[cobirds] DFO program Monday, February 26 at 7 PM via Zoom

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Join award winning Colorado landscape designer/horiculturalist Jim 
Tolstrup, director of the High Plains Environmental Center, for a 
presentation on the relationship between native plants and wildlife. 
Tolstrup is the author of Suburbitat: A Guide to Restoring Nature Where We 
Live, Work, and Play. 

Register on the Upcoming Programs page 
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[cobirds] Last DFO program of the year on Nov 27 at 7 PM via Zoom

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Denver Field Ornithologists presents *Wildlife, Wetlands and the Everglades 
*on Monday, November 27 at 7 PM (MST). Lauren Jonaitis and Stephanie 
Clements from Tropical Audubon Society will share the rich history and 
science about one of America's iconic landscapes in this engaging webinar. 
Join us to learn about the birds and other wildlife who depend on 
Everglades habitats. Register on the DFO website 
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everyone.

Sharon Tinianow

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Possible CAQU at Browns Park

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Why are people using these 4-letter codes lately on CoBirds? I thought the rules are to use the  full name of the bird species.  Not everyone has these codes memorized. Also, please, everyone, include location and county.Respectfully,Sharon NorfleetLouisvilleBoulder CountySent from my iPadOn Jun 28, 2023, at 6:11 PM, Donna Stumpp  wrote:The CAQU was approved this morning. I wanted to share out the enhanced recording so others could hear it. There are two recordings - one of the single call which I have in my recording but improved, and one where the improved single recorded call is repeated 5 times so you get a better sense of it.Single call enhanced - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PpxXU63Ee_gKNrqvAFTkccwfxJ3brDrt/view?usp=drive_linkSingle recorded call repeated 5 times - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SOV1LwTdZHftUqLaXDBjljvO_t3DmjWT/view?usp=drive_linkDonna StumppWeld County, COOn Monday, June 26, 2023 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-6 Donna Stumpp wrote:I was at Brown's Park NWR in NW CO last Wednesday and heard a quail. I am seeking input and guidance on evaluating this recording to determine if it is indeed a CAQU, or simply a talented YBCH.I heard it just west of the Swinging Bridge Campground near the trail. There is a pond on the north side of that trail, and it was just north of that. I walked north along the hillside on the east side of the pond, hoping to get closer and get a better recording, and maybe even a sighting, but the one call is all I have.The shape of the call aligns with a CAQU, and I counted 8 YBCH in the area. I have attached the recording. The quail sound is at the 22 second mark.At the recommendation of a very experienced birder friend, I've added the bird and the recording to my eBird list. You can hear it here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S142299120If there is consensus here that it may be a quail, I will submit it to the records committee.Donna StumppWeld County, CO



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[cobirds] Denver Field Ornithologists monthly program tonight at 7 PM!

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DFO presents "Birdsong and Habitats: updates from DFO-funded avian 
research" via Zoom webinar Monday, April 24 at 7 PM. Register here: 
https://dfobirds.org/Programs.aspx
You will receive a link to the Zoom webinar. 

Two researchers will share their work. Leah Crenshaw is a grasslands 
researcher and master's student at the University of Northern Colorado. She 
is analyzing grassland birdsong to determine the effect of the build 
environment on breeding success. 

Olivia Taylor is a student researcher at the University of Colorado 
Boulder. Her work measures the effects of geographic isolation on 
differences in song between populations of Black-capped Chickadees as a 
means to understand how isolation influences birdsong evolution. 

As always, this program is free and open to all. This is the last Zoom 
webinar of DFO's annual cycle. Programs will resume in August. 

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[cobirds] Denver Field Ornithologists monthly program March 27 at 7 PM

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DFO presents:
*How Historical Redlining Led Denver's Cooper's Hawks to Live Where They 
Do *on Monday, March 27 at 7 p.m. (MST). Raptor biologist Alyssa Davidge 
will explore the remarkable adaptation of  this species to urban 
environments and ask how segregationist practices of the past, like 
redlining, impact wildlife. 

Davidge is a second year master's student in the CU Denver Integrative 
Biology Department. She has extensive ornithology experience including work 
with the Peregrine Fund, the Conservation Research Institute at the San 
Diego Zoo, HawkWatch International and the Cape May Raptor Banding Project. 

You must register in advance for this program on the Upcoming Programs 
page of the DFO website. As always, 
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[cobirds] DFO presents hawk ID program March 1

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Join DFO and nationally known photographer, videographer and educator Josh 
Haas on Wednesday, March 1 for *Hawks on the Wing: seeing beyond the field 
marks for flight-based identification*. The program starts at 6:30 PM (MST) 
and will feature video, as well as side-by-side comparisons of the raptor 
species seen during migration at Dinosaur Ridge. This Zoom webinar will be 
sure to help improve your hawk ID skills. Register on the Upcoming Programs 
page <https://dfobirds.org/Programs.aspx> of the DFO website. As always, 
DFO programs are free and open to all. 

Sharon Tinianow
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[cobirds] Denver Field Ornithogists monthly program Feb 27

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DFO presents Greater *Sage Grouse: largest conservation effort in US 
history* on Monday, February 27 at 7 PM (MST). An alarming report suggests 
1.3 billion acres of sagebrush habitat are being lost each year. Join *Daly 
Edmunds*, director of policy and outreach for Audubon of the Rockies, to 
learn about the organization’s Sagebrush Ecosystem Initiative that seeks to 
conserve the high, dry western habitat on which 350 species, including the 
Greater Sage-Grouse, depend.

You must register in advance on the DFO website. Go to www.dfobirds.org and 
select Upcoming Programs. You will be sent a link to the webinar. As 
always, DFO programs are free and open to the public. 

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[cobirds] Re: "Lafayette Birds!"--tomorrow, Sun., Feb. 5, 1pm

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What are "Arby's Nuts"?

On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 4:14:10 PM UTC-7 tedfl...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hey, all.
>
> It's the beginning of the month, so that means it's time for "Lafayette 
> Birds!" We'll get underway tomorrow, Sun., Feb. 5, at 1pm MST at The Shack 
> at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve in Lafayette, Boulder Co. The event, 
> sponsored by the City of Lafayette, is free and open to the public. No RSVP 
> required; just show up. All are welcome--children, families, and 
> curiosity-seekers especially so. We bird in separate small groups that 
> canvas the entire "Greater Greenlee Ecosystem" for birds and other biota. 
> ("Other biota" in Feb. in Lafayette tend to be squirrels and lichens.)
>
> *Bohemian waxwings* are around. If a flock is spotted, we'll initiate the 
> R-cubed (Reisman Rapid Response) maneuver and get all participants to the 
> flock as expeditiously as possible. Also spotted in the past 10 days at 
> Greenlee & vicinity: *greater white-fronted goose, snow goose, hooded 
> merganser, bald eagle, ferruginous hawk, golden eagle, merlin, prairie 
> falcon, bushtits* up the wazoo, *mountain chickadee, "Arby Nuts,"* and 
> *Townsend 
> solitaire.* There are no guarantees in this life, but sightings of the 
> following are guaranteed: *white-crowned sparrow, spotted towhee,* and 
> *red-winged 
> blackbird.* And I guess we won't be looking for the Chinese surveillance 
> balloon anymore... Comet STC (C/2022 E3) actually *was* seen at the 
> preserve a few nights ago, but I digress.
>
> See you tomorrow!
>
> Ted Floyd
> Lafayette, Colorado
>
> P. s. Some comments left on the message board at The Shack:
>
> "I laughed, I cried, it changed my life."
>
> "[This event] is the most fun I've had since the Anner Bylsma recital at 
> Macky Auditorium in 1994."
>
> "The most fun you'll have with your pants on."
>
> "Are the Broncos still in the playoffs?"
>
> "I've heard leaders appreciate it when you ply them with kombucha, donuts, 
> and sushi."
>
> "Is it safe to look at a western tanager?"
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[cobirds] Louisville, Boulder County, Bohemian Waxwings

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Like clockwork, the birds are back. W. Hawthorn Ct. and W. Centennial Drive.

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Bohemian Waxwings, Louisville, Boulder County

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Around 3:30 PM today I was at the mailbox and noticed a large flock of birds 
fly over. They were the right size for Waxwings. So I rushed back to the house 
and told my husband that we needed to take a drive in the neighborhood to the 
north of our house (the heck with the groceries we had just taken into the 
house but hadn’t put away). In just a few minutes we found about 100 Bohemian 
Waxwings in a couple of tall cottonwood trees. They were in the area of 
Centennial Drive and Evans Circle. Anyway, we were very happy to finally have 
them fly over our house while I was out getting mail (having driven all around 
Louisville for an hour on Tuesday looking for them to no avail). Also I new 
yard bird. I count fly overs.

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville
Boulder County

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[cobirds] Title change for DFO program on January 23

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The title of the DFO program on January 23 has been updated. The new title 
is:

Cranes: Ambassadors for Conservation

Everything else about the program is the same. Rich Beilfuss is the 
presenter and the description of the talk is accurate. Hope to "see" you 
there!

Sharon Tinianow

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[cobirds] DFO monthly program resume on January 23 at 7 PM via Zoom

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Join Denver Field Ornithologists on Monday, January 23 at 7 PM for 
International Crane Foundation: 50 Years of Whoopers, Sandhills, and More. 
Rich Beilfuss, foundation president and CEO of the International Crane 
Foundation, is the presenter. He will talk about efforts to conserve cranes 
and the ecosystems, watersheds, and flyways on which they depend through 
partnerships in over 50 countries around the world. 

You must register in advance to attend on the DFO website 
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always, DFO programs are free and open to all. 

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[cobirds] DFO presents: Hawk Watch: looking back and looking forward

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Monday, November 28 at 7 PM MST via Zoom

Register here .

Emma Riley was the full-time hawk counter and daily on-site coordinator 
during the two-month-plus spring 2022 season of DFO’s Hawk Watch program. 
She will speak about national Hawk Watch efforts — where they are and why 
they matter — and present an update on the results and trends for Hawk 
Watch this year on Dinosaur Ridge.

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[cobirds] DFO presents Dave Leatherman, Monday, October 24 at 7 PM

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Join Denver Field Ornithologists for a free webinar via Zoom. Dave 
Leatherman will present, *The Life History of the Best Tree in the World, *at 
7 PM on October 24. Register here 
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attend. You will receive a link to the webinar and reminders to tune in. 
Leatherman, curious birder, expert bugman, exacting photographer and deft 
wordsmith, describes his talk with this riddle:

 “They smell like vanilla, sport dimples in their bark, feed pine beetles, 
house Pygmy Nuthatches, inspired Albert Bierstadt, frame the Front Range, 
fuel ferocious fires and comfort squirrels with tufted ears.”

To find out which tree he means and hear his entertaining defense, you need 
to sign up in advance. His talk will “celebrate the natural history of this 
wonderful tree, featuring the diverse birdlife among its boughs.”

 A veteran of numerous previous DFO presentations, Leatherman served more 
than three decades as the forest entomologist for the Colorado State Forest 
Service (1974-2005). Out of his deep background in insects that draw birds 
into Colorado’s forests, Leatherman has seen 460 avian species in the state 
(and had a part in finding four first state record birds). That’s an 
astounding 89.3 percent of the 515 species ever recorded in Colorado.

Leatherman is the author of “The Hungry Bird” column in *Colorado Birds*, 
the quarterly journal of Colorado Field Ornithologists. He has been 
figuring out what birds for over 35 years. 

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[cobirds] Opportunities to learn hawk identification and conservation

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Denver Field Ornithologists is offering five ways to learn about raptors in 
October and November. On *October 9 *DFO is hosting Nature's Educators in 
person with eight live raptors at the Denver Audubon Center near Chatfield 
State Park from 1-3 PM. Get the details and sign up here 
<https://www.dfobirds.org/Projects/Workshops.aspx> if you are a member of 
DFO. If you are not a member, sign up here 
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hawk-identification-with-natures-educators-tickets-413753045497>.
 
