Re: [cobirds] Lake Henry sandpiper

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

I disagree with Rock Sandpiper. There is far too much bright yellow
(orange) on the bill and the legs are brighter than any photos of Rock
Sandpipers I have seen. This bird looks like Purple Sandpipers I have seen
in the UK..Also, Rock Sandpipers have  more markings below.
Bez Bezuidenhout
Aurora, Co.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 4:26 PM Nicholas Komar  wrote:

> I think the yellowish legs and pale gray color of the nape along with the
> pale underwings favor Rock Sandpiper. If accepted as such by the Colorado
> Bird Records Committee,,I believe this would be new for the Colorado State
> list. Nice catch Joey. Future observers should obtain audio recordings as
> well as they may support the identification.
>
> Nick Komar
> Fort Collins
>
> On Oct 7, 2022, at 1:47 PM, Joey Kellner  wrote:
>
> 
>
> COBIRDERS,
>
>
>
> I’ve attached a number of photos showing different views/angles of the
> PURPLE/ROCK SANDPIPER.  The very pale underwings and thick, white
> upperwing seem consistent with Rock Sandpiper (however I do not know
> about immature plumages of Purple Sandpiper).  The bill and leg color and
> the overall face pattern look better for Purple Sandpiper.
>
>
>
> Purple Sandpiper is more likely distribution-wise, but “birds have wings”.
>
>
>
> Perhaps someone can forward the below link to Paul Lehmann since he has
> extensive experience with Rock Sandpipers in juv. and imm. Plumages.
>
>
>
> Below is the link…you all can view and consult various references.
>
>
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S120137387
>
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>
> Joey Kellner
>
> Littleton, Colorado
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Re: [cobirds] TBKI MESA

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

4:38pm, TBKI Sill here.
Bez Bezuidenhout
Arapahoe County.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 3:03 PM Cole Sage  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> TBKI is still present around the pond as of 2:45.
>
> Cole Sage
> www.birdsonthewing.com
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> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:30 AM Nathan Pieplow 
> wrote:
>
>> I am just leaving the scene of the Thick-billed Kingbird near Mack. The
>> bird was found yesterday by Linda Chittum and Ada Jones. Yesterday it was
>> mostly hanging out near the east end of Q 3/4 Road, at the top of the hill
>> where the cottonwoods canopy crosses the road. Today it has been hanging
>> out mostly a quarter mile west, around the farmer's pond on the north side
>> of the road. It calls occasionally and sits mostly on exposed perches, both
>> close to and far from the road. Good luck to anyone who chases this
>> spectacular rarity.
>>
>> Nathan Pieplow
>> Boulder
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 10:50 AM Brandon  wrote:
>>
>>> When cobirds started and for many years after, rare birds in Colorado
>>> were always posted right away on cobirds.  Now it is best to have hourly
>>> ebird alerts for Colorado coming to your email to hear about more
>>> rarities.  This rarity is Colorado's 4th ever Thick-billed Kingbird found
>>> near Mack, by Grand Junction area birders yesterday morning and seen by
>>> many western slope birders throughout the day yesterday.
>>>
>>> Brandon K. Percival
>>> Pueblo West, CO
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 10:34 AM Mary Kay Waddington <
>>> waddingto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 How about a little more info for those of us who may not have seen the
 original email?  Like, where? (Mesa is a large county)  and What? (had to
 spend 10 min. finding what bird the code stood for.). Thanks.

 Mary Kay Waddington

 On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 9:46 AM Luke Pheneger 
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> still here
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Re: [cobirds] Updates on the Boulder Ibis?

