[cobirds] February 2024 Birds, Woodland Park Yard Area and Beyond
February 2024 Birds, Woodland Park Yard Area and Beyond Canada Goose- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, 3 Mallard- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, 10 Ring-necked Duck- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, M, new sighting for location South Platte River near Lake George on 2-21, M Hooded Merganser- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, !F, new sighting for location American Wigeon- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, 1M Common Goldeneye- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, 10M, 5F South Platte River near Lake George on 2-21, 9F, 3M South Platte River near Lake George on 2-26, a few Common Merganser- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, MF South Platte River near Lake George on 2-21, M South Platte River near Lake George on 2-26, M Bald Eagle- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-21, 2 adults, vocal, courtship? Rough-legged Hawk- Along Hwy. 24 just E of Hartsel, 1, light morph Merlin- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-21, 1, hunting crossbills, may have also been there on Jan. 31 when Red Crossbill flock was very vocal and agitated Belted Kingfisher- Manitou Lake on 2-13, 1, below spillway Downy Woodpecker- 2-5 Northern Flicker- M on 2-9, M on 2-11 Northern Shrike- Manitou Lake on 2-6, along the dam Manitou Lake on 2-13, 1, calling Steller’s Jay- Blue River Trail on 2-18, 1 Clark’s Nutcracker- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, 1 South Platte River near Lake George on 2-21, a few Pony Gulch on 2-24, calling South Platte River near Lake George on 2-26, 1 American Crow- Hoosier Pass, flock of about 30 on 2-17 Alma, flock of about 20 on 2-19 American Dipper- Manitou Lake on 2-6, 1, singing below spillway, also on 2-28 South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, 2-21, 2-26, 1, sing Red-breasted Nuthatch- Pony Gulch on 2-24, call White-breasted Nuthatch- one or two around most of the time Manitou Lake on 2-28 Mountain Chickadee- Illinois Creek Trail, a few on 2-18 Manitou Lake on 2-28, flock of 6 Song Sparrow- Manitou Lake on 2-13, 1 Dark-eyed Junco- sing on 2-13 Slate-colored- one or two around most of the time Manitou Lake on 2-6, 1 Manitou Lake on 2-28, 4 Pink-sided- small flocks around most of the time Manitou Lake on 2-6, 3 Manitou Lake on 2-13, 10 White-winged- one or two around most of the time Manitou Lake on 2-6, 5 Manitou Lake on 2-28, 10 Oregon- 2-22, 2-25, 2-28 Manitou Lake on 2-13, 1 Red-winged Blackbird- Manitou Lake on 2-6, 4 males, singing, territorial Evening Grosbeak- a few on 2-4 Cassin’s Finch- small flocks around most of the time, sing on 2-14 Rosy-Finch A few reports of large flocks in Cripple Creek and Victor Red Crossbill- Manitou Lake on 2-6, two flocks of about 10 Manitou Lake on 2-28, MF House Sparrow- a few around most of the time Mink- South Platte River near Lake George on 2-19, tracks Joe LaFleur Woodland Park, Teller County, 8500 feet -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d6b4a937-422a-4807-8d5d-4b8c3f96223dn%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update
Hey Thomas, Like Doug, I've got a grouse to add to the list. My yard has seen both Sharp-Tailed Grouse (I believe that's still a need) and Dusky Grouse in the last few months! On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 11:30:17 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Excellent--thanks Doug! No statute of limitations on this list :-) > Thanks for sharing! > --Thomas > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM Doug Ward wrote: > >> Tom, >> >> >> >> Just back into cell/internet range and getting caught up on your “little” >> yard list project. It’s been fun reading folks encounters and amazing >> finds in their respective yards. Figured I wouldn’t have anything to add >> to the master list, but thanks to your needs list, I was wrong! Depending >> on your statute of limitations, you can add GREATER SAGE-GROUSE which used >> to come and feed under our feeder in the winter when we lived on a ranch in >> Axial Basin (south central Moffat Co.) in the late ‘70s. So now you are up >> to 386, truly an incredible number! >> >> >> >> Good Birding, >> >> Doug >> >> >> >> *From:* cob...@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of >> *Thomas >> Heinrich >> *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2024 9:15 AM >> *To:* Colorado Birds >> *Subject:* [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just a quick update: >> >> >> >> Total species now: 385 >> >> >> >> Total number of contributors: 60, make that 61 with Larry M >> >> >> >> Needs list total (see below): 135 species >> >> >> >> Still working on getting all who have contributed represented in the >> list. If you have any new species to add to the list, I'm happy to include >> them. I'll try to include those submitting species already listed from now >> forward, if I have time. Definitely have my hands full. But please keep >> posting--it's been really interesting and a lot of fun to read about >> everyone's experiences and to connect with others across the state (and out >> of state, as well). >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Thomas >> >> >> >> >> >> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck >> >> Fulvous Whistling-Duck >> >> Pink-footed Goose >> >> Barnacle Goose >> >> Garganey >> >> Eurasian Wigeon >> >> Mexican Duck >> >> American Black Duck >> >> Mottled Duck >> >> Tufted Duck >> >> Harlequin Duck >> >> White-winged Scoter >> >> California Quail >> >> Ruffed Grouse >> >> White-tailed Ptarmigan >> >> Greater Sage-Grouse >> >> Gunnison Sage-Grouse >> >> Sharp-tailed Grouse >> >> Greater Prairie-Chicken >> >> Red-necked Grebe >> >> Groove-billed Ani >> >> Eastern Whip-poor-will >> >> Mexican Whip-poor-will >> >> Vaux's Swift >> >> King Rail >> >> Common Gallinule >> >> Purple Gallinule >> >> Yellow Rail >> >> Black Rail >> >> Limpkin >> >> Whooping Crane >> >> Black-bellied Plover >> >> American Golden-Plover >> >> Piping Plover >> >> Snowy Plover >> >> Eskimo Curlew >> >> Hudsonian Godwit >> >> Marbled Godwit >> >> Ruddy Turnstone >> >> Red Knot >> >> Ruff >> >> Sharp-tailed Sandpiper >> >> Curlew Sandpiper >> >> Dunlin >> >> Purple Sandpiper >> >> White-rumped Sandpiper >> >> Buff-breasted Sandpiper >> >> Semipalmated Sandpiper >> >> Short-billed Dowitcher >> >> Willet >> >> Red Phalarope >> >> Pomarine Jaeger >> >> Parasitic Jaeger >> >> Long-tailed Jaeger >> >> Long-billed Murrelet >> >> Ancient Murrelet >> >> Black-legged Kittiwake >> >> Ivory Gull >> >> Sabine's Gull >> >> Black-headed Gull >> >> Little Gull >> >> Ross's Gull >> >> Laughing Gull >> >> Short-billed Gull >> >> Western Gull >> >> Slaty-backed Gull >> >> Glaucous-winged Gull >> >> Kelp Gull >> >> Sooty Tern >> >> Least Tern >> >> Arctic Tern >> >> Royal Tern >> >> Sandwich Tern >> >> Black Skimmer >> >> Red-th
[cobirds] Re: South-central Colorado, Mar. 12– 17, 2024
Here's something fun, from the archives:
https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/cobirds/c/oqCyicSjiHc/m/S8EvX70veekJ
Literally, from the COBirds archives.