There is a modest cost to attend. 

The following programs are free and offered via Zoom. Members and 
non-members alike can sign up here <https://www.dfobirds.org/Programs.aspx>
. 
On *October 12*, David Hill will present his hawk ID program at 7 PM.
On *November 17,* David Suddjian will drop a Bird Bomb program on Forest 
Hawks at 7 PM.
On *November 28* at 7 PM, Emma Riley, the hawk watch counter at DFO's 
spring count at Dinosaur Ridge will present *Hawk Watch 2022: Looking Back 
and Looking Forward*. 

Finally, on *October 15,* participants in either the October 9 or the 
October 12 program will be invited to a field trip to Dinosaur Ridge to put 
their skills to the test.  

This is a great season to learn about hawks that migrate through the Denver 
area and consider volunteering for Hawk Watch at Dinosaur Ridge this 
spring. We hope to see you there!

Sharon Tinianow

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[cobirds] DFO Monthly Program September 26 at 7 PM via Zoom

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Join Denver Field Ornithologists and Ted Floyd for a free webinar, *Letting 
Go: Birding and Nature Study in the Age of Zoomers and Alphas* on Monday, 
September 26 at 7 PM. Register here: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zm7ma0CIRXW_B6bu-vGNBw

Lafayette based Ted Floyd, longtime editor of birding magazine will address 
"the proverbial peaceful transfer of power to the next generation" in his 
presentation. Floyd is the author of five books, most recently, *How to 
Know the Birds.* His talk will focus on the birding culture of our youngest 
cohorts: Zoomers, meaning Generation Z, and their younger siblings, known 
as Alphas. Expect a spirited and respectful session about passing the torch 
without burning anyone. 

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[cobirds] DFO presents: Merlin Bird ID Workshop

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Join Denver Field Ornithologists on Tuesday, September 6 at 7 PM via Zoom 
for a workshop on how to use the Merlin Bird ID app. Gregg Goodrich is the 
presenter. Register here 
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Every birder with a smartphone should have this indispensable field aid. 
Created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Merlin is really four birding 
coaches in one: Field guide, bird photo ID and sound ID assistants, and 
bird ID suggestion generator based on the descriptions (size, color, 
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[cobirds] DFO presents Nathan Pieplow on August 22

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Denver Field Ornithologists monthly programs return on Monday, August 22 at 
7 PM with featured speaker Nathan Pieplow. His presentation, *The Best Bird 
Songs You Never Heard*, will be delivered via Zoom. Register here:  HERE 


Pieplow's presentation will delve into the surprising world of bird songs 
that are hidden, underappreciated, or flat out denied to exist. "What if I 
told you," Pieplow asks, "that  cormorants, vultures and House Sparrows 
were some of the most accomplished avian singers in North America?" What? 
Join DFO to find out more.

Pieplow is well-known to birders in the front range. His day job is as a 
professor at CU Boulder. He is the author of the Colorado Birding Trail 
website and of two volumes of *Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds*. He is 
the former editor of CFO's *Colorado Birds* journal.  

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[cobirds] Wood Ducks at Washington Park in Denver

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This morning I saw a pair of Wood Ducks on Grasmere Lake in Washington Park 
in Denver. I have never seen Wood Ducks there before. Grasmere Lake is on 
the southern end of the park in case anyone else wants to find them.

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[cobirds] From House Wrens to Herons: Updates from DFO Funded Avian Research

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Denver Field Ornithologists last monthly program before the spring/summer 
break is Monday, April 25 at 7 PM via Zoom. This program is free and open 
to all. Register here: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qR0dp0nyTw2SWRTL9W3YYw

We will hear from three researchers whose work was funded in part by DFO's 
grant program. 

   - Noelle Mason, undergraduate student at Colorado State University, will 
   present on her research on common songbirds netted on the CSU's 
   Environmental Learning Center. Her research uses DNA from blood samples to 
   gauge life stress on wild bird populations.
   - Patrick Magee, Associate Professor of Wildlife and Conservation 
   Biology at Western Colorado University will present on the large colony of 
   herons nesting along the Slate River in Crested Butte, CO. The colony is 
   threatened by recreational use of the river.
   - William Anderson, graduate student at Colorado University Boulder will 
   present his research using whole genome data to study two lineages of House 
   Wrens that hybridize in a contact zone where the Rockies meets the Plains. 

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[cobirds] Scott Weidensaul to speak via Zoom on March 28

[Sharon]

Join Denver Field Ornithologists  and the University 
of Colorado Museum of Natural History  
on March 28 at 7 PM. The featured presenter is Scott Weidensaul, author of *A 
World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. *You must 
register in advance for this program at this link: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NQw1-eIyTZaf8ul-NYjNbA. The 
webinar is free and open to all. 

Weidensaul is a writer-naturalist, bird migration researcher, lecturer, 
guide and author. His presentation will introduce listeners to scientists, 
researchers and bird lovers studying global bird migration patterns, many 
of which are facing disruption by climate change, human activities, and 
other environmental challenges.

Weidensaul is a fellow of the American Ornithological Society and an active 
field researcher. He co-directs Project Owlnet, a collaboration of 125 
banding and research stations studying North American owl migration. 
Weidensaul is co-founder of Project SNOWstorm, which tracks Snowy Owls, and 
is a founder of Critical Connections, which charts migration of birds that 
breed in Alaskan national parks.

For more than 25 years, he has also directed a major study of Northern 
Saw-Whet Owls. He also co-founded the Northeast Motus Collaboration, a 
network to track bats, insects and small birds via automated telemetry 
receivers across the mid-Atlantic and New England.

This program is presented in partnership with the Boulder Book Store 
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[cobirds] Denver Field Ornithologists program February 28 at 7 PM

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Join us on *Monday, February 28 at 7 PM* (mountain time) via Zoom webinar 
for "A Year in the Lives of North American Owls" featuring award-winning 
author and wildlife photographer Paul Bannick. He will share photos and 
videos of owls in all four seasons on their territories from courtship, 
mating and nesting through foraging for food in the winter. You must 
pre-register for this program here:  
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[cobirds] Birding Adventures in Australia's Northern Territory

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DFO's monthly program for January features Australian birding guide Luke 
"Hawk Eyes" Paterson. Register now for this Zoom webinar scheduled for 
Monday, January 17 at 7 PM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ja28H2XESt6V0_J8-FMw2g

NOTE: this program is on the 3rd Monday or the month, not the usual 4th 
Monday. 

Paterson will take us on a virtual tour of the best birding sites in the 
tropical Top End of Australia's vast, diverse and sparsely populated 
Northern Territory. Don't miss it! As always, DFO programs are free and 
open to all.

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[cobirds] DFO Program Monday, Nov 22 at 7 PM

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>From "Crazy French" to Fishers Peak: a new Colorado State Park

Denver Field Ornithologist's November program will happen via Zoom. The 
featured speaker is Crystal Dreiling, park manager for Colorado’s new 
Fishers Peak State Park. Register in advance using this link: 
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of the Nov. 22 program date, you will receive an email with a link and 
instructions on how to join the program.

 In October 2020, Fishers Peak became the newest (and second-largest) of 
Colorado’s With rugged topography, dense, wildlife-rich forests, 
grasslands, foothills and mesas in the mountainous southern borderlands 
outside Trinidad, Fishers Peak opened in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic 
with public access to only a tiny, 250-acre patch of its 19,200 total acres.

At the time, Dreiling, park manager of both Fishers Peak and nearby 
Trinidad Lake State Park, said the goal was “to give everyone a taste of 
the hiking, hunting, wildlife watching and more that will be available once 
the park is fully developed in coming years.” For now, most of it remains 
closed “while scientific inventories, planning and development occur,” 
Dreiling says. Fishers Peak is the result of a partnership of the state, 
the Trust for Public Lands, The Nature Conservancy, Great Outdoors 
Colorado, and the local Trinidad community, among others.

Join us the Monday before Thanksgiving to learn more about the park’s 
origins (locals called it Crazy French Ranch), what has been learned about 
it thus far, what’s ahead, and the prospects for birders (70 species in 
just 23 eBird reports from the park’s Moore Canyon hotspot since May 2020). 
As always, DFO programs are free and open to all.

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[cobirds] Nathan Pieplow to speak on Oct 25 at 7 PM

[Sharon]

Denver Field Ornithologists will host Nathan Pieplow on October 25 at 7 PM. 
The program title is The Internet of Wings: How the data revolution is 
about to change the way you bird. The program will be held live at Unity 
Spiritual Center, 3021 S. University Blvd, Denver 80210. Masks and social 
distancing are required for in person attendance. The program will also be 
livestreamed on DFO's YouTube channel 
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Pieplow will discuss how cutting edge innovations in bird tracking and 
automatic identification can enhance conservation, community science and 
the appeal of birding overall. Pieplow is the former editor of CFO's 
quarterly journal and the author of two volumes of the *Peterson Field 
Guide to Bird Sounds*. He is an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric 
at the University of Colorado Boulder. 

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[cobirds] DFO Monthly Program September 27 at 7 PM

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*A Green Big Year: My 2021 birding quest for the new Joe Roller Memorial 
Grant *

Scott Somershoe will share the story of his self-powered, carbon-free 
mission to record as many bird species as possible traveling only by 
bicycle or on foot. Join us IN PERSON at Unity Spiritual Center, 3021 S. 
University Blvd, Denver OR via DFO's YouTube channel. 


NOTE: If attending in person, please observe Unity's guidelines by wearing 
a mask and sitting socially distanced in the sanctuary.

The species tally is important because Somershoe is gathering per-species 
pledges and flat donation for the new Joe Roller Memorial Grant 
 to fund bird research in 
Colorado. If he can surpass 265 species, he could end up raising $30,000. 
As of August 31, he was at 250. 

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[cobirds] Register now for DFO webinar August 23 at 7 PM

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DFO monthly programs resume on Monday, August 23 at 7 PM with *Aves de Pura 
Vida: Birding in Costa Rica*. The presenter is Max Vindas, senior 
naturalist guide for Horizontes Nature Tours. He has over 20 years of 
experience guiding and leading eco-tourism itineraries in Costa Rica, 
Central America and Brazil. He complements his career as a guide by 
lecturing at many Costa Rican institutions and consulting on projects to 
develop eco-tourism in parks. 

The presentation will include stunning photographs of birds and other 
subjects along with a number of videos made in the field especially for the 
program. This is a program you do not want to miss! We'll connect with him 
in Costa Rica via Zoom, so you must register in advance using this link:
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[cobirds] Re: Larimer County Highlights, 12May2021 (Larimer)

[Sharon Kay]

Terrific report. What a great photo of the  Golden-winged Warbler! I would 
have only see a fourth of what you did. I am amazed at what good birders 
are able to see and identify.