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

FYI. The ibis is currently on the north side of the island on pond 3.
Bez Bezuidenhout
Arapahoe County.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 12:34 PM  wrote:

> Thank you to everyone who responded – I was successful in finding the
> white ibis. Exactly as advertised, five stars!
>
> Eric DeFonso
> near Lyons, CO
> Sent from the Aether
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> > On Jun 4, 2022, at 11:54 AM, William H Kaempfer <
> william.kaemp...@colorado.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > No news on WHIB in Boulder from me, although I did see three or four
> today near by home--in Safety Florida.  Well, I see them just about every
> day when I'm here.
> >
> > Your finch song article was great--I've enjoyed all of your pieces and
> let Peter know that.  It made me think that you might want to try vireos at
> some point in the future.  I know there are only the two common front range
> breeders, but Red-eyed, Gray, and Bells are state breeders, too.
> >
> > I'm just back from a trip to Tawas Point, Michigan where Merlin kept
> identifying 2/3 note vireos as alternately Red-eyed and Philadelphia.  I
> don't think I put down more than one Philly that I didn't also see.
> >
> > There are a couple of other interesting twists with vireos, too.  One is
> difference in song in recently split species (like the Solitaries) or
> potentially split species (like Warbling).  Another is difference in
> loudness--to me Red-eyed always seems gentle and soft spoken where as
> Yellow-throated is loud and Yellow-green is really loud.  And then there
> are the alarm calls.  When birders are pishing I think we are really
> mimicking a Yellow-throated or Blue-headed or Red-eyed's alarm call,
> whether we know it or not.
> >
> > Just something for you to consider.
> >
> > Bill
> > Safety Harbor, FL
> >
> > -Original Message-
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> > Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2022 11:35 AM
> > To: Colorado Birds 
> > Subject: [cobirds] Updates on the Boulder Ibis?
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> > If anyone has updates on the White ibis in Boulder today, please let me
> know. I’m currently driving back to the area after being away for nearly a
> month. Thank you!
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> > Eric DeFonso
> > near Lyons, CO
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Re: [cobirds] Unknown juv bird

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

Merlin “says” Purple Martin or Starling, I disagree.  Bill shape IMO is
that of a Rock Pigeon. I don’t think it is a nightjar, bill is wrong for
that too.
Bez Bezuidenhout
Arapahoe County.

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 8:09 PM Ira Sanders  wrote:

> Birders
> Does anyone know or have a good guess what this is? Found at Cherry Creek
> SP.
> Grackle?
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Re: [cobirds] Black-billed Cuckoo, July 16, 2021, Elbert County

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

Thanks for the information.  I did go down there today. Nothing seen.
Further to that though, I just want to let everyone know that this spot is
actually on Private Property and should you go there, per the land owner,
view from the road.

Bez Bezuidenhout

Arapahoe County.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 2:29 PM Mel Goff  wrote:

> A Black-billed Cuckoo was reported yesterday by Cecile Lee near the
> cemetery on the north edge of the town of Elbert – oddly enough in Elbert
> county.
>
> Jeanne and I headed that way with low expectations, but high hopes. It was
> eleven years ago that we had traveled to Weld county’s Norma’s Grove in
> search of this species. We did not find the bird, but did have our first
> opportunity to meet Ira Sanders.
>
> Today we found the bird in the trees on the east side of North Elbert
> Highway across from the intersection with CR-102. We parked in a large
> pull-off area and walked to the fence on the east edge of the property -
> about 100 yards in from the road. It took some time before we heard the
> bird call and then we located it in the trees at mid-level. Fairly large
> bird with black bill, long tail, dark back and white stomach. We could not
> ID an eye ring. Tail spots seemed smaller than the YBCU we are used to
> seeing in Colorado. Call seemed to match recording on Sibley app.
>
> Because of all the rain, the grass and weeds are quite high in this
> location, so long pants are recommended. Of course, I was wearing shorts!
>
> Good birding, all.
>
> Mel Goff
> Colorado Springs
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Re: [cobirds] Sound ID

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

I think that it is actually well done. I have used it on recorded songs,
and they have come out spot on, The very best part is it actually picks up
songs of several birds that may be singing, and even picks up sounds that
my ears did not  hear. It will give you suggestions of all the birds it
"hears".