That was the first San Luis Valley road trip Hannah and I ever did
together. And, now, a mere 17 years later... :-)
(No sandstorms and snow devils for that 2007 expedition, but how 'bout the
incident with the car and the flame-thrower!)
—Ted Floyd, Lafayette, Boulder Co.
On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 5:55 AM Ted Floyd wrote:
Hey, all.
>
> Hannah Floyd and I were down in south-central Colorado for much of the
> past week—whilst so many of the rest of you were dealing with the big
> winter storm in the Front Range foothills and along the I-25 corridor. But
> we got to experience some weather ourselves, including an intense
> sandstorm, several prolonged bouts of graupel, and even an impressive "snow
> devil." Some quick highlights:
>
> 1. Lathrop State Park, Huerfano Co., Tues., Mar. 12. Breezy and warm and
> kinda slow birdwise, with 4 *Woodhouse scrub-jays,* 2 *juniper titmouses,*
> 2 *American bushtits,* 2 *Bewick wrens,* 1 *curve-billed thrasher,* and
> the first of the many hundreds, perhaps 1,000+, *mountain bluebirds* that
> we would see during our expedition. Also a nice showing by green claybank
> tiger beetles, *Cicindela denverensis*; we succeeded in audio-recording
> their sonations!—a first for us, for sure, and perhaps for anyone.
>
> 2. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Alamosa Co., Tues., Mar. 12. Arriving
> there at sundown and climbing the dunes during a sandstorm was
> memorable—but also unconducive to birding. We saw and heard nothing!
>
> 3. Medano Ranch [PRIVATE], Alamosa Co. On Wed., Mar. 13, as snow squalls
> were coming down off the Sangre de Cristo range, a singing
> *loggerhead shrike,* 1 *sage thrasher,* and at least 7 *sagebrush
> sparrows.* On Thurs., Mar. 14, in heavy snow, 3 northbound *killdeer,* a
> *golden
> eagle,* the famous *ferruginous hawk x red-tailed hawk,* back now for the
> 7th year; and an enchanting North American porcupine, *Erethizon dorsatum*,
> covered in snow and watching our group from just above eye level in an old
> willow.
>
> 4. Smith Reservoir State Wildlife Area [FEE, PERMIT], Costilla Co., Wed.,
> Mar. 13. In rain, sleet, graupel, and then snow flurries, large numbers and
> a good diversity of ducks, including 100+ *northern pintails,* 150+ *common
> mergansers,* and 1 *red-breasted merganser;* 3,500+ *sandhill cranes;* 1
> *Wilson
> snipe;* and 2 *merlins.*
>
> 5. Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Rio Grande Co. On Thurs., Mar.
> 14, in on-and-off snow squalls and then a steadier snow, 4 *cinnamon
> teal, *40+* ruddy ducks,* and 2 more merlins. On Sat., Mar. 16, in bright
> sunshine and then heavy graupel, an amazing anserine showing, with 13 *snow
> geese,* 4 *greater white-fronted geese, *4,500 *cackling geese* (their
> numbers at the refuge have gone off the charts in recent years), a few
> *"lesser"
> Canada geese* still hanging on, 2 *Anser x Branta hybrids,* and, just off
> the refuge, 5 *domestic swan ("Chinese") geese;* *bald eagles* at a nest;
> and 4 *marsh wrens.*
>
> 6. Home Lake, Rio Grande Co., Fri., Mar. 15. In bright sunshine, 125+
> *gadwalls;* early shorebirds including 1 female *American avocet* and 6
> *greater
> yellowlegses;* 5 *American white pelicans;* and wonderful viewing of a
> pair of muskrats, *Ondatra zibethicus*.
>
> 7. Lane 5, Alamosa Co., Fri., Mar. 15, & Sat., Mar. 16. Roadside stops
> produced hundreds more (but not thousands) of sandhill cranes, a *ferruginous
> hawk* and a *prairie falcon,* and large roadside flocks of mountain
> bluebirds and especially *horned larks. *
>
> 8. Zapata Ranch [PRIVATE], Alamosa Co., Sat., Mar. 16. Under cloudy skies,
> 2 marvelous singing *long-eared owls,* including one in a nearby juniper;
> 5 *great horned owls;* 40+ *pinyon jays;* surprisingly, two pairs of
> nest-excavating *pygmy nuthatches* (the habitat here does not seem
> suitable for them); and our only *western bluebird* of the trip amid
> several mountain bluebirds.
>
> 9. Center, Saguache Co., Sun. Mar. 17. After a promisingly mild and sunny
> start to the morning, overcast with flurries, and our first and only *Say
> phoebe* of the trip; thought we mighta had a few tree swallows there,
> too, but not sure.