Sharon Kay
Greeley

On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 8:57:07 PM UTC-6 Dave Leatherman wrote:

> *Poudre River in Fort Collins n of Prospect west side of river* 
> (8-9:30am):
> 1 empid (Dusky?)
> 1 Spotted Towhee (m)
> Pair of Wood Ducks
> That's it!
>
> *Lake Estes (Mathews-Reeser Sanctuary) during heavy wet snow *
> (10:30a-1:45p):
> Golden-winged Warbler first found by EJ Raynor persists at "Pine Point" 
> (eating a small species of midge that it finds on the ground amid small 
> branches and pine cones) FOY, only 5th or 6th for Larimer ever, beautiful!
>
>
> Common Yellowthroat male (1) FOY
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (3)
> Loggerhead Shrike (1)
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
> Gray Catbird (2 - one initially seen in the talons of a male Sharp-shinned 
> Hawk which had its fresh prey stolen and promptly plucked by an American 
> Crow!) FOY
>
>   
>
> Green-tailed Towhee (2) FOY
> Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
> Savannah Sparrow (1)
> Western Bluebird (8) FOY
> Swainson's Thrush (1)
> Hermit Thrush (1) FOY
> Broad-tailed Hummingbird (at least 2 males)
> Bufflehead (2f)
> Blue-winged Teal (10)
> As best I could tell, everything eating midges.
>
> *Rigden Reservoir* (4-6:45p):
> Sanderling (2 breeding f, 1 breeding m) FOY
>
>
>Breeding f Sanderling (left), breeding m (right)
>
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (4) FOY
> Least Sandpiper (10)
> Semipalmated Plover (1)
> Red-necked Phalarope (1f)
> Wilson's Phalarope (15)
> American Avocet (1)
> Bobolink (3m) in weeds and in willow clump n of sw corner pumphouse about 
> 100 yards), FOY
> Brewer's Sparrow (zillion)
> Chipping Sparrow (1)
> Savannah Sparrow (5+)
> Warbling Vireo (1) ne corner along ditch, FOY
>
> Dave Leatherman
> Fort Collins
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[cobirds] DFO April 19 program with Bryan Guarente via Zoom

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Denver Field Ornithologists presents Bryan Guarente, meteorologist and 
frequent CObirds poster, in "Go Birding in (the Right) Bad Weather" on 
Monday, April 19 at 7 PM. Register here: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HeHO97XPTFKDSWFp-_3RtA

The program is free and open to the public. Guarente will focus on those 
unexpected "fallout" birds we sometimes see because they were forced down 
by inclement spring weather. We hope to "see" you there! This is the last 
DFO monthly program until August. 

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Re: [cobirds] State wildlife areas require social security #--what can we do?

[Sharon Kermiet]

Is a fishing license the cheapest alternative for birders?

On 4/1/21 2:10 PM, Amy C wrote:
The new pass won't be available until May 1, so no way to test it out 
yet. When I just stepped through the process to create an account to 
buy a fishing license on CPW's website, I was not asked for a social 
security number, just a drivers license or state id number, so it 
looks like this requirement was removed.


On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 1:25 PM R Carol Cushman > wrote:


I would be happy to pay for access to the SWAs, but I do balk at
giving them my social security #, thereby risking identity theft.
Several years ago when I objected, the bureaucrat I talked to
insisted they needed it to track down dead-beat dads who refused
to pay child support.  ?   Last month, I tried again to get
the pass and was told the department needed my social security #
to keep track of wildlife. Again??

I wrote to Governor Polis almost a month ago asking if there were
any way that an ordinary citizen of Colorado could pay to visit a
state wildlife area without giving out a social security number. I
have received no answer. Have any of you had any luck in buying
the new pass without revealing private information?
Thanks, Carol Cushman, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Denver Field Ornithologists special program April 5 via Zoom

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There and Back: Waterfowl and More
Richard Crossley
Monday, April 5 at 7 PM
via Zoom
free and open to all

Register here: 
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Richard Crossley, acclaimed birder, photographer and guidebook author will 
talk about his 16,000-mile journey to the Arctic Ocean, the inspiring 
people he met and the places he visited along the way. Did that adventure 
shape The Crossley ID Field Guide: Waterfowl? Would he recommend the same 
trip to you? Those are just two of the questions he will address. The 
answers may surprise you.

Crossley is co-founder of the global birding initiative Pledge to Fledge, 
Race4Birds and The Cape May Young Birders Club. He has served on the board 
of directors of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Philadelphia. 

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[cobirds] DFO presents Sheri Williamson on March 22 at 7 pm via Zoom

[Sharon]

Denver Field Ornithologists monthly program for March features author, 
naturalist, and birder Sheri Williamson. Her presentation, "Hummingbirds: 
Small Wonders," will happen via Zoom on  Monday, March 22, 2021 at 7 PM. 
The program is free and open to the pubic. REGISTER HERE:

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Although tiny, hummingbirds know how to live large. Their dazzling colors, 
fearless personalities, voracious appetites, and continent-spanning 
migrations have earned these miniature marvels a devoted following. But 
they are vulnerable to many of the same challenges as other migratory 
birds. Join us to learn what you can do build a brighter future for 
hummingbirds and get a sneak peek at a newly revised field guide.

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[cobirds] DFO special program Monday, March 8 at 7 PM

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Please join us via Zoom on Monday, March 8 at 7 PM for *From Redpoll 
Plumage to Chickadee Poop: Insights into Avian Ecology.* The program is 
free and open to the public. *Register here. 
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Black-capped and Mountain chickadees are frequently seen along Colorado’s 
Front Range, where increasing urbanization has altered the tree species 
present. That change in the increasingly suburbanized forest has disrupted 
the food available for insectivorous birds like chickadees, potentially 
disrupting their breeding success as well.

 For her DFO-funded research, CU Boulder undergraduate *Cori Carver* 
monitored chickadee breeding from Boulder to Nederland, conducting 
arthropod surveys and analyzing fecal samples from nestlings to determine 
the effects of human development and activity on the habitats of songbirds.

 Meanwhile . . . Redpolls! Those nomadic finches of the North are notorious 
for presenting identification challenges and a long history of taxonomic 
debate. CU Boulder doctoral student *Erik Funk* examined the genetic basis 
of certain redpoll traits to better understand the evolutionary mechanism 
involved and whether it is resulting in the formation of new species or 
maintaining variation within the species.

 

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[cobirds] DFO Zoom Webinar February 22 at 7 PM

[Sharon]

Dr. Erin Bissell, assistant professor of biology at Metropolitan State 
University, will share the results from four seasons of study monitoring 
bird and plant diversity at Chatfield Reservoir both before and after work 
to increase water storage capacity. The program is free and open to the 
public. 

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[cobirds] Register now for Denver Field Ornithologists monthly program January 25

[Sharon]

Have You Ever Thought About Birds’ Ears? Evolution of the Avian Inner Ear

Dr. Garth M. Spellman

January 25, 2021

7 PM MST

Free and open to the public. Register via Zoom 
 


Garth Spellman, curator of ornithology at the Denver Museum of Nature & 
Science, talks about how examination of birds’ inner-ear mechanics 
(literally, using bird cadavers) reveals how environmental change, both 
recent and ancient, has driven evolution of the anatomy that allows birds 
to hear. Working with postdoctoral research associate John Peacock, 
Spellman hopes that within a few years, we’ll know enough about bird ears 
to model what sounds their avian ancestors could hear, too.

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[cobirds] Denver Field Ornithologists is seeking proposals for funding

[Sharon]

DFO offers small grants to fund research, conservation and education 
projects that promote the study of birds and the preservation of birds and 
their habitats. The deadline for proposals is Feb 1, 2021. Details on how 
to apply can be found on the DFO website. 
 

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Re: [cobirds] Joe Roller sad news

[Gary & Sharon]

The first time I met Joe Roller was at my first Trinidad 2012 CFO outing on a 
Spanish  Peaks field trip. He was very outgoing and his sense of humor 
impressed me as a fun person to be around. He made me feel comfortable within 
that group of birders and I was hooked on CFO conventions.

Joe also sent our Boulder Bird Club a gracious constructive feedback message 
regarding a questionable eBird hotspot posting a while back. Always the 
teacher, Joe, and it as an appreciative response. We all will miss you.

Sharon Norfleet
Boulder Bird Club Bird
President 2020
Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 25, 2020, at 3:45 PM, Larry Modesitt  wrote:
> 
> Cobirders,
> 
> The very sad news is that Joe died last night of cancer just after midnight. 
> His wife Maryanne said that despite his pain, he was still cracking jokes 
> with the nurses yesterday morning. “He made me laugh every single day,” she 
> said. Either one of their boys, Dan and Tom, was always able to be with him 
> for the past month. 
> 
> I was out running with my dog when Joe corralled us decades ago. That’s how I 
> became one of many people Joe introduced to birding. That led to us birding 
> together all over Colorado and the world. Joe’s love of teaching folks about 
> birds, almost always with a humorous insight, continued through his illness. 
> He was a valuable contributor to Denver Field Ornithologists, Bird 
> Conservancy of the Rockies, Colorado Field Ornithologists, and the medical 
> community. There has never been anyone like Joe Roller, and he will be missed 
> greatly.
> 
> We can believe that last night just after midnight, St. Peter laughed harder 
> than he had all year.
> 
> Larry Modesitt
> 
> Arvada
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[cobirds] Drew Lanham to speak at DFO program Nov 23

[Sharon]

DFO's next monthly program will happen via Zoom on Monday, November 23, 
2020 at 7 PM. The title is Coloring the Conservation Conversation with Dr. 
J. Drew Lanham, professor of wildlife ecology at Clemson University and 
author of *The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with 
Nature*. He will discuss what it means to embrace the full breadth of his 
African American heritage and his deep kinship to nature and adoration of 
birds. The convergence of ornithologist, college professor, poet, author 
and conservation activist blend to bring our awareness of the natural world 
and our moral responsibility for it forward in new ways. Candid by nature — 
and because of it — Lanham will examine how conservation must be a rigorous 
science and evocative art, inviting diversity and race to play active roles 
in celebrating our natural world. Register here: 
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[cobirds] Mon, Oct 26 at 7 PM - DFO Webinar

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Please join Denver Field Ornithologists for the October program - 2 
Wheelin' in the 5-Mile Radius. Chris Rurik is the featured speaker. He will 
open a window into the 5MR birding phenomenon and birding by bicycle. Chris 
will illustrate the beauty of "birding where you're at" with stories from 
his adventures as a pioneer in Denver County birding, as well as more 
recent sojourns near his homes in Alaska and Washington State. This program 
is free and open to all. Join the Zoom webinar by clicking on this link: 
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[cobirds] Kenn Kaufman to speak at Denver Field Ornithologists program on Sep 21

[Sharon]

*Kenn Kaufman*, the renowned birding expert and guidebook author, is coming 
to the Denver Field Ornithologists’ next evening meeting, Monday Sept. 21 
at 7 p.m. MDT . . . via Zoom! You’re invited – and admission is free! 
Kaufman’s topic is timelier than ever: *“Patterns of Bird Migration in 
North America.”* He will illustrate his DFO teleconference presentation 
with many photos, maps, and a wide variety of bird species. Signing up is 
easy. *DFO members can register now* and non-members can begin registering 
on Wednesday, *Sept. 16. *Submit your name and email address at this link: 
https://forms.gle/dXSpLJv1CPWi5P3j9. For membership information, visit the 
DFO website at www.dfobirds.org. In a follow-up email, you’ll receive 
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[cobirds] Mourning doves- picture- Weld County

[Sharon Kay]

Sorry, here is the picture. Actually I don't see a way to add a picture.

Sharon Kay

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[cobirds] Mourning doves- Weld County

[Sharon Kay]

I have had these two mourning doves hanging in my yard the past four days 
or so. They are always on the ground when I see them and by the time I see 
them I am often only four feet or so from them. They don't seem very 
active. I am not in the yard much. I do not know how much time they are 
actually in my yard. But I have seen them daily and twice today. Is it 
possible they are sick? 
 Picture taken through a window with a poor cell phone camera. 

Sharon Kay
Greeley

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[cobirds] Re: Grandview Cemetery on May 11, 2020 (Fort Collins, Larimer)

[Sharon Kay]

Very sad about the cat and stupid man.