Bez Bezuidenhout
Arapahoe County

On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 2:42 PM 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 <
> chundertma...@gmail.com> 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 eBird checklist (which as the ID is
>>> in question, upload it as Passerine sp. initially).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jeff Percell
>>> Weld County
>>>
>>> On Friday, July 9, 2021 at 7:52:32 PM UTC-6 grb...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
 COBirders,

 Yesterday, I participated in David Hallock’s Indian Peaks Breeding Bird
 Count. My “area” was the Woodland Lake Trail (accessed from Hessie
 Trailhead, near Nederland). I kept hearing a bird that I couldn’t quite
 identify. It didn’t sound quite like a Chipping Sparrow or Dark-eyed Junco,
 so I thought I’d try the new Merlin Bird Sound app (which is amazing, I
 must say). Without hesitation, or providing any other suggestions, it
 identified the sound/bird as a Pine Warbler. Since eBird designates that
 bird as “rare”, I don’t want to say that that’s what it was, solely on the
 basis of the call.

 I have a recording that I’m happy to share, if someone would like to
 help me (and Merlin) make the right (pardon the pun) “call”.

 Thanks so much!

 Gary Brower
 

[cobirds] WWCR

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

I have the bird at 820 Estes St

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Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake Sunday

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

I have seen meadowlarks in all months of the year.
I think they do migrate but ours move south and are replaced by birds from
the north.
Attached are the summer and winter ebird maps.

Bez Bezuidenhout
Arapahoe County

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 5:04 PM Diana Beatty  wrote:

> I think two years ago on my area of the Colorado Springs CBC I came across
> a flock of 14 Western Meadowlarks together in one tree.  I was not used to
> seeing them all together like that.
>
> Diana Beatty
> El Paso County
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM 'Larry Modesitt' via Colorado Birds <
> cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> I see a few on Christmas Bird Counts, and during the winter. So it
>> appears that the information you received is accurate. Some do and some
>> don’t!
>>
>> Or maybe all do, and the ones in our area, Barr Lake for example, had
>> migrated from farther north.
>>
>> In any case, they aren’t as likely to be perched on top of a mullein,
>> singing their hearts out, and that will make them more difficult to detect.
>>
>> Larry Modesitt
>> Arvada
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Dave Cameron  wrote:
>>
>> Two different people now have asked me whether Western Meadowlark
>> migrates, or if it stays all winter and is simply quieter.
>>
>> I personally never see them in winter, so I looked it up, and found
>> this:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Meadowlark/maps-range#,
>> which basically says that they do, and also that they do not, migrate.  It
>> references birds that migrate off breeding grounds, as well as some who
>> don't; birds at higher elevations that move downhill in winter, etc.
>> Although this info is not Colorado-specific.  They do show purple on the
>> range map, implying year-round presence, if not necessarily of all of the
>> same birds.  So, yes!  Any insight as to our locals would be enlightening.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 11:04:12 AM UTC-7 Dave Cameron wrote:
>>
>>> Slightly late report... On Sunday the 6th, at Barr Lake SP:
>>>
>>> A good flock (20 or so) American Tree Sparrows
>>> 5,000 or so Common Merganser
>>> Possibly double that many geese, including Canada, Cackling and TWO
>>> Ross' Geese
>>> 150-200 Am. White Pelicans.  The previously mentioned swan that was
>>> associating with them was not seen.
>>> 10-15 Bald Eagles
>>> Quite a few Pintails and Mallards, scattered throughout
>>> 2 very late Western Meadowlarks
>>> 2 Kestrels
>>> 2 Pheasant
>>>
>>> Dave Cameron
>>> Denver
>>>
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[cobirds] El Paso Varied Thrush - Yes

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Seen at the bridge just before 9 am

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Re: [cobirds] Roger Linfield