>
> 10. Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area, Saguache Co., Sun., Mar. 17. Under
> cloudy and cool conditions with snow squalls nearby, a likely Mallard x
> Mexican Duck intergrade, 1 notably pale *Streptopelia collared-dove,*
> golden and bald eagles, 2 agonistic loggerhead shries, a marsh wren, a
> screeching *great-tailed grackle,* and adult male winter midges, *Diamesa
> mendotae*.
>
> 11. S
[cobirds] Re: Colorado Combined Yard List update
Now up to 389 species with the addition of Harris' Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk, Mexican Whip-poor-will, and Doug's Greater Sage Grouse. Thanks to all who are contributing! --Thomas On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:15 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > Just a quick update: > > Total species now: 385 > > Total number of contributors: 60, make that 61 with Larry M > > Needs list total (see below): 135 species > > Still working on getting all who have contributed represented in the list. > If you have any new species to add to the list, I'm happy to include them. > I'll try to include those submitting species already listed from now > forward, if I have time. Definitely have my hands full. But please keep > posting--it's been really interesting and a lot of fun to read about > everyone's experiences and to connect with others across the state (and out > of state, as well). > > Thanks! > Thomas > > > Black-bellied Whistling-Duck > Fulvous Whistling-Duck > Pink-footed Goose > Barnacle Goose > Garganey > Eurasian Wigeon > Mexican Duck > American Black Duck > Mottled Duck > Tufted Duck > Harlequin Duck > White-winged Scoter > California Quail > Ruffed Grouse > White-tailed Ptarmigan > Greater Sage-Grouse > Gunnison Sage-Grouse > Sharp-tailed Grouse > Greater Prairie-Chicken > Red-necked Grebe > Groove-billed Ani > Eastern Whip-poor-will > Mexican Whip-poor-will > Vaux's Swift > King Rail > Common Gallinule > Purple Gallinule > Yellow Rail > Black Rail > Limpkin > Whooping Crane > Black-bellied Plover > American Golden-Plover > Piping Plover > Snowy Plover > Eskimo Curlew > Hudsonian Godwit > Marbled Godwit > Ruddy Turnstone > Red Knot > Ruff > Sharp-tailed Sandpiper > Curlew Sandpiper > Dunlin > Purple Sandpiper > White-rumped Sandpiper > Buff-breasted Sandpiper > Semipalmated Sandpiper > Short-billed Dowitcher > Willet > Red Phalarope > Pomarine Jaeger > Parasitic Jaeger > Long-tailed Jaeger > Long-billed Murrelet > Ancient Murrelet > Black-legged Kittiwake > Ivory Gull > Sabine's Gull > Black-headed Gull > Little Gull > Ross's Gull > Laughing Gull > Short-billed Gull > Western Gull > Slaty-backed Gull > Glaucous-winged Gull > Kelp Gull > Sooty Tern > Least Tern > Arctic Tern > Royal Tern > Sandwich Tern > Black Skimmer > Red-throated Loon > Arctic Loon > Pacific Loon > Yellow-billed Loon > Wood Stork > Magnificent Frigatebird > Brown Booby > Neotropic Cormorant > Brown Pelican > Least Bittern > Tricolored Heron > Reddish Egret > White Ibis > Glossy Ibis > Roseate Spoonbill > Black Vulture > White-tailed Kite > Common Black Hawk > Harris's Hawk > Variable Hawk > Red-shouldered Hawk > Zone-tailed Hawk > Snowy Owl > Spotted Owl > Barred Owl > Red-breasted Sapsucker > Crested Caracara > Gyrfalcon > Dusky-capped Flycatcher > Brown-crested Flycatcher > Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher > Tropical Kingbird > Couch's Kingbird > Thick-billed Kingbird > Fork-tailed Flycatcher > Acadian Flycatcher > Buff-breasted Flycatcher > Gray Vireo > Yellow-green Vireo > Cave Swallow > Cactus Wren > Pacific Wren > Sedge Wren > Bendire's Thrasher > Rufous-backed Robin > Sprague's Pipit > Cassia Crossbill > Smith's Longspur > Black-chinned Sparrow > LeConte's Sparrow > Nelson's Sparrow > Baird's Sparrow > Henslow's Sparrow > Chihuahuan Meadowlark > Louisiana Waterthrush > Swainson's Warbler > Lucy's Warbler > Tropical Parula > Grace's Warbler > Golden-crowned Warbler > Hepatic Tanager > > > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwHCF2ofh4c%2BHwKy8qdz0qnkdpUXsuKixTnyK-_w%3DxZX_w%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] South-central Colorado, Mar. 12– 17, 2024
Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon? I spent my childhood consuming everything on TV, including the ads - this is something I know very well. Thanks for sharing, Ted! I love the idea of getting this kind of audio of insects and adding it to my iNat posts! So cool! Matt *Matthew M Webb* Senior Avian Ecologist and Motus Wildlife Tracking System Coordinator *Bird Conservancy of the Rockies* Motus project #281 <https://motus.org/data/project?id=281> 970.482.1707 x36 (office) 970.405.7155 (mobile - use this number!) www.birdconservancy.org *Connect with us on *Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/birdconservancy> * and *Twitter <https://twitter.com/BirdConservancy> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:15 AM Ted Floyd wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM Matt Webb > wrote: > >> Ted, >> >> Thanks for the interesting report! Did you post the beetle recording to >> iNaturalist? Can you share a link if you did? I’d like to give it a listen! >> > > This might be a bit before your time, Matt . . . > > [image: but of course.jpg] > > Anyhow: > > > https://link.edgepilot.com/s/6c475bff/Kc_pwoWmhUKi255cZOCOSA?u=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202235650 > > First iNat upload of audio for any species in the family > Cicindelidae...ever! > > Thanks for asking! Best, —Ted > > >> Matt >> >> >> *Matthew M Webb* >> >> Senior