On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 7:00:53 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> *Highlights today:*
> Gray skies, colorful assortment of birds, like I suspect everybody else 
> had today.   Great day to try and study feeding behaviors because 
> sustenance was a big priority for birds on this cold day.  Light was poor 
> for photographing food aquisition, however.
>
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 males, mostly in American Elms infested with 
> European Elm Scales (although I did not confirm feeding).
>
> 
>
> Black-headed Grosbeak (4)
>
> Lazuli Bunting (at least 6 in the area, mostly in the neighborhood between 
> Grandview Ave and Frey Ave n of Mountain Ave) - all were in yards with 
> feeders or flowering boxelder trees).  
>
> Yellow Warbler (at least 5, mostly in flowering boxelder getting what I 
> think were green fruitworms)
>
> Bullock's Oriole (at least 4, mostly in boxelder eating flowers)
>   
>
>
> Bullock's Oriole eating parts of boxelder 
> flowers.  Photo taken 5/10 but same activities seen today.
>
> Black-chinned Hummingbird (1f at feeder)
>
>
> Cassin's Vireo (1 poorly seen briefly in State Champion Thornless 
> Honeylocust in southeastern corner (Section 9)
>
> Broad-tailed Hummingbird (at least 6, including 2 females) - they are 
> getting a late start this year at GC but I think nest-building will be 
> starting in earnest during the coming several days.  One female frequently 
> visiting yellow flowers of caragana shrubs along the south boundary road of 
> GC.  Haven't seen that before.
>
> Western Tanager (at least 3, mostly in cotoneaster shrubs, probably eating 
> flower buds per past history, although not confirmed today).
>
>  
>   
> Swainson's Thrush (2)
>
> Still no water in the irrigation ditch.  I am told when it comes in 
> depends on the water level of Poudre River.   More birds along the ditch 
> when it has water, so I hope the gates open soon.
>
> Osprey flyover
>
> Total of 33 species (I had 40 the other day), which is good for a habitat 
> with no water and challenged understory (i.e. mowed, groomed, dominated by 
> plastic flowers).
>
> Lowlight: having a homeowner who admits to having an outdoor cat tell me 
> his cat doesn't kill very many birds, then argue with me that the three 
> jays his cat (the one that doesn't kill birds) killed were not blue jays 
> but rather scrub-jays because they weren't blue.  I'm serious.
>
> Best highlight: hot bath
>
> Dave Leatherman
> Fort Collins
>

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[cobirds] Re: Grandview Cemetery and nearby City Park 4/14-16/2020, Ft Collins (Larimer)

[Sharon Kay]

Such an amazing post.

On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 4:16:33 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> Had 5 Cassin's Finches at Grandview Cemetery (GC) on the 14th.  Every time 
> I could catch up with them and figure out what they were doing, they were 
> eating European Elm Scales gleaned from the branches of American Elms.  
> This seems to be the only report of late that mentions their eating 
> something other than seeds from cones (Suddjian) or at feeders (mob).  
>
>   
>
> No Cassin's Finches yesterday at GC, surprisingly ditto for today.
>
> As suspected, I have not seen the Red Crossbill adults or their two 
> fledglings since watching them fly west out of GC on the 13th.
>
> Several birds are eating adult hackberry gall-making psyllids of two types 
> at GC.  These insects are emerging from their overwintering sites in the 
> bark to lay eggs on the buds (see photo).  The bird species I've observed 
> nitpicking the tiny adults are: Black-capped Chickadees, Brown Creeper, 
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Bushtits, Downy Woodpecker and Red-breasted 
> Nuthatches. 
>
>   
> Hackberry bud with psyllid 
> eggs on left, adult psyllid on right (actual size is about 3mm).
>
> Cedar Waxwings are, of course, going after juniper cones (aka "berries") 
> but notably also have been heavily feeding on green ash flowers and 
> European Elm Scales.  Before the hard freeze on the night of the 13-14th, 
> the ash flowers looked green and more edible than they did since suffering 
> freeze injury.  But the waxwings persisted, as did the Fox Squirrels eating 
> them both before and after the freeze.  
>
>   
>
> Green Ash flowers on 4/13 before the hard freeze overnight.
>
> 
>  Cedar Waxwing eating 
> Green Ash flowers on the 14th after they suffered freeze injury. 
>
> Today in the winter wonderland of the cemetery, a robin was actively 
> defending "his" cone-laden female juniper against 8 or so Cedar Waxwings.
>
> There is a large adobe-looking building near the City Park swimming pool 
> called Club Tico.  Today at least 20 Mountain Bluebirds came in to seek 
> refuge from the snow blowing in from the north by concentrating along the 
> building's south side, sitting in the Virginia Creeper vines, on window 
> sills, on electric boxes.  The male's blue hue against snow is one of the 
> iconic color combo's we get to enjoy.  Unfortunately I was not carrying my 
> camera at the time I had intimate opportunities to capture this.  I did get 
> a few pics of birds on the building.
>
> 
>
> A solo White Pelican tried to go unnoticed in the storm out on Sheldon 
> Lake.  There are more Double-crested Cormorants at this lake than I have 
> ever seen (6 the other day, perhaps that many today).
>
> Had a fast-moving Red-naped Sapsucker at GC yesterday, first seen near the 
> middle moving ne into the neighborhood.  If one uses their imagination in 
> looking at the one terrible photo I managed, there is red on nape.  Got no 
> glimpse of the throat, but bird was an adult.
>
> My first Yellow-rumped Warbler this spring, an Audubon's, chipped along in 
> the saplings just w of Club Tico today.
>
> Dave Leatherman
> Fort Collins
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[cobirds] Shelter in place

[Sharon Kay]

Is this shelter in place order going to mean we can't go birdwatching at 
all? Thoughts?

Sharon Kay
Greeley

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[cobirds] Gray Catbird, Louisville, Boulder County

[Gary & Sharon]

The first time I’ve seen a Gray Catbird in my Louisville yard!  Yesterday 
morning and again this morning. It came to the bird bath for a drink and a bath 
yesterday and just a drink today because a flicker flew in and spooked it.

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County 

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[cobirds] Re: Tri-colored Blackbird

[Sharon Kay]

Folks. I know the range map. Nevermind. I got the answer. No records. And I 
am not saying I saw it. I know better. Just trying to convince someone and 
I thought telling her no records of it would help. Thanks.

On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 5:37:48 PM UTC-6, Sharon Kay wrote:
>
> Tricolored. Sorry.
>
> On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 5:36:09 PM UTC-6, Sharon Kay wrote:
>>
>> How do I find out if Tri-colored Blackbird has ever been found in this 
>> state. Google was of know help.
>>
>> Sharon Kay
>> Greeley
>>
>

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[cobirds] Re: Tri-colored Blackbird

[Sharon Kay]

Tricolored. Sorry.

On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 5:36:09 PM UTC-6, Sharon Kay wrote:
>
> How do I find out if Tri-colored Blackbird has ever been found in this 
> state. Google was of know help.
>
> Sharon Kay
> Greeley
>

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[cobirds] Tri-colored Blackbird

[Sharon Kay]

How do I find out if Tri-colored Blackbird has ever been found in this 
state. Google was of know help.

Sharon Kay
Greeley

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[cobirds] Re: Photo ID appreciated

[Sharon Kay]

Thanks to all that replied to me privately. 100% consensus that is is a 
Semipalmated Sandpiper.

On Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 9:49:15 PM UTC-6, Sharon Kay wrote:
>
> I am not good at sandpiper ID. I looked at Sibley's guide and came up with 
> semipalmated sandpiper for this. Can anyone confirm or set me straight? the 
> photo is cropped. It looks so small here. Sorry.
>
> Sharon Kay
> Weld County
>
> [image: 038-crop.JPG]
>

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[cobirds] White-faced Ibis in West Washington Park (Denver)

[Sharon]

This is the first time I have seen a White-faced Ibis in Washington Park 
and I walk there every day. It was wading along the edge of Grasmere Lake 
and flew toward the island. I did not see where it landed.

Sharon Tinianow

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[cobirds] Black-necked Stilt

[Sharon Kay]

FOY Black-necked Stilt at CR 41/46 pond, Lasalle. I just saw one.

Sharon Kay
Greeley, CO

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[cobirds] Great Blue Heron flock, Walden Ponds, Boulder County

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This morning about 10:45 the Boulder Bird Club was at Walden Ponds and we 
observed a flock of birds off to the east, approximately over the White Rocks 
area.  We were able to watch them soar and identified them as Great Blue 
Herons.  Thankfully they worked their way toward us and we counted 65 - 70 of 
them.  At least 30 of them landed in Cottonwood Marsh while the rest of them 
continued southwest toward Sawhill Ponds.  After just a few minutes, the ones 
in the marsh flew off in the same direction as the rest of the flock.  It was 
something the 10 in our group have never before witnessed.

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County








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Re: [cobirds] Re: RFI: Fawn Brook Inn or other feeding stations in Estes Park areA

[Gary & Sharon]

The Boulder Bird club held their annual Mountain Feeders Field Trip last 
Saturday in Ward and Allenspark. We stopped at the Rock Creek Tavern & Pizza 
for refreshments.  The owners are going to move this establishment into the old 
Fawnbrook and they are busy working in that direction. We enquired about bird 
feeders and they were non-committal at this time focusing only on their move. 
In the future after they are settled they may be more approachable regarding 
feeders. Later, maybe the birding community could pitch in to assist with this 
if the owners are receptive to the idea?

Sharon Norfleet, BBC president
Louisville, Boulder County

> On Jan 31, 2019, at 11:24 AM, Carl Bendorf  wrote:
> 
> Went by the Fawnbrook Inn in Allenspark (Boulder County) yesterday.  The 
> restaurant doesn't appear to be open.  From the outside, it looks like some 
> building repairs are underway--can't tell what might be going on inside.   
> There were just a few feeders hung out but no bird action and couldn't tell 
> whether these are just vestiges from the previous owners.  If I were a bird, 
> the situation didn't look very attractive.  I have no info on what the future 
> might hold but at least for now, I wouldn't advise traveling to Allenspark 
> just to visit the Fawnbrook Inn.
> 
> Carl Bendorf
> Longmont
> 
> On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 10:03:44 AM UTC-7, John Malenich wrote:
> Back when the Fawnbrook Inn closed, the family had said that the folks who 
> own the nearby Rock Creek Tavern & Pizza had bought the property and were 
> planning to develop it into a restaurant of some kind, but the expectation 
> was they would not maintain the bird feeders, but so far nothing has happened 
> with the property it seems.
> 
> John Malenich
> Boulder, CO 
> 
> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 1:46:04 PM UTC-7, Arvind wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone knows if the feeders at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark 
> are being maintained this winter or if there is another spot nearby where 
> feeders are viewable by the public (in hopes of seeing Rosy-Finches, etc).  I 
> am leading a winter ornithology field trip for CU students next weekend. Fawn 
> Brook has served us well over the past decade but no longer was in operation 
> last year.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Arvind Panjabi
> Fort Collins 
> 
> 
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Re: [cobirds] Re: RFI: Fawn Brook Inn or other feeding stations in Estes Park areA

[Gary & Sharon]

The Boulder Bird club held their annual Mountain Feeders Field Trip last 
Saturday in Ward and Allenspark. We stopped at the Rock Creek Tavern & Pizza 
for refreshments.  The owners are going to move this establishment into the old 
Fawnbrook and they are busy working in that direction. We enquired about bird 
feeders and they were non-committal at this time focusing only on their move. 
In the future after they are settled they may be more approachable regarding 
feeders. Later, maybe the birding community could pitch in to assist with this 
if the owners are receptive to the idea?

Sharon Norfleet, BBC president
Louisville, Boulder County


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> On Jan 31, 2019, at 11:24 AM, Carl Bendorf  wrote:
> 
> Went by the Fawnbrook Inn in Allenspark (Boulder County) yesterday.  The 
> restaurant doesn't appear to be open.  From the outside, it looks like some 
> building repairs are underway--can't tell what might be going on inside.   
> There were just a few feeders hung out but no bird action and couldn't tell 
> whether these are just vestiges from the previous owners.  If I were a bird, 
> the situation didn't look very attractive.  I have no info on what the future 
> might hold but at least for now, I wouldn't advise traveling to Allenspark 
> just to visit the Fawnbrook Inn.
> 
> Carl Bendorf
> Longmont
> 
>> On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 10:03:44 AM UTC-7, John Malenich wrote:
>> Back when the Fawnbrook Inn closed, the family had said that the folks who 
>> own the nearby Rock Creek Tavern & Pizza had bought the property and were 
>> planning to develop it into a restaurant of some kind, but the expectation 
>> was they would not maintain the bird feeders, but so far nothing has 
>> happened with the property it seems.
>> 
>> John Malenich
>> Boulder, CO 
>> 
>>> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 1:46:04 PM UTC-7, Arvind wrote:
>>> I am wondering if anyone knows if the feeders at Fawn Brook Inn in 
>>> Allenspark are being maintained this winter or if there is another spot 
>>> nearby where feeders are viewable by the public (in hopes of seeing 
>>> Rosy-Finches, etc).  I am leading a winter ornithology field trip for CU 
>>> students next weekend. Fawn Brook has served us well over the past decade 
>>> but no longer was in operation last year.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Arvind Panjabi
>>> Fort Collins 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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[cobirds] Pink-footed Goose?