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I echo what everyone has said about Roger.  A really good man. The few
times our paths crossed were memorable to me. The first being at the crux
of summiting Mt Wilson. He made sure that I got up the crux and down
safely.
Condolences to Brenda and all family!
Bez Bezuidenhout
Arapahoe County.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 9:55 AM Larry Modesitt 
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> Colorado has lost a great one, as Roger Linfield yesterday lost an
> eight-month battle to cancer. He rose to the top (literally and
> figuratively) in many fields. Birders and Peak-baggers know him as the
> seventh person in the Fourteener/400 Club, reached after he climbed all of
> the 14,000’ peaks and saw 400 birds in Colorado. His name sits at the top
> of listers for such varied counties as Phillips and Clear Creek. Prior to
> peak-bagging, he was one of the nation’s top rock climbers, and he was a
> valued leader for the Colorado Mountain Club. After all of those exploits,
> Roger became interested kayaking. Many of these activities were shared with
> his wife, Brenda, who was a key board member of Colorado Field
> Ornithologists and joined Roger in the Fourteener/400 Club. For NASA’s
> Joint Propulsion Laboratory, then later at Ball Aerospace that brought him
> to Colorado, he was Dr. Roger Linfield, a celebrated astronomer. Roger led
> many of us on a remarkable trail of accomplishment, togetherness, and
> inspiration. I cherish the times we spent together, and I value what he
> taught me. He will be missed greatly—by many.
>
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[cobirds] White-eyed Vireo

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Bird in Castlewood Canyon still present, down stream from where Myron
reported it.
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[cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler - Main Reservoir

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Michael Lester re-found the bird. Was still around at 7:50am.

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Yes, you can count the Pink-footed Goose (etc.)

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Just wondering?  I don’t know when the Arizona Baikal Teal got onto their list, 
could it be the same bird?