Avian Ecologist and Motus Wildlife Tracking System Coordinator >> >> *Bird Conservancy of the Rockies* >> >> Motus project #281 >> <https://link.edgepilot.com/s/e6463954/gzx89zCjl0q0AH3Q8RfFqA?u=https://motus.org/data/project?id=281> >> >> 970.482.1707 x36 (office) >> >> 970.405.7155 (mobile - use this number!) >> >> https://link.edgepilot.com/s/241bc79c/7qgTi-GKikuLGVHVS69sZw?u=http://www.birdconservancy.org/ >> >> *Connect with us on *Facebook >> <https://link.edgepilot.com/s/90ec3e1b/IxFdNEzU-kqsVyOyGBwTEg?u=https://www.facebook.com/birdconservancy> >> * and *Twitter >> <https://link.edgepilot.com/s/f6a36153/nAGNh2sV60CunIY2IwxE6g?u=https://twitter.com/BirdConservancy> >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > > https://link.edgepilot.com/s/91f6f313/ybHYwFIoJEaQMrRU6oD0fw?u=http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists > https://link.edgepilot.com/s/153b9d16/oL4YdrKYlEOHhRIQk3dxjg?u=https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://link.edgepilot.com/s/357f7a71/O_obIDG-UUiLSujju8fONQ?u=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944eViKcpAYo3vTYfKBwdpTt9XVfApkdvWgZmQqyg-3jNDw%2540mail.gmail.com > <https://link.edgepilot.com/s/5a5751e2/fNfRPLAbIkKrcES3Y92W3g?u=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944eViKcpAYo3vTYfKBwdpTt9XVfApkdvWgZmQqyg-3jNDw%2540mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email%26utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAOZHPtx%2BRJn6xzLHP%2BMrx%3DLOmaONwC0vUC6pcxnkiiKankg9nw%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update
Thanks for continuing to share interesting back yard bird stories. Its a nice effort to combine all the results! My birds may not help lengthen the species count effort, but I persist! My own Longmont yard is rather ordinary, the same ten main birds with a total list of about 48. But why do I persist in these little eBird lists for my yard? Of course I AM obsessed, we feed the birds, and I love seeing what the birds are doing today. So today, it was my flicker hitting a metal vent on my roof, to out perform the other flicker across the back fence. The goldfinches are back, and the robins are coursing through the big trees! I have been able to figure out ID marks for my yard juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk with help from my friendly eBird reviewer, and now can focus on their pencil thin LEGS to be helpful to figure out Coopers versus Sharpie. I do get nice flyovers headed to Lagerman, but I am most interested in what the nuthatches and HOFI are up to today, what they sound like and look like, and I even enjoy my pair of starlings as they are my relatively rare bird! One year I had a Brown Creeper live here all winter, and I have even had a one week visit from a Hermit Thrush in Nov. 2020, and an occasional warbler in the fall. There is always hope, as the 2018 Blackburnian Warbler stake-out eBird hot spot is only a block or two from my yard! Pat Cullen Longmont, CO On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 11:30:17 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Excellent--thanks Doug! No statute of limitations on this list :-) > Thanks for sharing! > --Thomas > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM Doug Ward wrote: > >> Tom, >> >> >> >> Just back into cell/internet range and getting caught up on your “little” >> yard list project. It’s been fun reading folks encounters and amazing >> finds in their respective yards. Figured I wouldn’t have anything to add >> to the master list, but thanks to your needs list, I was wrong! Depending >> on your statute of limitations, you can add GREATER SAGE-GROUSE which used >> to come and feed under our feeder in the winter when we lived on a ranch in >> Axial Basin (south central Moffat Co.) in the late ‘70s. So now you are up >> to 386, truly an incredible number! >> >> >> >> Good Birding, >> >> Doug >> >> >> >> *From:* cob...@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of >> *Thomas >> Heinrich >> *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2024 9:15 AM >> *To:* Colorado Birds >> *Subject:* [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just a quick update: >> >> >> >> Total species now: 385 >> >> >> >> Total number of contributors: 60, make that 61 with Larry M >> >> >> >> Needs list total (see below): 135 species >> >> >> >> Still working on getting all who have contributed represented in the >> list. If you have any new species to add to the list, I'm happy to include >> them. I'll try to include those submitting species already listed from now >> forward, if I have time. Definitely have my hands full. But please keep >> posting--it's been really interesting and a lot of fun to read about >> everyone's experiences and to connect with others across the state (and out >> of state, as well). >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Thomas >> >> >> >> >> >> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck >> >> Fulvous Whistling-Duck >> >> Pink-footed Goose >> >> Barnacle Goose >> >> Garganey >> >> Eurasian Wigeon >> >> Mexican Duck >> >> American Black Duck >> >> Mottled Duck >> >> Tufted Duck >> >> Harlequin Duck >> >> White-winged Scoter >> >> California Quail >> >> Ruffed Grouse >> >> White-tailed Ptarmigan >> >> Greater Sage-Grouse >> >> Gunnison Sage-Grouse >> >> Sharp-tailed Grouse >> >> Greater Prairie-Chicken >> >> Red-necked Grebe >> >> Groove-billed Ani >> >> Eastern Whip-poor-will >> >> Mexican Whip-poor-will >> >> Vaux's Swift >> >> King Rail >> >> Common Gallinule >> >> Purple Gallinule >> >> Yellow Rail >> >> Black Rail >> >> Limpkin >> >> Whooping Crane >> >> Black-bellied Plover >> >> American Golden-Plover >> >> Piping Plover >> >> Snowy Plover >> >> Eskimo Curlew >> >> Hudsonian Godwit >> >> Ma