[Gary & Sharon]

The Boulder Bird Club is headed to search for the the goose. 
Any sightings this morning?

Thanks,
Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Re: Pink-footed Goose Photos [Weld]

[Sharon Kay]

Great to see pics Gary. I was kicking myself for not bringing my camera!-- 
sharon kay

On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 10:01:10 AM UTC-7, The "Nunn Guy" wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Photos from a Saturday trip down there ... 
> http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/albums/view/54/recreation-area-frederick
>
> Click small photo(s) on album browse page to see the larger photo(s) 
> individually, use Previous/Next buttons to navigate the album.
>
> Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
> http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/
>
>

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Re: [cobirds] Original concept for COBirds (a little long, sorry)

[Gary & Sharon]

Well said, Leon. I subscribed to CObirds back in the 1990 (mid to late, if I 
recall correctly) and I have enjoyed the postings every day since then. I’m 
looking forward to all of the Colorado birding information posted on this list 
serve in the future. I find it super informative and very beneficial to me and 
I hope it continues. Thanks to all who share their postings and thoughts. 

Thanks,
Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County

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> On Dec 7, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Leon Bright  wrote:
> 
> COBirders--  The current discussion of ways and means of communicating 
> information to Colorado birders has been interesting, stimulating and 
> constructive for all, I hope.  Writing as one of the CFO officers when 
> COBirds was first developed (i.e. in the Dark Ages), I remember we conceived 
> of this listserve as a platform that could build a state-wide community of 
> people interested in the lives and welfare of birds.  We hoped that community 
> would include anyone from professional ornithologists to people of any age or 
> level of birding knowledge, who are simply attracted to the avian world.  We 
> hoped it would be a place where competitive listers, bird conservationists, 
> informal birdwatchers and the intellectually curious could find a way to 
> share, not just data, but a sense of comradery.  I believe that goal has been 
> met, for the most part.  I very much enjoy reading posts that cover a broad 
> spectrum of how birds live in Nature and their interface with us humans.  
> Many COBirders probably derive joy at sighting a lifer or rarity,  while at 
> the same time they eagerly read about sapsuckers’ diet, the status of Lark 
> Bunting populations, where John Rawinski went in the San Luis Valley 
> yesterday, who was shown a neat bird by Brandon Percival, or what fascinating 
> bit of Nature was described by Dave Leatherman.  So, I hope COBirds will 
> continue to be the broad platform for the birding community.
> Leon Bright
> Pueblo
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[cobirds] Re: Merlin with prey - Arapahoe Co

[Sharon Kay]

Too bad they don't stick to just eating starlings.

On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 10:22:10 AM UTC-7, Jared Del Rosso wrote:
>
> Two weekends ago (11/24), while birding Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve 
> (Arapahoe), I encountered a Merlin with a fresh catch, a small bird that I 
> believe was a Townsend's Solitaire. More accurately, the Merlin encountered 
> me, flying into my path, about 20 feet or so ahead of me, and perching 
> above me. The Merlin was indifferent to my presence, plucking, 
> eviscerating, and eating the bird in plain view. It didn't even leave its 
> perch when, many minutes later, I passed underneath. (I waited for the 
> Merlin to be long done eating before crossing its path; by the time I left 
> it, it had moved on to cleaning whatever it hadn't swallowed from its 
> talons and beak.) But two robins, boldly encroaching, got it to go.
>
> For once, I had my camera with me and the light wasn't terrible. So I have 
> decent photos of the entire encounter. The eating lasted about 13 minutes, 
> but the bird was on its perch for longer than that. I stopped photographing 
> after about 20 minutes. A few minutes later, it flew across the preserve 
> and out over the High Line Canal.
>
> One photograph included. I'd welcome second opinions on the prey.
>
> [image: DSC_0382 Merlin with Prey.jpg]
>
> It was, for me, a rather remarkable encounter. Once, years ago, I came 
> face-to-face with a Merlin at a feeder during a cold St. Paul, Minnesota 
> CBC. Usually, though, my views are from much farther below or are briefer 
> or are both. 
>
>
> - Jared Del Rosso
> Centennial, CO
>

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[cobirds] Re: Long-Eared Owls/Wellington

[Sharon Kay]

Eric, My initial reading of the post by Joe gave me the impression he was 
telling her to walk among the trees to flush them. I reread it and I can 
see why you read it differently. I went on a bird trip a couple of years 
ago and the leader indeed had us walk among trees to flush the owls. This 
was at Barr Lake. I had never heard of such a thing and could not believe 
people do it. I agree, keep owl talk private and please don't flush them.

On Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 6:20:45 PM UTC-7, joe.ki...@gmail.com 
wrote:
>
> Natalie,
> I think that your best bet would be to walk along that row of juniper 
> trees that runs along the south side of CR60, just west of the parking area.
> If you walk through those trees you might flush them.
> Good luck!
>
> On Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 10:54:09 AM UTC-7, Natalie P. wrote:
>>
>> Good morning!
>>
>> Does anyone have any pointers for finding the Long-Eared Owls in the 
>> Schware Unit?
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Natalie
>>
>

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[cobirds] Subscribe

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[cobirds] Re: Painted Bunting at Chatfield SP 6/18

[Sharon Kay]

To anyone. Do these stay in one place long in this area? Is it worth a 
drive from Greeley? Thanks.

On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 2:53:10 PM UTC-6, Chip Clouse wrote:
>
> COBirders,
> I am reporting for my co-worker, Wes Donnell, who found an adult male 
> Painted Bunting in the wooded area NW of the Kingfisher Bridge at Chatfield 
> around 1pm yesterday.  It was reported to eBird but I thought folks might 
> like to hear of it here.
>
> Good birding,
> Chip Clouse
> Golden (but currently at Front Range Birding Co in Littleton)
>

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[cobirds] Re: Poudre River both n and s of Prospect Rd in Fort Collins (Larimer) on Father's Day

[Sharon Kay]

Great post as always. I love the Song Sparrow picture. You mentioned the 
abundance of House Wren which made me think of the lack of Yellow-rumped 
Warblers I am noticing. I don't see any no matter where I go. They are 
usually so common.

On Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 7:53:55 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> I took a long walk on this wonderfully cloudy, cool, humid Father's Day 
> along the Poudre River in Fort Collins both north and south of Prospect 
> Road between 9am and 3pm.
>
>
> *Highlights north of Prospect on the west side of the river (Riverbend 
> Ponds/Cattail Chorus Natural Areas):*
>
> *An amazing number of House Wrens (over a dozen).  This species seems to 
> be more common than historically normal citywide this summer.
>
> *Western Wood-Pewee (heard)
>
> *Eastern Kingbird (heard)
>
> *Active, large colony of Cliff Swallows under the Prospect Rd. bridge over 
> the Poudre
>
> *Dot-tailed Whitefaces (dragonfly)
>
> *Freshly emerged Edward's Fritillary
>
> *Lots of kids ridding bikes with their dads
>
>
> Misses: vireos, buntings, orioles, warblers, cuckoos, small herons
>
>
> *Highlights south of Prospect east of the river (Cottonwood Hollow and 
> Running Deer NAs):*
>
> *Mixture of swallows feeding low over the ponds and Hagemann's Recycling 
> Center that included Violet-greens and Banks
>
> *Small group of Great Egrets (6) feeding in the old "Artist's Point Pond", 
> formally drained but still currently holding a fair amount of seep from the 
> river.  More about these to follow.
>
> *Few White Pelicans
>
> *Osprey nest active on the power pole just e of the river on the south 
> side of Prospect.
>
> *Cinnamon Teal
>
> *Momma Pied-billed Grebe with a couple harlequin-faced young
>
> *Yellow-headed Blackbird male scratching furiously at a hole, then pecking 
> intensely (I scared it off - the hole was where it had flipped a tennis 
> ball-sized rock, exposing a colony of very small, edible ants) 
>
> *Lazuli Bunting (heard only)
>
> *Virginia Rails (heard at least 3, listened for Sora and Black Rail but 
> did not hear any)
>
> *Marsh Wren (heard 1)
>
>
> OK, here's the real highlight.  All the medium-sized and bigger willows 
> along the river are infested with leaf beetles.  The main one, highly 
> variable in pattern, is what we think is *Chrysomela knabi*, one of the 
> so-called "willow leaf beetles".  A few cottonwood leaf beetles (*C. 
> scripta*) are feeding with them.
>
>
>   
>
>  Willow leaf beetles: adult upper left, 
> others are pupae, leaf damage (skeletonizing type) caused by larvae.
>
>
> Today I saw one Song Sparrow with a beakful of these beetles headed for 
> the mouths of nestlings.  
>
>
> 
>   
>
>
> And..the Great Egrets were up in leaf beetle-infested willows in the 
> northwest corner of Pelican Pond stabbing furiously at length (20 minutes) 
> for what I think had to be these same beetles!
>
>
> 
>
>
> Dave Leatherman
>
> Fort Collins
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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[cobirds] Blue Grosbeak, Louisville, Boulder County

[Gary & Sharon]

Just saw a Blue Grosbeak in the woods south of Keith Helart Park in Louisville 
(near bridge to North Open Space).

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Bald Eagle shooting- Weld

[Sharon Kay]

Sorry if this is not appropriate. I copy and pasted from the Greeley 
Tribune.

On the night of May 9, a landowner in central Weld County spotted a bald 
eagle perched on the ground in a pasture about 60 yards from his home.

The next morning, he discovered that the eagle was dead on the same spot, 
about one mile east of Milton Reservoir.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking for the public's help in 
investigating the incident.


Anyone who might be able to contribute information is asked to call the 
CPW's Fort Collins Service Center at (970) 472-4300 or the Operation Game 
Thief Hotline at (877) 265-6648.


CPW reports that a May 15 necropsy on the carcass at the organization's 
health lab determined that the eagle had been shot across the lower abdomen 
and suffered a broken tibia, a liver fracture and the pooling of blood in 
its abdomen.

The eagle likely didn't die immediately, the CPW said, adding that internal 
hemorrhages and other damage led to death within 24 to 48 hours of the 
eagle being shot. A bullet and the eagle's carcass have been retained as 
evidence.

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[cobirds] Re: yellow-billed cuckoo

[Sharon Kay]

I am curious to know where one can park to view those ponds. I looked on 
satellite map and don't see parking. Thanks.

On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 8:54:39 PM UTC-6, wwi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> This afternoon around 2 pm there was a yellow-billed cuckoo at Confluence 
> Ponds in Boulder, near planked pedestrian bridge. Slender bird with white 
> spots on long tail.Brown back and crown contrasting with white belly and 
> chin. Dark eyes. Down-curved bi-colored bill, dark upper mandible, yellow 
> lower.  https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45644389.  First spotted by 
> Ernest Crvich.
>

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[cobirds] Western Tanager, Louisville, Boulder, County

[Gary & Sharon]

First Western Tanager I’ve seen in my yard since May 2010. It was eating suet 
at 5:50 PM until a Bushtit joined it.  Then the tanager flew away. Hope it 
comes back tomorrow.

