[cobirds] Denver Urban CBC

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

 I forgot to mention the two Say's Phoebes: we have found this species on 6 of 
the last 8 Denver Urban counts.
 
Hugh Lingery

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[cobirds] Denver Urban CBC - Denver, Adams, Arapahoe

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

     This summarizes the results from our 33rd Denver Urban CBC; we still have 
a handful of birds to tweak, but this provides an accurate picture of our 
count. We covered all but two sections (which might have changed the raptor 
totals), with masks & distancing and fewer counters.    We tallied 39,887 birds 
of 91 species: fewer than average birds (40,069), more species than average 
(84). 
    Several 'Yard birds' exceeded averages, though not because of more feeder 
reports. We had high counts for 
Blue Jay (80), 
Black-capped Chickadee (465), 
Bushtit (115), 
White-breasted Nuthatch (93; highest ever cf. previous high of 60), 
Brown Creeper (15), 
American Goldfinch 946), 
Pine Siskin (35), 
Spotted Towhee (34, ave. 8, highest ever); also 
W. Meadowlark (111), 
Red-winged Blackbird (1234). 
    Duck numbers declined below average, but Hooded Mergansers continue to 
burgeon (210, the 3rd highest count cf. an average of 101).
    We had low counts of Ring-billed Gulls (643, 2nd lowest), Starling (1705 
vs. 4307 ave.), House Sparrows (206 vs. 1361 ave., 3rd lowest) and House 
Finches (668 cf. 1178 ave.)    We tallied an average number of raptors (that 
included 81 Bald Eagles) and fewer ducks than usual (several lakes covered with 
ice).
    Unusual species included a Northern Cardinal seen near Cherry creek Res. 
State Park by Joey Negrean and a Swamp Sparrow at Rocky Mtn Arsenal NWR, plus 
two count week birds, Harris's Sparrow and Golden-crowned Sparrow. 
    
Hugh 

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[cobirds] Short Eared Owl Weld

[Luke Pheneger]

Last night I had a SEOW along CR 48 in Weld. Came back tonight to get some
pix and it was still here.


Luke Pheneger
Longmont

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[cobirds] Re: Louviers Boreal Owl (Douglas)

[nat....@gmail.com]

Hi Tom!

What time would you suggest for spotting the owls? Early morning/dusk?

Thanks!
Natalie

On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 7:49:19 PM UTC-7 thavs1 wrote:

> I had a chance to go out last Saturday, January 2, to some birding in 
> Louviers. Myself and two others explored the town and he DuPont open space. 
> It was a good day with some uncommon species for us this year. Stellar's 
> Jays, Bush Tits, Evening Grosbeaks and one Northern Goshawk. While 
> exploring along Plum Creek just along the border of the open space and 
> private land we observed what we thought was a Saw-whet Owl on the private 
> land. All in all a great day. I submitted my list to eBird along with a 
> couple photos of the Saw-whet. A couple days later, I received a message 
> from Scott Somershoe, an eBird reviewer stating that he thought the photo I 
> submitted was actually a Boreal Owl. I was able to send additional photos 
> to confirm that what I saw was actually a Boreal Owl. I was hesitant to 
> report this since it is such a rare bird, I didn't want to encourage others 
> to converge on the area and scare the bird away. But the bird was also seen 
> on Monday and Tuesday by another birder, but not again on Wednesday. 
> Scott and I tried to find the bird again on Friday but couldn't find it, 
> though we did find a Saw-whet Owl. 
> Photos here. 
> eBird Checklist - 2 Jan 2021 - 80131, Louviers, Douglas County, CO, US - 
> 29 species  
> Thomas Halverstadt | Flickr  
>   
> Tom Halverstadt, Louviers, Colorado. 
>

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[cobirds] Fort Collins Audubon Society hosts "Integrated Breeding Bird Monitoring: A Collaborative Approach"

[Jessie Lynn]

*Fort Collins Audubon invites you to join in the Zoom virtual program
presented by, Jennifer Timmer, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, speaking on
“Integrated Breeding Bird Monitoring: A Collaborative Approach” *Thursday,
January 14, 2021, Announcements: 7:00 p.m., Program 7:20 p.m.

 ***This will be an online meeting using Zoom***  *Enter the following link
on your web browser at or before 7 p.m. and follow the instructions to join
the meeting:   ** https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88270817583
*

*In this Zoom Virtual program, discussed will be the need for a rigorous
breeding bird monitoring program, how population estimates are used in
management and conservation efforts,  how to access these estimates from
the Rocky Mountain Avian Data Center, and how you can contribute to
breeding bird monitoring.*

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