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> On Feb 4, 2019, at 7:51 PM, Joey Kellner  wrote:
> 
> 
> Interesting thing about the Baikal Teal that few people know about.  After 
> the CBRC voted on the bird, additional information was received by the CBRC.  
> Seems the small creek the bird was initially seen on (before the bird made it 
> to Bear Creek) runs through the property of a woman that maintained exotic 
> birds!  Birders continued to watch the teal as it was located time and again 
> further downstream along Bear Creek...it was escaping!  All this came to 
> light when months later two birders found her escaped Trumpeter Swan!  Like 
> the teal the swan was also unbanded and had both its halluxes (hind toes) 
> intact.  She refused to answer any questions (or even thank the birders that 
> found her "lost swan").
> 
> "Now you know the rest of the story."  - Paul Harvey
> 
> Joey.
> 
> Joey Kellner
> Littleton, Colorado
> 
>> On Monday, February 4, 2019 at 11:02:18 AM UTC-7, Ted Floyd wrote:
>> Hey, all.
>> 
>> I'm writing here in official ABA (American Birding Association) capacity.
>> 
>> Andy Bankert's interpretation is correct. I have confirmed this with the 
>> chair of the ABA Recording Standards & Ethics Committee. As long as the bird 
>> is on the ABA Checklist, you may count it for your ABA list. Thus, the Weld 
>> County Pink-footed and Barnacle geese may be counted for your ABA list. Note 
>> that you are not compelled to do so. The decision is based on your own 
>> personal assessment of the birds' statuses. Which can lead to some 
>> interesting dilemmas, two of which I briefly describe below.
>> 
>> 1. Two birders discovered a White-cheeked Pintail in Florida and, 
>> interestingly, it was a prospective milestone for both. (Definitely #800 for 
>> one birder, #750 as I recall for the other.) At the time the species was on 
>> both the ABA and the Florida lists. So it was countable. However, one of the 
>> birders wasn't satisfactorily persuaded that the bird was a natural vagrant; 
>> so he didn't count it. This is okay! It was the exact same bird; the 
>> identification was not in question; and the bird counted for one birder's 
>> list but not the other's. The two birders are still friends. Life goes on.
>> 
>> 2. A glorious Smew near St. Louis delighted birders in the winter of 
>> 1999-2000. Some of us saw that very bird. Including Yours Truly. But here's 
>> the rather interesting thing. The bird was seen on both sides (Missouri and 
>> Illinois) of the Mississippi River, with one state's committee accepting the 
>> record and other rejecting it. We are talking about the same bird! Accepted 
>> by one committee, rejected by the other. Missouri and Illinois birders are 
>> still friends. Life goes on.
>> 
>> Back to the Weld County geese. You are 100% allowed to count them for your 
>> ABA list--right now, without waiting for the records committee. You are also 
>> 100% allowed to exclude one or both species from your list. If the Colorado 
>> Bird Records Committee accepts, say, the Pink-footed Goose, you are *still* 
>> 100% allowed to exclude the species from your list--for example, if you feel 
>> that the bird was not satisfactorily demonstrated to be a natural vagrant.
>> 
>> Okay, that's the end of my official response. The rest is my own personal 
>> opinion.
>> 
>> The moral of this story, if you ask me is this: There are two kinds of 
>> people in this world, those who can accept ambiguity and uncertainty in 
>> life, and those whose heads explode. I, personally, delight in the diverse, 
>> and sometimes incompatible, approaches we bring to birding. Some folks don't 
>> count heard-only, exotic, and Hawaiian birds for the personal lists; that 
>> truly doesn't bother me. One listing authority (the ABA) excludes the 
>> Mexican Duck from its list, but another (eBird) not; that doesn't bother me, 
>> either. And some folks have cheerfully ticked the Weld County Pink-footed 
>> Goose off their bird lists, whilst others are taking a wait-and-see 
>> attitude; and that, too, is perfectly fine with me.
>> 
>> My take, which doesn't have to be yours, is that birds are cool and that I'm 
>> inclined to err on the side of inclusivity when it comes to counting birds 
>> for my personal list. Even feral peafowl. (By the way, the Indian Peafowl 
>> was recently added to the ABA Checklist. I'm just saying.) And as with the 
>> Florida pintail and Missouri/Illinois Smew: We're still friends; life goes 
>> on.
>> 
>> Ted Floyd
>> Lafayette, Boulder County
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Re: [cobirds] Re: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Rocky mountain lakes Park - Denver Co

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Still in same spot now. 

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> On Jan 5, 2019, at 3:29 PM, Burke Angstman  wrote:
> 
> Seen at noon in the same tree.
> 
> Burke Angstman
> Lakewood
> 
>> On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 10:36:31 AM UTC-7, PH Stoltz wrote:
>> 
>> Refound again this morning (Sat Jan 5) at 10am.  Same tree as described by 
>> Ira (you'll see two white trash cans near that tree as another landmark). 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 10:58:19 AM UTC-7, Ira Sanders wrote:
>>> Birders
>>> Just refound the yellow-bellied sapsucker in the first pine tree southeast 
>>> of the tennis courts. 
>>> Ira Sanders
>>> Golden
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Re: [cobirds] Re: Gyr Tomorrow

[Arthur Bezuidenhout]

I would agree with Carl. I arrived about 11:30, about a 1/4 miles west of
Taft Hill Rd and the facon came to the folks waiting there. I have read
other reports that appeared to have the same "happy" result.

