Re: [cobirds] Western Meadlowlarks - Front Range

['Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds]

This is not concerning meadowlarks. In the same vein,however, a friend of mine 
who lives in Aurora and has fed crows for years and years. Last year I was 
there in fall and they had a late flock of >30 grackles and blackbirds, in 
addition to her numerous crows. 
   This year, she has had one crow, one starling and no grackles. Having 
just one crow is quite rare for her since she normally has several. She said 
that no one is eating her bird food.
   Is it possible that west Nile is hitting some of these birds and we’re 
not aware of it?
  

Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county 
Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 1, 2021, at 5:30 PM, Gary Brower  wrote:
> 
> in my walks through Cherry Creek State Park, I’d say I saw pretty much the 
> “normal contingent” of meadowlarks — maybe slightly less than last year.
> 
> Gary Brower
> Unincorporated Arapahoe County
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 1, 2021, at 5:28 PM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Denver Audubon received a note from an observer in Central Park, who says 
>> that she hasn't encountered Meadowlarks this year. We Cobirders do well in 
>> posting what we do see, but not so well in discussing what we don't see.
>> 
>> As far as our patch here in Franktown (Douglas) we have about the normal 
>> contingent. They sang quite a bit in June, and have tapered off since then, 
>> as usual.
>> 
>> Do any of you have any thoughts?
>> 
>> Hugh 
>> 
>> -- 
>> -- 
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
>> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
>> For more options, visit this group at
>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include 
>> bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate
>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
>> --- 
>> 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 view this discussion on the web visit 
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/988219117.1005907.1630538905545%40mail.yahoo.com.
> 
> -- 
> -- 
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include 
> bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate
> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
> --- 
> 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 view this discussion on the web visit 
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/AC485E25-0696-464A-8190-740CA23A56ED%40gmail.com.

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/AF2C1921-5D80-4E25-A8FC-5A9FE74D1AB4%40aol.com.

Re: [cobirds] Western Meadlowlarks - Front Range

[Gary Brower]

in my walks through Cherry Creek State Park, I’d say I saw pretty much the 
“normal contingent” of meadowlarks — maybe slightly less than last year.

Gary Brower
Unincorporated Arapahoe County



> On Sep 1, 2021, at 5:28 PM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds 
>  wrote:
> 
> Denver Audubon received a note from an observer in Central Park, who says 
> that she hasn't encountered Meadowlarks this year. We Cobirders do well in 
> posting what we do see, but not so well in discussing what we don't see.
> 
> As far as our patch here in Franktown (Douglas) we have about the normal 
> contingent. They sang quite a bit in June, and have tapered off since then, 
> as usual.
> 
> Do any of you have any thoughts?
> 
> Hugh 
> 
> -- 
> -- 
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en 
> 
> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include 
> bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate
> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ 
> 
> --- 
> 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 view this discussion on the web visit 
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/988219117.1005907.1630538905545%40mail.yahoo.com
>  
> .

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/AC485E25-0696-464A-8190-740CA23A56ED%40gmail.com.

[cobirds] Western Meadlowlarks - Front Range

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

 Denver Audubon received a note from an observer in Central Park, who says that 
she hasn't encountered Meadowlarks this year. We Cobirders do well in posting 
what we do see, but not so well in discussing what we don't see.
As far as our patch here in Franktown (Douglas) we have about the normal 
contingent. They sang quite a bit in June, and have tapered off since then, as 
usual.
Do any of you have any thoughts?
 
Hugh 

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/988219117.1005907.1630538905545%40mail.yahoo.com.

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, 9/1/21

[Meredith McBurney]

Numbers up just a bit today with 42 birds banded, and a nice mix of 
species.  A lovely hatch-year Nashville Warbler was my favorite of the 
morning:

Western Wood-Pewee 5
Least Flycatcher 1
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
House Wren 4
Nashville Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 11
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler 10
Chipping Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 2

We are open 6 days a week, weather permitting through October 23.  Closed 
Mondays.  Click here 
 to register to 
visit - we are offering one-hour slots (up to 12 visitors at a time); 
7:30-8:30 most weekdays, and 8-9, 9-10, and 10-11 on weekends.  We look 
forward to seeing many of you during the season!

Meredith McBurney
Bander, Barr Lake Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/78922d66-944a-4ce0-8e73-ff78f0aa8ac2n%40googlegroups.com.

[cobirds] Douglas - yard birds

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

 I just compared our August 2021 records with those for the last 3 years. 
This year we saw no Western Bluebirds, and only a few Mountain Bluebirds. Also 
only a few Tree Swallows; in 2018 we had lots of swallows of several races, 
though not in then next two years. 
Another species that has declined - believe it or not -- Red-winged Blackbird!