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County
Sent from my iPad

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[cobirds] Re: ??? Possible Snowy Owl near Golden Ponds in Longmont

[Sharon Kay]

Joe, 

I had to hunt around to see where I found about the owl. Check facebook 
Rocky Mountain Raptor Center Page. Scroll down a bit for pic and verbiage. 
I am pasting the verbiage here. They did not give details you asked for but 
maybe if you are really interested they would give it to you on the phone. 

>From there facebook page:
Rocky Mountain Raptor Program-RMRP 

 added 
a new photo to the album: 2017 Patients 

.
April 17 at 5:57pm 

 · 

Free at last!

The Snowy owl that has been our care since the end of December was returned 
to the wild yesterday morning (4/16) after we finally got a break in the 
weather. With balmy weather and light winds , this visitor from the Great 
White North received his Second Chance at Freedom and quickly zipped away 
northwards and away from his captors (caretakers).

Due to a late start on its journey back home, we decided that it was in the 
owl’s best interest to not disclose the release area.

We would like to thank the folks with Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Crook, 
CO for their quick action in rescuing this owl back in December and the 
skilled staff at the CSU Vet Teaching Hospital for their excellent work in 
helping to repair his injured right wing.

We also would like to thank all of our donors that helped support the care 
of this owl and all of the other raptors that we care for on a daily basis. 
Michael 
Tincher 

WE BIRD NERDS THANK YOU!

On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 10:32:32 AM UTC-6, Susan Wise wrote:
>
> Interesting.
> Maikel and I were out strolling Golden Ponds in Longmont (Boulder County) 
> yesterday evening (4/26).  A large white bird the size and shape of a Great 
> Horned Owl flew over.  It was very white.  It's head was the blocky shape 
> of an owl.  I hollared to Maikel (the one with binoculars) but he was too 
> far behind to get on it.  So I just let it go with a shrug. 
> Today, I was perusing the Bird Trax at the bottom of the CFO website.  And 
> what do I see?  A report of a Snowy Owl. 
>
> Location
> Longmont Estates, Boulder County, Colorado, US ( Map 
> 
>  )
> Date and Effort
> Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:20 PM  NocturnalProtocol:StationaryParty Size:3
> Duration:15 minute(s)Observers:Mindy Mullen
> Species
> 1 species total
> 1 
> Snowy Owl
>
> Almost all White all over, very large, observed hooting loudly and sitting 
> in top of a large cottonwood. I am pretty darn sure it was a snowy owl. We 
> are near several large ponds.
>  
>

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[cobirds] Re: ??? Possible Snowy Owl near Golden Ponds in Longmont

[Sharon Kay]

A snowy owl was recently released from a raptor center. Perhaps the same. 
No way to know.

On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 10:32:32 AM UTC-6, Susan Wise wrote:
>
> Interesting.
> Maikel and I were out strolling Golden Ponds in Longmont (Boulder County) 
> yesterday evening (4/26).  A large white bird the size and shape of a Great 
> Horned Owl flew over.  It was very white.  It's head was the blocky shape 
> of an owl.  I hollared to Maikel (the one with binoculars) but he was too 
> far behind to get on it.  So I just let it go with a shrug. 
> Today, I was perusing the Bird Trax at the bottom of the CFO website.  And 
> what do I see?  A report of a Snowy Owl. 
>
> Location
> Longmont Estates, Boulder County, Colorado, US ( Map 
> 
>  )
> Date and Effort
> Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:20 PM  NocturnalProtocol:StationaryParty Size:3
> Duration:15 minute(s)Observers:Mindy Mullen
> Species
> 1 species total
> 1 
> Snowy Owl
>
> Almost all White all over, very large, observed hooting loudly and sitting 
> in top of a large cottonwood. I am pretty darn sure it was a snowy owl. We 
> are near several large ponds.
>  
>

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[cobirds] Re: Pawnee Grasslands today, 16April2018

[Sharon Kay]

Wow, what a good day. That is far better than any day I have out there. 
Great pics.

On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 7:56:05 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> I got started earlier today, arriving in the area of where CO-WY-NE come 
> together about 6:15am.  I had success with Sharp-tailed Grouse, seeing 4 of 
> them between 6:15 and 6:39am.  The first one was on the north side of Weld 
> CR128 about a mile e of Weld CR105.  The other three were west of CR111 
> about a half mile north of CR128.  All were in native or Conservation 
> Reserve Program grass, and all four eventually flew off on their own 
> accord.  They acted to me the way grouse leave leks after the morning's 
> activities have concluded.  Pics show two females, highly cropped, sorry.
>
>
> 
>
>
> Other highlights of the 12-hour visit to the Pawnee Grasslands included:
>
>
> *5 different Rough-legged Hawks
>
> *1 Northern Shrike
>
> *4 Loggerhead Shrikes (one of which had impaled two grasshoppers, the 
> first impaling I've seen this spring)
>
> *1 Swainson's Hawk (FOY for me) just n of Grover.
>
> *1 migrant male Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler nw of Grover in a riparian 
> area
>
> *A modest smattering (i.e., not a zillion) of Vesper Sparrows (compared to 
> just a few on 4/12
>
> *2 Mountain Plovers on the e side of Weld CR79 maybe a half mile south of 
> SR14 moving in between a winter wheat strip and a fallow field strip (easy 
> to see in the green winter wheat, virtually invisible in the brown fallow 
> strip).  Interestingly, a nearby Horned Lark was tearing shreds of brown 
> leaf material from the fallow plants shown in the plover pic (corn or 
> wheat?) for use in a nest it was apparently making nearby.
>
>
> 
>
>   
>
> *Approximately 10 Chestnut-collared Longspurs (two areas with multiple 
> individuals were Weld CR115 n of 134 and Weld CR112 between 45 & 49)
>
> *At A Reservoir #1 on Weld CR124 a few miles w of CR77 were two Eared 
> Grebes, a pair of Canvasbacks and several Ruddy Ducks
>
> *At Crow Valley CG was a Rock Wren hopping all over the Main Picnic area, 
> and a female Golden-crowned Kinglet in the sw corner junipers (in the pic, 
> the wren has a Bold Jumping Spider (*Phidippus audax*) found in a large 
> hole going down into the ground beside a cottonwood stump).
>
>
> 
>
>
> Dave Leatherman
>
> Fort Collins
>
>
>
>
>
>

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[cobirds] 2 White-faced Ibis CR 48 Weld

[Sharon Kay]

Why does this bird have no facial marking? Red eye and legs. Poor focus 
(point and shoot camera) and cropped.



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[cobirds] Re: Pawnee Grasslands 10April2018 (Weld)

[Sharon Kay]

Dave, I know your frustration with CR96. I was there a few weeks back and 
was sickened by what I saw. -sharon kay

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 8:36:44 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> *Birds of note sensed:*
>
> After getting a not so early start, I arrived near where WY-NE-CO come 
> together ne of Grover about 8am.  My target was Sharp-tailed Grouse, which 
> everybody has seemingly found.  I got a few extra hours of sleep but not 
> the birds, these two facts being no doubt related.  However, I could sense 
> their presence.  Can I make a pencil mark on the checklist if I don't push 
> hard?  Also, for what it's worth, I met a nice local rancher named Mr. 
> Klingensmith who has lived in the area 20+ years and said he often sees 
> them while driving e on CR134 between 125 and 129 and also going from 134 n 
> on 125 a few miles to the unmarked State Line.  
>
>
> *Birds of note seen:*
>
> Chestnut-collared Longspur (at least 20): mostly near the recently 
> reported S-t Grouse locations, especially on the w side of Weld CR115 n of 
> 134.
>
> Northern Shrike (1a)  117 n of 134
>
> Loggerhead Shrike (1a)  111 just s of the State Line  (not too many days 
> in spring or autumn when both shrikes occur on the northern CO plains).
>
> Long-billed Curlew (4)  in wheat stubble s of 134 just w of 125
>
>
>   
>
>
> Rough-legged Hawk (at least 4): in the general area of the S-t Grouse 
> sightings plus one on CR77 near GR96 n of Crow Valley (shown)
>
>
>   
>
> Golden Eagle (1) CR90 w of CR49
>
>
> *A Res #1 *on 124 a few miles w of 77: water is high, no shorebirds, 
> just common duck species.
>
>
> *At Crow Valley late this afternoon into early evening (gate is now open, 
> hosts on site):*
>
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1m)
>
> Townsend's Solitaire (2)
>
> Total of 25 bird species at CVCG/Briggsdale plus my FOY heard western 
> chorus frogs (note, I did NOT see Mountain Plovers e of Briggsdale in the 
> green strips of winter wheat on CR79 just s of SR14 where they were a week 
> or so ago).
>
>
> *Crom Lake* on 131 w of Pierce: water high, mostly common ducks and 
> killdeer, no swallows.
>
>
> [Did NOT see large numbers of sparrows today, did NOT see McCown's 
> Longspur, did NOT see any kingbirds or Burrowing Owls.  Regarding the 
> latter, I did not check any prairie-dog towns, so maybe no surprise they 
> escaped detection.] 
>
>
> Furthermore,  I did NOT drive GR96 ("Murphy's Pasture") out of not wanting 
> to get pissed at all the gun activity on a route supposedly devoted to 
> nature observation.  
>
>
> Dave Leatherman
>
> Fort Collins
>

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[cobirds] Re: Long-billed Dowitcher and Great Egret [Weld]

[Sharon Kay]

I saw that egret today in the same place Gary. Today is Monday. It flew 
east after a bit. Beautifully white.

On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 10:22:46 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> On my usually Sunday morning route ...
>
>- Great Egret (small irrigation pond west side of Weld CR 47 just 
>south of Weld CR 48)
>- Long-billed Dowitcher (Cozzens Lake along with Greater and Lesser 
>Yellowlegs)
>- Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult, on west side of Weld CR 23 with 
>usual gull flock north of Drake Lake in field adjacent to house on north 
>side of Drake Lake. Also, half dozen or so Franklin's Gull)
>
> Reminder Saturday Pawnee NG field trip: 
> http://coloradobirder.club/m/events/view/Prairie-Wonders-of-the-Pawnee-National-Grassland
>
>
> Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
>
> http://coloradobirder.club/
>
>
>

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[cobirds] Re: CR 41 N. of CR 46 Weld County

[Sharon Kay]

On Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 6:08:53 PM UTC-6, Sharon Kay wrote:
>
> Around 5:15 pm at the ponds just West of CR 41 there was a Great Egret and 
> three Black-necked Stilt. Across the road in a field, 12 Sandhill Crane 
> landed after a fly over.
>
> Sharon Kay
>

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[cobirds] CR 41 N. of CR 46

[Sharon Kay]

Around 5:15 pm at the ponds just West of CR 41 there was a Great Egret and 
three Black-necked Stilt. Across the road in a field, 12 Sandhill Crane 
landed after a fly over.

Sharon Kay

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[cobirds] Re: Some Weld and Morgan Highlights

[Sharon Kay]

If you would share, what is the general crossroad of WCR 59 marsh? I have 
not heard of WCR 59 marsh.