Bez Bezuidenhout
Lakewood , Co

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 7:22 PM Carl Bendorf  wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I hope others will chime in with better advice but my sense (having been
> there a couple of times and watching all the postings) is that the better
> bet is to perhaps park on Trilby west of Taft Hill (I don't know, maybe
> half a mile in?) and waiting.  The falcon seems to really like perching on
> the tallest (brown metal) power line poles but also on lower perches either
> north or south of Trilby.  The sightings at the landfill itself seem to
> have been irregular, unpredictable quick fly-bys whereas the Trilby Road
> sightings are of the bird perching sometimes for more than an hour.  You
> probably also have seen the recent postings about the bird also being seen
> perched EAST of Taft Hill Rd or even a ways south on Taft Hill (but very
> hard to park along Taft Hill itself.)  I think being there at first light
> would be good as there do seem to be early morning sightings.
>
> The day I was there, we were able to enter the landfill itself by telling
> the person at the entry booth that we were "just birders" and she knew all
> about the rare bird and waved us on in.  Once headed in (follow the big
> dump trucks) there should be a person in a reflective vest who you should
> check in with and ask where it would be OK to park.  But again, at that
> point, you are waiting for a quick fly-by it seems.
>
> You CAN see the landfill (with all the loafing/scavenging gulls) from
> Trilby but it's a long ways off.  I saw the gulls all get up several times
> and hoped it meant the falcon was present but those were false alarms so
> the gulls do seem to just all get up once in a while and then settle back
> down all on their own.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Carl Bendorf
> Longmont CO
> https://coloradobirdingadventures.com/
>
> On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 6:58:40 PM UTC-7, John Facchini wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am an out of town birder who will have a shot tomorrow to search for
>> the Gyrfalcon.  This would be a most desired lifer for me.  I have been
>> reviewing the posts (thanks all!) and am curious what the best strategy
>> would be to try and respectfully see this bird tomorrow.  Is it just
>> driving Taft and Trilby Roads or does the Recycling plant allow birders
>> access?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> John Facchini
>> San Francisco - formerly of Denver
>>
>> Also - any updates tomorrow would be greatly appreciated
>> My phone is (201) 805-5151 - I plan on  being in the area at first light
>> through early afternoon unless it makes an early appearance and let's me go
>> on a wild goose chase.
>>
>>
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Re: [cobirds] Gyrfalcon/Larimer-YES

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Anyone have Peter Burke’s number?
Thanks

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> On Dec 14, 2018, at 2:08 PM, robert beauchamp  wrote:
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> Gyrfalcon was being seen by a group of birders at 1:45 p.m. today. On a power 
> pole along the western portion of Trilby road. At 2 p.m. it flew Southward 
> towards Coyote Ridge Reservoir parking area 
> Robert Beauchamp 
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Re: [cobirds] Gyrfalcon/Larimer-YES

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Anyone find a misplaced Nikon P900 at the Gyrfalcon spot, please email me!

Getting old and forgetful!

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> Gyrfalcon was being seen by a group of birders at 1:45 p.m. today. On a power 
> pole along the western portion of Trilby road. At 2 p.m. it flew Southward 
> towards Coyote Ridge Reservoir parking area 
> Robert Beauchamp 
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Re: [cobirds] Blackburnian Warbler - Longmont Saturday in the Snow

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Re-found it in the trees described by Karl this morning at 8:57

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> On Nov 17, 2018, at 8:35 AM, Bryan Guarente  wrote:
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> Still present saturday morning 8am in the Oakwood Cr pines west of staghorn 
> road. It was hanging out with some juncos and a yellow-rumped warbler. 
> 
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Re: [cobirds] Mexican Duck on e-bird

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It would appear so. I have a check list from the San Pedro river in AZ, it 
shows Mexican Duck. However, my life list number has not changed ..yet!
Bez

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> 
> Did Mexican Duck get split from Mallard??  E-bird seems to think so, so I was 
> wondering, if anyone knows for sure, it is all confusing to me.  If it has, 
> then this will be a new species for Colorado, since there have been more and 
> more Mexican Ducks in the state, in the last several years.
> 
> From e-bird's Home Page: If eBird had a subspecies group such as Mallard 
> (Mexican) that was relevant to the new split, then those entries will be 
> upgraded from a subspecies group to the new species (e.g., Mexican Duck). If 
> you did not specify the subspecies, then we try to assign records based on 
> known range and occurrence patterns.  
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