Re: [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update
Excellent--thanks Doug! No statute of limitations on this list :-) Thanks for sharing! --Thomas On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM Doug Ward wrote: > Tom, > > > > Just back into cell/internet range and getting caught up on your “little” > yard list project. It’s been fun reading folks encounters and amazing > finds in their respective yards. Figured I wouldn’t have anything to add > to the master list, but thanks to your needs list, I was wrong! Depending > on your statute of limitations, you can add GREATER SAGE-GROUSE which used > to come and feed under our feeder in the winter when we lived on a ranch in > Axial Basin (south central Moffat Co.) in the late ‘70s. So now you are up > to 386, truly an incredible number! > > > > Good Birding, > > Doug > > > > *From:* cobirds@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of > *Thomas Heinrich > *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2024 9:15 AM > *To:* Colorado Birds > *Subject:* [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update > > > > Hi all, > > Just a quick update: > > > > Total species now: 385 > > > > Total number of contributors: 60, make that 61 with Larry M > > > > Needs list total (see below): 135 species > > > > Still working on getting all who have contributed represented in the list. > If you have any new species to add to the list, I'm happy to include them. > I'll try to include those submitting species already listed from now > forward, if I have time. Definitely have my hands full. But please keep > posting--it's been really interesting and a lot of fun to read about > everyone's experiences and to connect with others across the state (and out > of state, as well). > > > > Thanks! > > Thomas > > > > > > Black-bellied Whistling-Duck > > Fulvous Whistling-Duck > > Pink-footed Goose > > Barnacle Goose > > Garganey > > Eurasian Wigeon > > Mexican Duck > > American Black Duck > > Mottled Duck > > Tufted Duck > > Harlequin Duck > > White-winged Scoter > > California Quail > > Ruffed Grouse > > White-tailed Ptarmigan > > Greater Sage-Grouse > > Gunnison Sage-Grouse > > Sharp-tailed Grouse > > Greater Prairie-Chicken > > Red-necked Grebe > > Groove-billed Ani > > Eastern Whip-poor-will > > Mexican Whip-poor-will > > Vaux's Swift > > King Rail > > Common Gallinule > > Purple Gallinule > > Yellow Rail > > Black Rail > > Limpkin > > Whooping Crane > > Black-bellied Plover > > American Golden-Plover > > Piping Plover > > Snowy Plover > > Eskimo Curlew > > Hudsonian Godwit > > Marbled Godwit > > Ruddy Turnstone > > Red Knot > > Ruff > > Sharp-tailed Sandpiper > > Curlew Sandpiper > > Dunlin > > Purple Sandpiper > > White-rumped Sandpiper > > Buff-breasted Sandpiper > > Semipalmated Sandpiper > > Short-billed Dowitcher > > Willet > > Red Phalarope > > Pomarine Jaeger > > Parasitic Jaeger > > Long-tailed Jaeger > > Long-billed Murrelet > > Ancient Murrelet > > Black-legged Kittiwake > > Ivory Gull > > Sabine's Gull > > Black-headed Gull > > Little Gull > > Ross's Gull > > Laughing Gull > > Short-billed Gull > > Western Gull > > Slaty-backed Gull > > Glaucous-winged Gull > > Kelp Gull > > Sooty Tern > > Least Tern > > Arctic Tern > > Royal Tern > > Sandwich Tern > > Black Skimmer > > Red-throated Loon > > Arctic Loon > > Pacific Loon > > Yellow-billed Loon > > Wood Stork > > Magnificent Frigatebird > > Brown Booby > > Neotropic Cormorant > > Brown Pelican > > Least Bittern > > Tricolored Heron > > Reddish Egret > > White Ibis > > Glossy Ibis > > Roseate Spoonbill > > Black Vulture > > White-tailed Kite > > Common Black Hawk > > Harris's Hawk > > Variable Hawk > > Red-shouldered Hawk > > Zone-tailed Hawk > > Snowy Owl > > Spotted Owl > > Barred Owl > > Red-breasted Sapsucker > > Crested Caracara > > Gyrfalcon > > Dusky-capped Flycatcher > > Brown-crested Flycatcher > > Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher > > Tropical Kingbird > > Couch's Kingbird > > Thick-billed Kingbird > > Fork-tailed Flycatcher > > Acadian Flycatcher > > Buff-breasted Flycatcher > > Gray Vireo > > Yellow-green Vireo > > Cave Swallow > > Cactus Wren > > Pacific Wren > > Sedge Wren > > Bendire's Thrasher > > Rufous-backed Robi
Re: [cobirds] South-central Colorado, Mar. 12– 17, 2024
On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM Matt Webb wrote: > Ted, > > Thanks for the interesting report! Did you post the beetle recording to > iNaturalist? Can you share a link if you did? I’d like to give it a listen! > This might be a bit before your time, Matt . . . [image: but of course.jpg] Anyhow: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202235650 First iNat upload of audio for any species in the family Cicindelidae...ever! Thanks for asking! Best, —Ted > Matt > > > *Matthew M Webb* > > Senior Avian Ecologist and Motus Wildlife Tracking System Coordinator > > *Bird Conservancy of the Rockies* > > Motus project #281 <https://motus.org/data/project?id=281> > > 970.482.1707 x36 (office) > > 970.405.7155 (mobile - use this number!) > www.birdconservancy.org > > *Connect with us on *Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/birdconservancy> > * and *Twitter <https://twitter.com/BirdConservancy> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944eViKcpAYo3vTYfKBwdpTt9XVfApkdvWgZmQqyg-3jNDw%40mail.gmail.com.