A rather odd August, I think.
 
Hugh 

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1865491971.991543.1630536132040%40mail.yahoo.com.

[cobirds] CFO Fall Shorebirding Trips are a hit and there are still a few spots this weekend...

[Peter Burke]

COBirders,
I'm sure you've seen some of the trip reports from last weekend's CFO
Shorebird Field Trips including the phenomenal reports from David
Tonessen's visits to John Martin Reservoir. *CFO is hosting six more field
trips this weekend and there are still a few spots open if you're
interested.* Just head over to cobirds.org and click on the Fall Shorebird
Workshops  block to learn
more and register.

These trips are an excellent opportunity to brush up on your shorebird
identification skills in small groups limited to just 10 birders + CFO trip
leader. Cost is $10 for CFO members, $25 for non-members.

Good birding!

Peter Burke
CFO Board of Directors

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACjv0GYEzrPVnxtgOHghMxUD_bJNsWFO2zCfFJTDcGynHiyo%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.

[cobirds] Belated Shorebird report for Prewitt Reservoir on Sunday (Washington County)

[Eric Hynes]

Hello CO Birders,

I had the pleasure once again of leading a CFO shorebirding field trip to
Prewitt Reservoir (Washington County) on Sunday.

Saturday night's frontal passage encouraged many birds to depart but not
arrive at this site (compared to the two previous days). Don't get me
wrong, there was still a very impressive array of shorebirds and
other waterbirds there, but the numbers were down. We tallied 18 shorebird
species and the most uncommon ones were a juvenile *Short-billed Dowitcher*,
a *Sanderling*, a *Black-bellied Plover* and several *Semipalmated Plovers*
.

One of the highlights was an excellent concentration of peeps along the
inlet canal providing us a perfect study of Least, Semipalmated, Western
and Baird's sandpipers intermingling.

To view the complete checklist with images go to:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S93900655

Good birding,
Eric
.
Eric Hynes
Telluride, CO
-
Box Canyon Birding
boxcanyonbirding.com
-
Field Guides Birding Tours
www.fieldguides.com

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAPpN%2B3Gc0S%3DKSWO_pdfJSXh7U3OW6VJpWtF0dyW6SzQcpkwtbA%40mail.gmail.com.

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report, 9/1/2021

[Colin Woolley]

We started setting up nets here at Chico Basin Ranch yesterday, and were 
amazed at the amount of vegetation we had to clear out. Net lanes that are 
usually shin-high with vegetation instead had seasonal growth that towered 
over my head! I'm hearing it was the wettest spring and summer out here in 
perhaps a century and I can certainly see the effects! It took us quite a 
while to clean up the net lanes, so we banded birds just briefly yesterday, 
then ran the station in full today. We had some nice flycatcher diversity 
and are still seeing a decent number of Chipping Sparrows moving through. 
Here are our totals from yesterday and today:

8/31/2021 - 16 birds of 12 species
Orange-crowned Warbler - 2
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Western Wood-pewee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 3
House Wren - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
American Robin - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
Common Grackle - 1

And today (9/1/2021) - 41 birds of 16 species
Orange-crowned Warbler - 5
Wilson's Warbler - 6
American Redstart - 1
MacGillivray's Warbler - 2
Hammond's Flycatcher - 1
Dusky Flycatcher - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 1
Western Wood-pewee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 9
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 recap from yesterday
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 3
American Robin - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Brown Thrasher - 3

We are open 6 days a week at Chico Basin Ranch (closed Sunday), usually 
returning from the first net run around 7am and staying open until about 
11:30am, weather permitting. Our bander for the season is Nancy, she'll be 
doing the daily updates from here on out!
Please come visit!

Colin Woolley
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6bde4adb-e63b-4265-b81f-50ba77c1cc9bn%40googlegroups.com.

Re: [cobirds] CFO Shorebird Field Trip Report Bent County

[Cinnamon Bergeron]

David,

Thank you so much for leading our very successful trip. It was my first
time at John Martin Reservoir. I learned a lot and plan to go back.

Here is a photo I took on Saturday that captures our adventure.