On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 5:38:57 PM UTC-6, William Kaempfer wrote:
>
> Today I took the time to enjoy the mild March weather with an excursion to 
> Weld County.  Joined by John Vanderpoel and Cameron Boyd, we started by 
> birding Glenmere Park in Greeley.  Pretty normal stuff until we finally hit 
> a passerine flock at the end with one each of Red- and White-breasted 
> Nuthatches and a Golden=crowned Kinglet.  On to the WCR 59 marsh where lots 
> of ducks were evident including some stunning and recently arrived Cinnamon 
> Teal.  All of the shorebirds to be found were on the west side where lots 
> of Killdeer were joined by a pair of Wilson’s Snipe and single Greater 
> Yellowlegs and Baird’s Sandpiper.  A single Ring-necked Pheasant called and 
> then flushed from the marsh.
>
>  
>
> Loloff had even more ducks, and unlike WCR 59, the focus was on divers 
> with Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup and Ruddy Duck all 
> present.  The scaup were the most abundant of these, but tried as we did, 
> we couldn’t call any Greater.  A large flock of several hundred Cackling 
> Geese was a nice contrast.  Also present were another single Greater 
> Yellowlegs and a pair of Great-tailed Grackles.  At this point, Cameron had 
> to head for home and I proposed heading on to Ft. Morgan.  John took the 
> bait, and we were off.
>
>  
>
> Our hope was to visit the east side of Riverside Park to try again for 
> Winter Wren.  Success this time as the bird called and sang repeatedly from 
> the cattails in the creek that heads west from the spot first described by 
> Norm Lewis about 2 months ago—the 9th hole of the Frisbee golf course.  
> As we lest the spot, John picked out a late Norther Shrike.
>
>  
>
> Finally we stopped at Jackson Reservoir; a very full, white-capped covered 
> and not particularly birdy Jackson Reservoir.  The little pond opposite the 
> lakeside community had a pair of Horned Grebes, one already molted into 
> alternate plumage and we found both Eastern (2) and Mountain (3) Bluebirds.
>
>  
>
> Finally, let me thank Christian for his post on Jeff Parks.  Very sad 
> news, and I’ll miss birding with the always enthusiastic Jeff.
>
>  
>
> Bill Kaempfer
>
> Boulderr
>

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[cobirds] Re: Platte River Cranes in NE

[Sharon Kay]

I went to the N. Platte area Saturday. Many Sandhill and one Whooping Crane 
to boot. 

On Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 8:17:01 PM UTC-6, William Kaempfer wrote:
>
> Cobirders,
>
>  
>
> I hope you will forgive my posting news from my friend Clem Klaphake in 
> Nebraska posting on NEBirds about the Sandhill migration in Nebraska:
>
>  
>
> I have been going to see the Sandhill Crane migration for 30 some 
> years, but this weekend was spectacular. The official count by
> the airplane counters was 502,000 - Peak Migration. Never Get Tired of 
> Seeing and Hearing Sandhill Cranes.
>
> Pretty exciting stuff.
>
>  
>
> Bill Kaempfer
>
> Boulder
>
>  
>

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[cobirds] Re: Grandview Cemetery and nearby Fort Collins City Park (Larimer) on 14March2018

[Sharon Kay]

Dave, You have the most impressive posts. 

On Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 9:57:39 AM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> *Red-necked Grebe NOT present at 3:30pm*, apparently ending its 2-week 
> stay (Austin Hess reported it in the AM).  I wonder how many crayfish and 
> gizzard shad it ate since February 28th?  We were all hoping to see some 
> red feathers coming in.  Safe travels to one of those long-watched 
> individual birds we all experience that becomes a personal friend.
>
>
> *At Grandview Cemetery (late in the day visit):*
>
> Flyover Tree Swallow (FOY in CO for me), flying fairly high north to south.
>
>
> Flyover Turkey Vulture (FOY for me).  On the way home I drove thru the 
> neighborhood east of the cemetery where a summer roost traditionally sets 
> up and did not see any vultures.  Some of the big spruce they liked to use 
> have been cut down, presumably as a deterrence strategy by the homeowners 
> who had to live under them (unfortunate but understandable).
>
>
> Pygmy Nuthatches foraging on European elm scale nymphs in American elm 
> (certainly not a historical food for this mountain species).
>
>
> Pygmy Nuthatches foraging on hackberry gall-making psyllid adults emerged 
> from winter nooks in the bark (certainly not a historical food for this 
> mountain species, early for the psyllids to be out, although their 
> threshold of 60 degrees or so has been achieved earlier and I did see one 
> of the blistergall adults (smaller than the nipplegall makers) out and 
> about on a headstone under a hackberry tree in February).  This earlier and 
> earlier emergence is one of the consequences of climate change in that food 
> availability and migrant birds seeking them can get out of sync.  I suppose 
> it could be said the wintering bark gleaners benefit from early emergence 
> since psyllid adults are certainly easier to nitpick off the surface of 
> bark and other substrates than it would be to dig/probe them out.
>
>
> Brown Creepers foraging on the ground at base of hackberry, presumably on 
> emerged psyllids.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Red-breasted Nuthatch on the ground drinking melt from the last remaining, 
> dirty pile of snow (created during road plowing) in the shade next to a 
> shrub.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At one point, all three of our normal nuthatches species were in the same 
> northern hackberry.  Not sure I've ever seen all three in the same tree.
>
>
> Red-tailed Hawk building nest in spruce.
>
>
> Female Great Horned Owl on nest.
>
>
> Definite influx of robins of late.
>
>
> Songsters included House Finches (literal din), robins, flickers, juncos.
>
>
> Flock of 9 Cedar Waxwings appeared to go to roost for the night in a big, 
> dense, berry-laden juniper.
>
>
> American Goldfinches eating flower buds of American elm.
>
>
> Almost expected to hear a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird zoom by but did 
> not.  Last year the first one at Grandview was in very late March, earliest 
> ever in my experience.
>
>
> Dave Leatherman
>
> Fort Collins
>

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[cobirds] Re: Fort Collins Miscellany (Larimer)

[Sharon Kay]

It was great to meet you yesterday. I had no idea I was with such a 
knowledgeable birder although I was picking up clues. Great pic and thanks 
for showing me the snail. I appreciate your help with the bird very much. 
-Sharon Kay

On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 8:57:12 PM UTC-7, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> Today I visited a new area of Fort Collins at the invitation of a friend 
> who said he was "seeing interesting ducks" at his neighborhood pond.  The 
> pond is called "Willow Springs", I guess.  I can't find it named on any 
> map.  The pond is sw of the intersection of Battlecreek Drive and S. 
> Timberline Road in southeastern Fort Collins.  Waterfowl present today on 
> this totally ice free pond were Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Mallards, 
> Cackling Geese and Canada Geese.  
>
>
> While trying to figure out where the pond was and how to access it from 
> inside the nearby condo maze, I saw some interesting things.  A flock of 
> approximately 15 Red Crossbills (sounded like Type 2s) was coming down to a 
> small drainage to drink.  A Red-breasted Nuthatch was exploring roofs and 
> gutters.  At one juncture he got what looks like a winged carpenter ant but 
> it might be a darkened European Paper Wasp cadaver pulled from its cell in 
> a roof corner comb.  Tough to tell dead insects in the beak of a bird 15 
> feet away.   
>
>
>   
>
>
> A Downy Woodpecker was percussing various objects.  Most notably he 
> checked out adventitious root knots protruding above the grass at the base 
> of a cottonwood (not sure what would be in these) and goldenrod gall fly 
> galls (see below).   
>
>
> 
>
>
> (1) Goldenrod plant with three galls (left), (2) opened gall showing two 
> fly larvae (*Eurosta solidaginis*) which cause these swellings (middle) 
> and (3) downy woodpecker (right) going after goldenrod gall fly maggots 
> (gall is right in front of its chest).
>
>
> The wonderful red Fox Sparrow first found at the Northern Colorado 
> Environmental Learning Center by Andy Bankert continues.  Yesterday and 
> today it was in the exact site where first reported (southeast of the 
> intersection of the Wilcox and Alden Trails a few tenths of a mile south of 
> the east end of the suspension bridge).  I watched the bird at length both 
> yesterday and today and found its behavior most interesting.  Whatever it 
> is after is down in the leaf litter.  This species is a well-known 
> doublefoot scratcher, similar to towhees and certain other sparrows, 
> including the juncos it hangs with.  What I had never seen before was 
> scratching with a twist.  A full twist, that is.  Its normal posture is 
> head-down and its scratching is modest.  But every once in a while, it 
> raises its head, stands on it clawtip toes, and does a rapid 360-degree 
> spin.  Ice skaters at the upcoming Olympics would receive high marks if 
> they could bust such a move.  Presumably this flips particularly thick or 
> matted litter.  In an attempt to discern what the red sparrow and juncos 
> were getting, several times a minute, from said leaf litter, I got down on 
> my knees, scrunched my trifocals so as to use the reader layer at the 
> bottom to best advantage and scratched back leaves with my hands.  Over a 
> period of 20 minutes and exposing an area of approximately one square 
> meter, I found exactly ZERO insects, one snail barely a mm across, lots of 
> deer droppings, and some seeds of an unidentified plant that might be the 
> answer to the puzzle.  Not exactly the cornucopia I was expecting.  Once 
> again I marvel at the survival skills of birds, once again I walked away 
> stumped.  But that gorgeous sparrow was worth the effort.  If you are 
> looking for it, approach the described area QUIETLY AND SLOWLY.  This bird 
> has been pursued by dozens of birders, many of them loud and impatient, 
> playing tapes, etc.  It is VERY WARY, very difficult to see.  Find the 
> junco flock, stay back and just watch all the scratchers.  It is usually 
> the farthest one away.  When approached or warned of something by nervous 
> juncos, it usually goes up a short ways into the boxelder trees.  Patience 
> usually is rewarded by it returning to the leaf litter but sometimes this 
> takes 15-30 minutes.
>
>
>   
>
>
> I have looked for the Harris's Hawk out off Prospect Road near the Welcome 
> Center at I-25 yesterday and today and not seen it (which means NOTHING 
> with that bird).  It works a huge area, is quite active, never seems to sit 
> in the same place for very long or two days in a row.  
>
>
> Dave Leatherman
>
> Fort Collins

[cobirds] Goose ID help needed (Washington Park, Denver)

[Sharon]

<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IaFMSnm3PuE/WiQ785Yl-NI/BsA/puGq7cORQ-o2kcehgvE4yIGyI9ioObOjACLcBGAs/s1600/fullsizeoutput_91b.jpeg>
This goose has been hanging around Grassmere Lake in Washington Park, 
Denver, for the past few days. It is with a huge flock of Canada geese. My 
husband took the attached image. Could it be a juvenile Snow Goose? Any ID 
help would be appreciated.

Sharon Tinianow

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[cobirds] Harris’s Sparrow, Univ. of CO South Campus trail, Boulder, Boulder, County

[Gary & Sharon]

This morning the Boulder Bird Club observed a Harris’s Sparrow in a flock of 
American Tree Sparrows along the trail on the University of Colorado South 
Campus property.

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County

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[cobirds] American Bittern, Walden Ponds, Cottonwood Marsh, Boulder County

[Gary & Sharon]

The Boulder Bird Club observed an American Bittern today at 11:25 AM. It flew 
out of the cattails on the south end of the marsh (parking lot side) across to 
the edge of more cattails on the south east side.

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville
Boulder County

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[cobirds] Re: Saturday, May 6th, BIG DAY WITH BILL KAEMPFER

[Sharon Kay]

I live in Greeley. I could meet the group at Crow Valley campground and 
then drive myself for the rest of the trip. What time do you anticipate 
being at Crow Valley?

Sharon Kay

On Monday, May 1, 2017 at 9:15:26 AM UTC-6, Pam Piombino wrote:
>
> This outing is brought to you by Boulder County Audubon
>
> *BIG DAY with BILL KAEMPFER*
>
>  
>
> Saturday, May 6, 2017  6 a.m.-5 p.m.
>
>
> *Free, no reservations required, please note the breaks where you can 
> leave the group.  A State Park pass or admission fee is required in some 
> areas and passengers should plan on sharing transportation costs*
>
>
> This date in May provides participants with the opportunity to find 
> returning breeders, some late wintering birds as well as many shorebirds 
> and ducks on their way north to breed.  Who knows what rarities will be 
> spied as you visit many productive habitats given the exceptional skills of 
> Bill and his participants?
>
>
> Bill asks that the group stays together while on the plains.  This full 
> day will be broken into two halves.  You will first head to Crow Valley, 
> then Jackson State Park and after lunch, the marshes at Lower Latham.  If 
> you choose, you can return home on your own at this point.  You will then 
> proceed to Lyons to bird rich riparian and foothills areas.  Again, you can 
> leave the trip at this point before the rest of the group heads to 
> Allenspark to end the day with higher elevation species.
>
>
> Please meet promptly at 6 a.m. at the Meadows Shopping Center in front of 
> the Rite-Aid Pharmacy, by Mohawk and Baseline.  Bring sun protection, food 
> for snacks and lunch, water and other beverages..  Dress in layers as you 
> will experience lots of temperature changes.  Wear sturdy footwear and be 
> ready for some hiking. Please plan on carpooling and have a full tank of 
> gas if you will volunteer to drive.  Passengers will be expected to pay the 
> drivers $.15 per mile to cover their expenses, which works out to 
> approximately $15 per person in the car.  *Expect 100-125 species for 
> your day of hard birding! *
>

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[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Louisville, Boulder County

[Gary & Sharon]

About 15 minutes ago there was  a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak eating black 
oil sunflower seeds in my back yard. The breast was very streaked. A first for 
my yard!