RE: [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update
Tom, Just back into cell/internet range and getting caught up on your “little” yard list project. It’s been fun reading folks encounters and amazing finds in their respective yards. Figured I wouldn’t have anything to add to the master list, but thanks to your needs list, I was wrong! Depending on your statute of limitations, you can add GREATER SAGE-GROUSE which used to come and feed under our feeder in the winter when we lived on a ranch in Axial Basin (south central Moffat Co.) in the late ‘70s. So now you are up to 386, truly an incredible number! Good Birding, Doug From: cobirds@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Thomas Heinrich Sent: Monday, March 18, 2024 9:15 AM To: Colorado Birds Subject: [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update Hi all, Just a quick update: Total species now: 385 Total number of contributors: 60, make that 61 with Larry M Needs list total (see below): 135 species Still working on getting all who have contributed represented in the list. If you have any new species to add to the list, I'm happy to include them. I'll try to include those submitting species already listed from now forward, if I have time. Definitely have my hands full. But please keep posting--it's been really interesting and a lot of fun to read about everyone's experiences and to connect with others across the state (and out of state, as well). Thanks! Thomas Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Pink-footed Goose Barnacle Goose Garganey Eurasian Wigeon Mexican Duck American Black Duck Mottled Duck Tufted Duck Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter California Quail Ruffed Grouse White-tailed Ptarmigan Greater Sage-Grouse Gunnison Sage-Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Red-necked Grebe Groove-billed Ani Eastern Whip-poor-will Mexican Whip-poor-will Vaux's Swift King Rail Common Gallinule Purple Gallinule Yellow Rail Black Rail Limpkin Whooping Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Piping Plover Snowy Plover Eskimo Curlew Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Ruff Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Dunlin Purple Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Willet Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Long-billed Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Sabine's Gull Black-headed Gull Little Gull Ross's Gull Laughing Gull Short-billed Gull Western Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Kelp Gull Sooty Tern Least Tern Arctic Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Black Skimmer Red-throated Loon Arctic Loon Pacific Loon Yellow-billed Loon Wood Stork Magnificent Frigatebird Brown Booby Neotropic Cormorant Brown Pelican Least Bittern Tricolored Heron Reddish Egret White Ibis Glossy Ibis Roseate Spoonbill Black Vulture White-tailed Kite Common Black Hawk Harris's Hawk Variable Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Snowy Owl Spotted Owl Barred Owl Red-breasted Sapsucker Crested Caracara Gyrfalcon Dusky-capped Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Couch's Kingbird Thick-billed Kingbird Fork-tailed Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Buff-breasted Flycatcher Gray Vireo Yellow-green Vireo Cave Swallow Cactus Wren Pacific Wren Sedge Wren Bendire's Thrasher Rufous-backed Robin Sprague's Pipit Cassia Crossbill Smith's Longspur Black-chinned Sparrow LeConte's Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Baird's Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Chihuahuan Meadowlark Louisiana Waterthrush Swainson's Warbler Lucy's Warbler Tropical Parula Grace's Warbler Golden-crowned Warbler Hepatic Tanager -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com <mailto:teheinr...@gmail.com> www.pbase.com/birdercellist <http://www.pbase.com/birdercellist> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.googl
[cobirds] best yard bird
My best yard bird was the red-bellied woodpecker that showed up at my feeder in Nov 2020 and continued with daily visits until April 2021. I had just moved to Original Town in Superior from Alabama and was quite familiar with its call, as it was the most frequently seen woodpecker around my home in Alabama. Shortly after it stopped visiting, my home was destroyed by the Marshal Fire. I am rebuilding there with hopes of the red-bellied as well as other birds returning. I was so glad that I got to meet so many of you when you came to see this special woodpecker! Jean Folsom stakeout red-bellied woodpecker, William St., Superior -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG-jxq5djrT7seSRgNmCwuJU7GsfJNuL2zJx%2B%3DVTU-VDz7%3DZzw%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Crestone Yard List update
Thomas, thanks for provoking a really interesting thread. Gives renewed respectability to sitting on the sofa with a cup of tea gazing idly through a window… Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? We are in the Baca Grande, Crestone, Saguache County at 8000 ft in pure Pinyon Juniper habitat but about a half mile from Willow Creek with riparian Ponderosa, Aspen, and Cottonwood. Most willows and brush cleared out for fire mitigation. How long have you been keeping your list? In Colorado, we have had feeders since 1971. In Crestone, intermittently, since 2000, as we visit irregularly for a month or so at a time – two feeders are maintained by a friend when we aren’t there. What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed? When in residence, we maintain multiple feeders, bird baths, and some brush piles. My wife, Bayard, is dedicated. She would call me obsessed! How many species? 95 on the property with an additional 12 within a half mile radius, along Willow Creek. In addition, the Mule Deer vacuum up sunflower. Black Bear (when we forget to bring in the feeders) eat the suet and the feeders. Coyote are frequent visitors, and Gray Fox and Bobcat irregular visitors. This year a stunning Abert’s (Tufted-eared) Squirrel has graced us with their presence. Rarest, or favorite species? Probably, the rarest species on the property: Orchard Oriole, Blue Jay, Yellow-breasted Chat, Lazuli Bunting. Due to our location in the Sangres, the appearance of any “eastern species” is a big event, such as when N. Parula and Hooded Warbler were found close by. Flocks of Pinyon Jays (which are running at 45 this year, with a high count of 95 at feeders in years past) which visit every three hours or so, are a sight to behold and to hear and expensive to satisfy. Each year, we have something unique to record: this year we have had a flock of 12-15 Bushtits who swarm a suet cake until it becomes just a hanging “hive” of bushtits. Notably absent from our list is any Rosy Finch or Red Crossbill – both species are difficult to find in Saguache County. We also missed a Scott’s Oriole which was seen for a week or more at another feeder in the Baca. Most memorable experience? Two Williamson’s Sapsuckers hanging out at our bird bath for a couple of days in late fall. When we are there in mid-May, suet and oranges attract large numbers of Western Tanagers (high count 14), Black-headed Grosbeaks and Bullock’s Orioles providing colorful chaos for 5-6 days. John and Bayard Cobb Currently Denver From: cobirds@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Thomas Heinrich Sent: Monday, March 18, 2024 10:15 AM To: Colorado Birds Subject: [cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update Hi all, Just a quick update: Total species now: 385 Total number of contributors: 60, make that 61 with Larry M Needs list total (see below): 135 species Still working on getting all who have contributed represented in the list. If you have any new species to add to the list, I'm happy to include them. I'll try to include those submitting species already listed from now forward, if I have time. Definitely have my hands full. But please keep posting--it's been really interesting and a lot of fun to read about everyone's experiences and to connect with others across the state (and out of state, as well). Thanks! Thomas Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Pink-footed Goose Barnacle Goose Garganey Eurasian Wigeon Mexican Duck American Black Duck Mottled Duck Tufted Duck Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter California Quail Ruffed Grouse White-tailed Ptarmigan Greater Sage-Grouse Gunnison Sage-Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Red-necked Grebe Groove-billed Ani Eastern Whip-poor-will Mexican Whip-poor-will Vaux's Swift King Rail Common Gallinule Purple Gallinule Yellow Rail Black Rail Limpkin Whooping Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Piping Plover Snowy Plover Eskimo Curlew Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Ruff Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Dunlin Purple Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Willet Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Long-billed Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Sabine's Gull Black-headed Gull Little Gull Ross's Gull Laughing Gull Short-billed Gull Western Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Kelp Gull Sooty Tern Least Tern Arctic Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Black Skimmer Red-throated Loon Arctic Loon Pacific Loon Yellow-billed Loon Wood Stork Magnificent Frigatebird Brown Booby Neotropic Cormorant Brown Pelican