Cinnamon Bergeron
Colorado Springs

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 10:28 AM David Tønnessen 
wrote:

> Hello birders,
>
> This is a late post due to my schedule but over the weekend of 8/28 -
> 8/29, five of us were out on each day birding John Martin Reservoir and
> surrounding area thanks to the Colorado Field Ornithologists initiating
> field trips as part of their ongoing shorebird theme. The mission here
> ended in outstanding success.
>
> On Saturday, we started scoping on the cliffs at 38.0746409, -103.0133372
> at around 7 am, which overlooks a large portion of the mudflat-turned
> northwest shore and even features a sizeable puddle directly below the
> cliffs where many of the shorebirds would cycle through. Highlights from
> this vantage point included:
> Black Tern - 6
> Black-necked Stilt - 2
> American Avocet - 240+
> Semipalmated Plover - 2
> Piping Plover - 1
> Killdeer - 18
> Marbled Godwit - 9
> RED KNOT - 1
> Stilt Sandpiper - 45
> Sanderling - 6
> Baird's Sandpiper - 1700+
> Least Sandpiper - 13
> BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - 1
> Pectoral Sandpiper - 35
> Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2
> Western Sandpiper - 13
> SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2
> Wilson's Phalarope - 1300+
> Red-necked Phalarope - 15
> Spotted Sandpiper - 1
> Solitary Sandpiper - 1
> Greater Yellowlegs - 3
> Lesser Yellowlegs - 800+
>
> After this we headed toward the west side of the reservoir, stopping at
> the wooded area (cottonwoods and tamarisks) at 38.086403,-103.009328 where
> we found a Great Horned Owl, a Barn Owl, 2 BELL'S VIREOS (rare in Bent), a
> Dickcissel, several Willow Flycatchers, and some other passerine migrants.
>
> Below the dam at Lake Hasty we found a total of 56 Black Terns and an
> oversummering Ring-necked Duck. In the campground we located a BALTIMORE
> ORIOLE, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a Virginia's Warbler, an Olive-sided
> Flycatcher, 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos and some other passerine migrants.
>
> Our two eBird lists from the day can be found below:
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S93860957
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S93859084
>
>
> On day 2, Sunday, the initial plan was to bird other reservoirs in
> southeastern Colorado but the nearly once-in-a-lifetime situation at John
> Martin Reservoir provided that we bird the same area again. We followed
> almost exactly the same route but spent more time checking eastern parts of
> John Martin Reservoir that we hadn't checked the day before. This produced
> Forster's Terns and a single Least Tern in its winter form, species we
> didn't see the day before. For shorebirds, we had:
> American Avocet - 250+
> Snowy Plover - 1
> Semipalmated Plover - 6
> Piping Plover - 2
> Killdeer - 22
> Upland Sandpiper - 1 (flyover)
> Marbled Godwit - 14
> RED KNOT - 1
> Stilt Sandpiper - 200+
> Sanderling - 7
> Baird's Sandpiper - 1700+
> Least Sandpiper - 19
> Pectoral Sandpiper - 35
> Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2
> Western Sandpiper - 20
> SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2
> Wilson's Phalarope - 1000+
> Red-necked Phalarope - 15
> Solitary Sandpiper - 1
> Willet - 5
> Lesser Yellowlegs - 1100+
>
> eBird checklists: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93936483
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S93923552
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S93923488
>
> As you can see, despite a powerful cold front that moved through most of
> the state the night of Saturday-Sunday, many of the shorebirds we had on
> Saturday continued on Sunday, including the Red Knot and Short-billed
> Dowitchers. The front seemed to have pushed many migrating passerines on
> without replacing them however, as we had almost none in places we had many
> the day before.
>
> On both days we witnessed incredible shorebird diversity and numbers, with
> species such as Red-necked Phalaropes, Wilson's Phalaropes, Lesser
> Yellowlegs, Baird's Sandpipers, and occasionally others feeding almost
> directly below our feet from the cliffs at the aforementioned position, and
> displays of synchronous flocks being scattered through the air as the three
> present Peregrine Falcons would test their hand (or talon) at sandpiper
> breakfast. Our shorebird diversity consisted of 22 species on Saturday and
> 22 species on Sunday, making a grand total of 25 species over both days. We
> had 30 total species in the order Charadriiformes, including Least Tern,
> Black Tern, Forster's Tern, Ring-billed Gull and California Gull.
>
>
> - David Tonnessen, Joan and Tim Grant, Cinnamon Bergamon, Helen Butts, and
> Edward Landi
>
>
> David Tonnessen
> Boulder, CO
>
>
>
>
> --
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
> * All posts should be 

[cobirds] CFO Shorebird Field Trip Report Bent County

[David Tønnessen]

Hello birders,

This is a late post due to my schedule but over the weekend of 8/28 - 8/29,
five of us were out on each day birding John Martin Reservoir and
surrounding area thanks to the Colorado Field Ornithologists initiating
field trips as part of their ongoing shorebird theme. The mission here
ended in outstanding success.

