis-plotted eBird checklists in Mesa County (or as one person
put it, "Mesa County Exotics").

In December I noted a couple of checklists mis-plotted to the Adobe Creek
Golf Course southeast of Fruita in Mesa County.  Many folks probably got
the eBird "needs" alert for the pair of White-tailed Tropicbirds.  The
observer re-plotted the checklist to the correct location in Hawaii and the
"problem" was resolved fairly quickly. The next day, another checklist hit
with the identical location, but very different list of rarities.

At that time, I emailed eBird Central as the likelihood of two checklists
being mis-plotted at exactly the same location from different observers
seemed infinitesimally small.  Unfortunately, my email hit the folks after
they had all departed for the Christmas holidays and I got no response.

Since then the problem has persisted. I have identified a total of six
observers who have a total of nine checklist(s) mis-plotted to the exact
same location (down to a *millionth *of a degree in latitude and
longitude). Some have now been corrected.  These checklists originated in
Michigan, Connecticut, Maine as well as two from unknown locations (they
lacked any helpful comments), but they are located at that highly
suspicious and relatively inaccessible location.

All checklists originate from an Android phone with eBird versions 2.0.4
through 2.0.8 (this being the most up-to-date version based upon what I can
find).

Yesterday, I emailed one of the leads at eBird about the additional
checklists continuing to come in at this location and quite reasonably, I
haven't heard anything back as of now.

So, this email provides all interested parties fair warning.  If a
checklist comes in with a really juicy rarity at the Adobe Creek Golf
Course near Fruita, at this point I would assume it to be mis-plotted.  The
exact GPS locations provided when you look at the map are 39.131747,
-108.705397.

Good birding,
Kathy Mihm Dunning
Denver

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[cobirds] Ferrugenous Hawk, Dark Morph,Jefferson County

[Bil Ford]

Dark morph Ferrugenous Hawk, Deer Creek Canyon Road just west of Wadsworth 
Blvd. Near the entrance to Denver Botanical gardens present now on power pole 
nearest C-470. First seen by Mike Ames and photoed by many birders. I 
accidentally deleted first post. Sorry. New to this. 
Bil Ford, 
Lakewood, Jefferson county, CO

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[cobirds] Pacific Wren Bear Creek Lake Park

[Meg Reck]

Five birders saw the Pacific Wren just now to the right of the trail before 
reaching the stream. 

Meg Reck
Arapahoe 

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[cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams) the other day

[Dave Cameron]

We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show 
them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported.  The lake was frozen so 
we "only" saw 15 or 16 of them.

What we found interesting was 9 Am. White Pelicans standing around on the 
ice, this early in the year,
...and several Western Meadowlarks, only one singing, but still quite early.

Also a small flock of Am. Tree Sparrows
many Song Sparrows scattered along the canal
Kestrel
Rough-legged Hawk, roosting over in the Eagles' trees

Dave Cameron
Denver

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Re: [cobirds] CFO Convention May 7-11 Field Trips Preview

[Ann Reeves]

Diana, thank you so much for posting this link!  I'm from the Philadelphia
area, and will be visiting Colorado during the week of the convention.  Now
I'll be able to research the field trips before the registration starts.
I'm looking forward to meeting some Colorado birders and birding new
places.  I'm moving there later this year and I'm trying to get a head
start 
~ ~
Annie Reeves
BIRD ON!!


On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:45 AM Diana Beatty  wrote:

> All,
>
> A preliminary list of field trips for the CFO convention is now available
> at https://cobirds.org/CFO/Conventions/Trips.aspx?id=58 .
>
> You can start thinking about your trip scenarios in anticipation of
> registration opening next month.
>
> Hope to see you all there!
>
> Diana Beatty
> El Paso County
> on behalf of CFO Board of Directors
>
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[cobirds] Ferrugenous Hawk, Dark Morph,Jefferson County

[Bil Ford]

A dark morph Ferrugenous Hawk has been hanging at this location for about a 
month. Seen and photographed by several birders frequently at the same 
location. First photographed by me on January 17th. Deer Creek Canyon Road west 
of Wadsworth near the entrance to the Denver Botanic Gardens. Thanks to Mike 
Ames for alerting me to this beautiful hawk. Seen at different times during the 
day, mostly mid-morning.  
  
Bil Ford
Lakewood,Jefferson County CO


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