[cobirds] Colorado Combined Yard List update
Hi all, Just a quick update: Total species now: 385 Total number of contributors: 60, make that 61 with Larry M Needs list total (see below): 135 species Still working on getting all who have contributed represented in the list. If you have any new species to add to the list, I'm happy to include them. I'll try to include those submitting species already listed from now forward, if I have time. Definitely have my hands full. But please keep posting--it's been really interesting and a lot of fun to read about everyone's experiences and to connect with others across the state (and out of state, as well). Thanks! Thomas Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Pink-footed Goose Barnacle Goose Garganey Eurasian Wigeon Mexican Duck American Black Duck Mottled Duck Tufted Duck Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter California Quail Ruffed Grouse White-tailed Ptarmigan Greater Sage-Grouse Gunnison Sage-Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Red-necked Grebe Groove-billed Ani Eastern Whip-poor-will Mexican Whip-poor-will Vaux's Swift King Rail Common Gallinule Purple Gallinule Yellow Rail Black Rail Limpkin Whooping Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Piping Plover Snowy Plover Eskimo Curlew Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Ruff Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Dunlin Purple Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Willet Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Long-billed Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Sabine's Gull Black-headed Gull Little Gull Ross's Gull Laughing Gull Short-billed Gull Western Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Kelp Gull Sooty Tern Least Tern Arctic Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Black Skimmer Red-throated Loon Arctic Loon Pacific Loon Yellow-billed Loon Wood Stork Magnificent Frigatebird Brown Booby Neotropic Cormorant Brown Pelican Least Bittern Tricolored Heron Reddish Egret White Ibis Glossy Ibis Roseate Spoonbill Black Vulture White-tailed Kite Common Black Hawk Harris's Hawk Variable Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Snowy Owl Spotted Owl Barred Owl Red-breasted Sapsucker Crested Caracara Gyrfalcon Dusky-capped Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Couch's Kingbird Thick-billed Kingbird Fork-tailed Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Buff-breasted Flycatcher Gray Vireo Yellow-green Vireo Cave Swallow Cactus Wren Pacific Wren Sedge Wren Bendire's Thrasher Rufous-backed Robin Sprague's Pipit Cassia Crossbill Smith's Longspur Black-chinned Sparrow LeConte's Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Baird's Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Chihuahuan Meadowlark Louisiana Waterthrush Swainson's Warbler Lucy's Warbler Tropical Parula Grace's Warbler Golden-crowned Warbler Hepatic Tanager -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwEtMFSpVv3V1quEx%3DzuEma8gXYRyhn0haj51jwJeEYXSg%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
t;>> opportunistically. I had a Gullnado (most likely reservoir/landfill ring >>> billed-gulls). And now, we have Wild Turkeys (sometimes 3, sometimes 16 >>> routinely coming through our yard for feeder snacks this year and to ride >>> on the "merry go round" that is my tray feeder. >>> And sometimes we can year the SandHill Cranes flying over our area. >>> Happy Birding. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a >>>> rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment >>>> on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really >>>> impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). >>>> >>>> Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed >>>> Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come >>>> to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from >>>> yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) >>>> >>>> As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready >>>> when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' >>>> experience with yard-listing. >>>> >>>> How long have you been keeping your list? >>>> What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, >>>> moderate, dedicated, obsessed? >>>> How many species? >>>> Rarest, or favorite species? >>>> Most memorable experience? >>>> Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? >>>> >>>> And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to >>>> Colorado's 520 species could we get? >>>> >>>> It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; >>>> shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods >>>> lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >>>> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >>>> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >>>> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >>>> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >>>> >>>> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >>>> >>>> --Thomas Heinrich >>>> >>>> >>>> *My answers to the questions above*: >>>> 15 years >>>> Dedicated to obsessive >>>> 152 species >>>> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >>>> Bohemian Waxwing >>>> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged >>>> Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >>>> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thomas Heinrich >>>> Boulder, CO >>>> tehei...@gmail.com >>>> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> --
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
>> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks >> among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >> >> -- >> Thomas Heinrich >> Boulder, CO >> tehei...@gmail.com <> >> www.pbase.com/birdercellist <http://www.pbase.com/birdercellist> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f1a3fea0-0487-4d8b-ba11-5c20922559c4n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f1a3fea0-0487-4d8b-ba11-5c20922559c4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4B7E0A3D-38D9-422D-B98C-998D3671D692%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] Re: Flammulated Owl in yard
Since you are putting together a list I may be able to add a couple: one Harris's sparrow last winter and two this winter and one white-throated sparrow last fall. Not extraordinary but not common either. On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 9:56:35 PM UTC-6 Leon Bright wrote: >COBirders, since Mary Kay Waddington encouraged me, I have added > Flammulated Owl to Bryan Guarente’s list. I had the great pleasure to have > a mated pair fly in and perch on our cabin deck railing, about eight feet > from where I was sitting. I heard a soft vocalization and turned my head > slowly to see them clearly. After a few minutes they flew off into the > oncoming dusk. I was able to I.D. them easily since only a few days before > I had seen a Flam being rehabbed at the Pueblo Nature Center. This took > place in the summer of 1972 or ’73 at the end of Custer County Road 182R at > 9,200 ft. > > Leon Bright, Pueblo and Custer County > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4d78f3ee-b5b6-4f87-9b2a-e631b0045ecen%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [cobirds] South-central Colorado, Mar. 12– 17, 2024
agles, 2 agonistic loggerhead shries, a marsh wren, a > screeching *great-tailed grackle,* and adult male winter midges, *Diamesa > mendotae*. > > 11. Saguache, Saguache Co., Sun., Mar. 17. In a snow squall, an exuberant > *Cassin > finch.* > > 12. Como, Park Co., Sun., Mar. 17. In off-and-on overcast and sunshine, > with bright glare in the deep snow, 3 *Hepburn rosy-finches,* 2 *nominate > (tephrocotis) gray-crowned rosy-finches,* 1 *brown-capped rosy-finch,* > and 1 *pine siskin.* > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder Co. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > > https://link.edgepilot.com/s/433f978c/qZD_-mkydkaRjB31373pMQ?u=http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists > https://link.edgepilot.com/s/3e7b9f0e/pxxaAUdw4EWhcvcSoxe9BA?u=https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://link.edgepilot.com/s/fb365b5b/aCrc7pnzUEqnfCfFhWbTSQ?u=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944eCpK9VQmK%252BOStVM7Bbx_FRS-%252BqScBiFdc%253DKJBm-pB%252BpA%2540mail.gmail.com > <https://link.edgepilot.com/s/7e63ce5c/OGmT3z6C1EaFzlS0kXfI-w?u=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944eCpK9VQmK%252BOStVM7Bbx_FRS-%252BqScBiFdc%253DKJBm-pB%252BpA%2540mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email%26utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAOZHPtyJmA9N6D5RL1FPSBRS7Xo9p%2BUcYWqRi0itOUwtWJs%3DCg%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] South-central Colorado, Mar. 12– 17, 2024
Hey, all.