On Saturday, we started scoping on the cliffs at 38.0746409, -103.0133372
at around 7 am, which overlooks a large portion of the mudflat-turned
northwest shore and even features a sizeable puddle directly below the
cliffs where many of the shorebirds would cycle through. Highlights from
this vantage point included:
Black Tern - 6
Black-necked Stilt - 2
American Avocet - 240+
Semipalmated Plover - 2
Piping Plover - 1
Killdeer - 18
Marbled Godwit - 9
RED KNOT - 1
Stilt Sandpiper - 45
Sanderling - 6
Baird's Sandpiper - 1700+
Least Sandpiper - 13
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 35
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2
Western Sandpiper - 13
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2
Wilson's Phalarope - 1300+
Red-necked Phalarope - 15
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 800+

After this we headed toward the west side of the reservoir, stopping at the
wooded area (cottonwoods and tamarisks) at 38.086403,-103.009328 where we
found a Great Horned Owl, a Barn Owl, 2 BELL'S VIREOS (rare in Bent), a
Dickcissel, several Willow Flycatchers, and some other passerine migrants.

Below the dam at Lake Hasty we found a total of 56 Black Terns and an
oversummering Ring-necked Duck. In the campground we located a BALTIMORE
ORIOLE, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a Virginia's Warbler, an Olive-sided
Flycatcher, 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos and some other passerine migrants.

Our two eBird lists from the day can be found below:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S93860957
https://ebird.org/checklist/S93859084


On day 2, Sunday, the initial plan was to bird other reservoirs in
southeastern Colorado but the nearly once-in-a-lifetime situation at John
Martin Reservoir provided that we bird the same area again. We followed
almost exactly the same route but spent more time checking eastern parts of
John Martin Reservoir that we hadn't checked the day before. This produced
Forster's Terns and a single Least Tern in its winter form, species we
didn't see the day before. For shorebirds, we had:
American Avocet - 250+
Snowy Plover - 1
Semipalmated Plover - 6
Piping Plover - 2
Killdeer - 22
Upland Sandpiper - 1 (flyover)
Marbled Godwit - 14
RED KNOT - 1
Stilt Sandpiper - 200+
Sanderling - 7
Baird's Sandpiper - 1700+
Least Sandpiper - 19
Pectoral Sandpiper - 35
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2
Western Sandpiper - 20
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2
Wilson's Phalarope - 1000+
Red-necked Phalarope - 15
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Willet - 5
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1100+

eBird checklists: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93936483
https://ebird.org/checklist/S93923552
https://ebird.org/checklist/S93923488

As you can see, despite a powerful cold front that moved through most of
the state the night of Saturday-Sunday, many of the shorebirds we had on
Saturday continued on Sunday, including the Red Knot and Short-billed
Dowitchers. The front seemed to have pushed many migrating passerines on
without replacing them however, as we had almost none in places we had many
the day before.

On both days we witnessed incredible shorebird diversity and numbers, with
species such as Red-necked Phalaropes, Wilson's Phalaropes, Lesser
Yellowlegs, Baird's Sandpipers, and occasionally others feeding almost
directly below our feet from the cliffs at the aforementioned position, and
displays of synchronous flocks being scattered through the air as the three
present Peregrine Falcons would test their hand (or talon) at sandpiper
breakfast. Our shorebird diversity consisted of 22 species on Saturday and
22 species on Sunday, making a grand total of 25 species over both days. We
had 30 total species in the order Charadriiformes, including Least Tern,
Black Tern, Forster's Tern, Ring-billed Gull and California Gull.


- David Tonnessen, Joan and Tim Grant, Cinnamon Bergamon, Helen Butts, and
Edward Landi


David Tonnessen
Boulder, CO

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 

Re: [cobirds] Sound ID

[l p]

 in the past i was able to record bird song using the merlin app  or 
birdnet app on my Samsung phone, send the recording to my email and 
ultimately attach the bird ID recording to an ebird checklist accessed on 
my desktop computer.   recently,  for some reason, the  apps capture the 
bird song, and ID the bird, however,  when i finally attach to checklist  
there is virtually no sound recording -   i.e., the attachment works, but 
the  checklist media recording  is so quiet it is worthless.i recall a 
youtube video by CFO (i think)  for the Merlin app, although i can't 
locate it.   can somebody please send me the link for the youtube video?  
or a link to a good youtube video about this topic.   maybe i can get this 
straightened out on my own without too much back and forth and people's 
time.   