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County  

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[cobirds] Re: Castlewood canyon point 5?

[Sharon Kay]

I found this from the postings on ebird: points 5 & 6 and west along CCT, 
--Possibly CCT means Cherry Creek Trail and there are points marked as you 
walk along it. Calling the park might be the way to go. Please let us know 
if you find out. Thanks.

Sharon Kay
Greel

On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 5:47:46 PM UTC-6, Marie Hoerner wrote:
>
> Does anyone know by chance where  point 5 is in Castlewood Canyon SP? I 
> keep seeing it in rare bird alerts and, although I am familiar with the 
> park, I've never heard of numbered points there. Thank you! 
>
> Marie Hoerner 
> Castle Rock 
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[cobirds] Northern Pintail at Washington Park, Denver

[Sharon]

There is one male Northern Pintail hanging out with Mallards at the south 
end of Grassmere Lake in Washington Park. Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, and 
Shovelers are there is good numbers now that the ice is receding.The Bald 
Eagle is back in one of the big trees on the west side of Smith Lake. 
Common and Hooded Mergansers are on Smith Lake. Ring-billed Gulls and 
Canada Geese are everywhere.

Sharon Tinianow
Denver

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[cobirds] Rosy-Finch Video from 12/5/15

[Sharon Pratt]

Hi birders,

We have been meaning to share this video of the Rosy-finches we saw in 
Wildernest.Colorado Rosy-finches <https://youtu.be/s-JczfhNoxg>. It was 
such an amazing sight to see so many at one time!

Thanks again to everyone for all the tips that made our first birding trip 
to Colorado a huge success.

Sharon & Mike Pratt
St. Petersburg, FL

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[cobirds] Re: Rosy-Finch Video from 12/5/15

[Sharon Pratt]

Hi birders,

We removed the video to respect the privacy of the homeowners. Sorry for 
the inconvenience.

Sharon

On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:22:37 PM UTC-5, Sharon Pratt wrote:
>
> Hi birders,
>
> We have been meaning to share this video of the Rosy-finches we saw in 
> Wildernest.Colorado Rosy-finches <https://youtu.be/s-JczfhNoxg>. It was 
> such an amazing sight to see so many at one time!
>
> Thanks again to everyone for all the tips that made our first birding trip 
> to Colorado a huge success.
>
> Sharon & Mike Pratt
> St. Petersburg, FL
>

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[cobirds] Colorado Birding - Request for Information

[Sharon Pratt]

Hello all,

We will be birding in the Denver area on Saturday and Sunday, 12/5 & 12/6. 
We hope to see Rosy Finches and would appreciate information on where to 
look. We also plan to bird at Chatfield State Park and would like 
recommendations on the best areas for geese and ducks. Any other 
suggestions on locations we should check are welcome since this is my first 
visit to Colorado. 

Thanks and good birding,

Sharon & Mike Pratt
St. Petersburg, FL

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[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes flying over, Louisville, Boulder county

[Gary and Sharon]

About 10 minutes ago a large flock of Sandhill Cranes flew heading south over 
my house here in Louisville.  I heard them coming and jumped up to get my 
binoculars and headed to the front door.  I did just get a poor visibility view 
as the faded from sight, so I’m going mostly by the sound of them.  They 
certainly didn’t sound like the Canada Goose flocks I hear fly over so the 
sound of the cranes really caught my attention.  Glad I didn’t have music or 
the TV playing at the time.  If you are south of Louisville - listen!

Sharon Norfleet
Louisville
Boulder County

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[cobirds] Feeding birds during this latest cold snap

['Sharon Daugherty' via Colorado Birds]

Re-posting from last year for those of you interested . . . 

For those of you who wish to help the birds during this spring cold weather 
snap.

Obviously, put up nectar feeders if you have them. Oranges and grape jelly in 
addition to sugar water for the orioles. And put out a fruit and nut seed blend 
(Wild Delight's Fruit  Nut is really good) for the insectivores. Soaked 
raisins are great.Mealworms are the best source of protein when insects may be 
less plentiful for species such as kingbirds.

Put out suet for the woodpeckers and flickers. 
Robins like troutworms and mealworms in addition
to fruit. You can buy worms pretty inexpensively at Wal-Mart, PetSmart, and now 
at King Soopers. Horned larks prefer millet sprays and/or whole
millet. You can get millet at PetSmart or at your local feed store. Longspurs 
will also eat millet, finch seed,
mealworms, and crumbled suet.  Blackbirds, doves, corvids and even juncos love 
cracked corn.

Black oil sunflower seed is always a top choice for
numerous bird species.  If feeding at home, other good food choices are
hard-boiled egg, dog or cat food soaked in hot water until soft (blue jays love
this), even broccoli (chopped finely), lettuce, and grated carrot. Mealworms
are the best source of protein if you can offer those.  Obviously, if you do 
feed wild birds, it would
not be a good idea to feed them in the roads! Try to find an area off to the
side where you can clear an area to scatter seed.  Please also keep a small box 
in your car for
injured birds. Put soft material at the bottom and make sure there are
breathing holes. Take injured/emaciated birds to your local wildlife rehab 
facility immediately. 

Thank you so very much for your help!  Sharon Daugherty
Northeast of Fort Collins, CO off CR 56 and
Terry Lake Rd.
sharona_...@yahoo.com   

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Bird apps and playback luring

[Gary and Sharon]

Scott,

Well maybe:

phishing |ˈfi sh i ng |
noun
the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial  
information a bird in the wild by posing as a legitimate company bird  
with an audio device.


Gary
Of course I meant pishing - not recognized by auto spell check in  
this brave new world, I had to laugh! Careful with those 4-letter  
codes! :)


-Scott

On Saturday, January 4, 2014, Scott E. Severs wrote:
More reading on a snowy day. Does anyone remember something called  
phishing? Good idea to check with your local agency before using  
playback on a protected property.


http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304244904579276551350667062


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Longmont, CO

Boulder County Bird Trax: http://tinyurl.com/l98ahv4



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[cobirds] Parakeet, Larimer County, NE Fort Collins--escapee

[Sharon Daugherty]

Hi,

A bright yellow parakeet with a little green on its back and breast showed up 
in our yard this afternoon northeast of Fort Collins, off Terry Lake Road and 
Hwy 56. I have some not great photos of the bird, so please email me privately 
if you know of a missing exotic bird in the area, or better yet, if it is 
yours! It was hanging out with a group of juvie Bullock's orioles.

Thanks much,

Sharon Daugherty

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[cobirds] Birds are in need of food; please help

[Sharon Daugherty]

Hello,

I am writing on behalf of Greenwood Wildlife Rehab Center in Lyons, CO (I am a 
former volunteer) and Boulder County Audubon Society (I am a board member with 
them). The insectivores and returning migratory birds are starving right now 
and grounded due to the snow cover. If you are at all able to provide food for 
them during your birding outings, especially where you see large groups of 
longspurs, horned larks, and robins congregating along county roads, it would 
really help them out. 

Donna Nespoli, licensed wildlife rehabilitator with Greenwood, offers the 
following suggestions:

Robins like troutworms and mealworms in addition to fruit. You can buy worms 
pretty inexpensively at Wal-Mart.

Horned larks prefer millet sprays and/or whole millet. You can get millet at 
PetSmart or at your local feed store.

Longspurs will also eat millet, finch seed, mealworms, and crumbled suet. 

Blackbirds love cracked corn and even the juncos are enjoying that up where I 
live.

Sunflower seed is always a top choice for numerous bird species.

If feeding at home, other good food choices are hard-boiled egg, dog or cat 
food soaked in hot water until soft (blue jays love this), even broccoli 
(chopped finely), lettuce, and grated carrot. Mealworms are the best source of 
protein if you can offer those.

Obviously, if you do feed wild birds, it would not be a good idea to feed them 
in the roads! Try to find an area off to the side where you can clear an area 
to scatter seed.

Please also keep a small box in your car for injured birds. Put soft material 
at the bottom and make sure there are breathing holes. Take birds to your local 
wildlife rehab facility. Greenwood is located about 4 miles west of Lyons on 
Hwy 66 and can be reached at 303-823-8455. They are open seven days a week from 
9am to 4pm.

Thank you so very much for your help!

Sharon Daugherty
Northeast of Fort Collins, CO off CR 56 and Terry Lake Rd.
sharona_...@yahoo.com

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[cobirds] Boulder Bird Club Uganda Slide Presentation

[Gary and Sharon]

The Boulder Bird Club presents the Birds of Uganda Tuesday, May 1,  
7:00 p.m. at Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder.   
Everyone is invited to join Gary Baxley, Sharon Norfleet, and Martin  
Gerra as they present photos of birds and other wildlife inhabiting  
the savannas, shrub lands, tropical forests and wetlands of Western  
Uganda, Africa.  Share in their experience of a journey they made in  
November 2011.  We were fortunate to meet the people of Uganda and see  
Chimpanzees,  Mountain Gorillas and over 400 bird species (no we  
didn't get photos of everyone of them) including the elusive Shoebill  
stork.  We hope to see you there.


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[cobirds] Greater Roadrunner, Jefferson County

[Gary and Sharon]

 This morning a group of 8 birders from the Boulder Bird Club found  
the Greater Roadrunner in the same general area as Dave Leatherman saw  
it yesterday.   East of the entrance to Red Rocks Park a few hundred  
yards up the hill east of Jefferson CR93 (= SR26) on the closed road  
at about mile marker 2 (between the port-a potty and the dinosaur  
tracks display).  This time it crossed the road from the east and ran  
up the hill toward the west.  It then walked along the fence line and  
we had great views of it as it walked along.


Sharon Norfleet
Louisville
Boulder County

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Fw: Re: [cobirds] Ross's Gull story on Channel 4 news tonight, 6pm

[Sharon Daugherty]

Here you go, Bill and others--I happened to hear it while driving to work!

http://www.cpr.org/#load_article|Rarely_Seen_Gull_Touches_Down_In_Colorado

Sharon Daugherty

--- On Wed, 12/1/10, Bill Schmoker bill.schmo...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Bill Schmoker bill.schmo...@gmail.com
Subject: [cobirds] Ross's Gull story on Channel 4 news tonight, 6pm
To: Cobirds cobirds@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 11:55 AM

Folks- A head's up that Channel 4 is doing a feature on the recent Cherry Creek 
Reservoir Ross's Gull tonight on their 6pm news.
  You should some familiar faces interviewed by reporter Paul Day.  I have also 
been told (but not heard it yet) that NPR had a feature story this morning on 
the bird.  I suspect if someone were to dig around they could find that 
podcast- if someone has that link would you share it with the group?  Thanks!!

Enjoy- Bill Schmoker, Longmont
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[cobirds] FOS Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Lyons, CO

[Sharon Daugherty]

Dear Co-Birders,
 
At approximately 11:30a.m. I heard and then saw my FOS Broad-tailed Hummingbird 
along Old South St. Vrain Road in Lyons, CO. This marks nearly the same spot 
and exactly the same day last April that I saw one in the area.
 
Happy soggy birding,
 
Sharon Daugherty
Lyons, CO


  
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