and to be fair, for this particular ID task, the birdnet app, although 
'clunky',  did work better than Merlin, although Merlin has now really 
improved the sound ID feature. 

technology: all microphones and speakers are turned up to full volume, 
fyi.  

lastly,  I don't keep checklists on my phone, i just don't have the 
accurate field ID skills, so, I do it old fashioned way;i keep a 
notepad list and take lots of photos in the field, then at home work on 
bird ID, and finally process the checklist (species and media) from my  
desktop.   

thanks
linda purcell 

On Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 2:42:36 PM UTC-6 Nathan Pieplow wrote:

> It's true that Merlin Sound ID will get better with time. Right now it 
> only recognizes 458 species. It's also likely to work better with songs 
> than with calls, and it works better when you are in an area with cell 
> service. If you have no service, it can't check its list of suggestions 
> against what's expected to be in your area at that time.
>
> And Chuck is right to recommend thinking of it as "Merlin Sound 
> Suggestions." In fact, the word the Merlin team uses for the bird names 
> that pop up is "predictions." 
>
>
> https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/2021/06/22/behind-the-scenes-of-sound-id-in-merlin/
>
> But it is a pretty cool feat of coding, and I highly recommend getting out 
> and testing it for yourself. 
>
> Nathan Pieplow
> Boulder
>
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 1:37 PM Charles Hundertmark  
> wrote:
>
>> Here’s what Merlin folks offer as a feedback route:
>>
>> "If you’ve tried Sound ID in Merlin, we’d love to hear about your 
>> experience. You can get in touch on Twitter, where the Macaulay Library is 
>> @MacaulayLibrary ."
>>
>> I’ve avoided Twitter, so doesn’t work for me.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Gary Brower  wrote:
>>
>> Chip, Jeff, Charles, et al,
>>
>> Thanks for the great info on the backgrounds of BirdNet and Merlin. I 
>> know that these will get better in time. 
>>
>> Is there a way to let the Merlin-ites know of the false/problematic ID of 
>> the Pine Warbler (in my case), so that they can use that feedback to tweak 
>> things in subsequent releases?
>>
>> Gary Brower
>> Unincorporated Arapahoe County
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2021, at 12:45 PM, Chip Clouse  wrote:
>>
>> I ran into Andrew Spencer and Nathan Pieplow out on the Pawnee a 
>> couple of weeks ago and Andrew basically said (if I understood correctly) 
>> that Birdnet and Merlin were different teams of Cornell etc. researchers 
>> working on the same question separately. He said Merlin should be more 
>> accurate than Birdnet and will also get better with time. It only 
>> recognizes a limited number of species currently and I've had it suggest 
>> crazy things way out of range. Eventually it will be amazing and I'm 
>> already impressed.
>>
>> Chip Clouse
>> Erie, CO
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 12:37 PM Gary Brower  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Jeff.
>>>
>>> I used Bird Net too, before Merlin.  I agree about Merlin’s interface 
>>> being a lot more user-friendly.I wasn’t sure how to do the upload, 
>>> though, so your email was helpful.
>>>
>>> BirdNet says Dark-Eyed Junco, with Chipping Sparrow second, and 
>>> Flammulated Owl third.  I’ll go with DEJU!
>>>
>>> Interesting, that BirdNet was (is?) associated with Cornell, too . . . 
>>> and that they’d give such different results!
>>>
>>> Gary Brower
>>> Unincorporated Arapahoe County
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 10, 2021, at 9:24 AM, Jeff Percell  wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been using the Merlin Bird Sound app since it was first released in 
>>> beta. I've found that while it's amazing, I've also seen several false IDs, 
>>> particularly when there is some background noise such as wind. 
>>>
>>> You also might try to upload the audio here, which is the API behind 
>>> Bird NET, which is an app I was using prior to Merlin (which I've now 
>>> switched over to Merlin because it's a lot more user friendly).
>>>
>>> https://birdnet.cornell.edu/api/
>>>
>>> Also, you might upload your sound somewhere that makes it a little 
>>> easier for others to view, such as an 

[cobirds] Gulls/Fort Collins

[nat....@gmail.com]

Hello everyone,

I've been seeing a type of gull fly over SE Fort Collins for a few nights 
in a row now. They're heading south, and seem to be eating insects or 
something higher up (can't get a good look at them). Does anyone know what 
they are? I'm guessing they're migrating south somewhere?

Thanks!
N

-- 
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird 
species and location in the subject line when appropriate
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/
--- 
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 view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/96b52576-68b3-4cfc-8ee4-ab1bad81e1f1n%40googlegroups.com.