Hannah Floyd and I were down in south-central Colorado for much of the past
week—whilst so many of the rest of you were dealing with the big winter
storm in the Front Range foothills and along the I-25 corridor. But we got
to experience some weather ourselves, including an intense sandstorm,
several prolonged bouts of graupel, and even an impressive "snow devil."
Some quick highlights:
1. Lathrop State Park, Huerfano Co., Tues., Mar. 12. Breezy and warm and
kinda slow birdwise, with 4 *Woodhouse scrub-jays,* 2 *juniper titmouses,*
2 *American bushtits,* 2 *Bewick wrens,* 1 *curve-billed thrasher,* and the
first of the many hundreds, perhaps 1,000+, *mountain bluebirds* that we
would see during our expedition. Also a nice showing by green claybank
tiger beetles, *Cicindela denverensis*; we succeeded in audio-recording
their sonations!—a first for us, for sure, and perhaps for anyone.
2. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Alamosa Co., Tues., Mar. 12. Arriving
there at sundown and climbing the dunes during a sandstorm was
memorable—but also unconducive to birding. We saw and heard nothing!
3. Medano Ranch [PRIVATE], Alamosa Co. On Wed., Mar. 13, as snow squalls
were coming down off the Sangre de Cristo range, a singing
*loggerhead shrike,* 1 *sage thrasher,* and at least 7 *sagebrush sparrows.*
On Thurs., Mar. 14, in heavy snow, 3 northbound *killdeer,* a *golden
eagle,* the famous *ferruginous hawk x red-tailed hawk,* back now for the
7th year; and an enchanting North American porcupine, *Erethizon dorsatum*,
covered in snow and watching our group from just above eye level in an old
willow.
4. Smith Reservoir State Wildlife Area [FEE, PERMIT], Costilla Co., Wed.,
Mar. 13. In rain, sleet, graupel, and then snow flurries, large numbers and
a good diversity of ducks, including 100+ *northern pintails,* 150+ *common
mergansers,* and 1 *red-breasted merganser;* 3,500+ *sandhill cranes;*
1 *Wilson
snipe;* and 2 *merlins.*
5. Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Rio Grande Co. On Thurs., Mar. 14,
in on-and-off snow squalls and then a steadier snow, 4 *cinnamon teal, *40+*
ruddy ducks,* and 2 more merlins. On Sat., Mar. 16, in bright sunshine and
then heavy graupel, an amazing anserine showing, with 13 *snow geese,*
4 *greater
white-fronted geese, *4,500 *cackling geese* (their numbers at the refuge
have gone off the charts in recent years), a few *"lesser" Canada geese*
still hanging on, 2 *Anser x Branta hybrids,* and, just off the
refuge, 5 *domestic
swan ("Chinese") geese;* *bald eagles* at a nest; and 4 *marsh wrens.*
6. Home Lake, Rio Grande Co., Fri., Mar. 15. In bright sunshine, 125+
*gadwalls;* early shorebirds including 1 female *American avocet* and
6 *greater
yellowlegses;* 5 *American white pelicans;* and wonderful viewing of a pair
of muskrats, *Ondatra zibethicus*.
7. Lane 5, Alamosa Co., Fri., Mar. 15, & Sat., Mar. 16. Roadside stops
produced hundreds more (but not thousands) of sandhill cranes, a *ferruginous
hawk* and a *prairie falcon,* and large roadside flocks of mountain
bluebirds and especially *horned larks. *
8. Zapata Ranch [PRIVATE], Alamosa Co., Sat., Mar. 16. Under cloudy skies,
2 marvelous singing *long-eared owls,* including one in a nearby
juniper; 5 *great
horned owls;* 40+ *pinyon jays;* surprisingly, two pairs of
nest-excavating *pygmy
nuthatches* (the habitat here does not seem suitable for them); and our
only *western bluebird* of the trip amid several mountain bluebirds.
9. Center, Saguache Co., Sun. Mar. 17. After a promisingly mild and sunny
start to the morning, overcast with flurries, and our first and only *Say
phoebe* of the trip; thought we mighta had a few tree swallows there, too,
but not sure.
10. Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area, Saguache Co., Sun., Mar. 17. Under
cloudy and cool conditions with snow squalls nearby, a likely Mallard x
Mexican Duck intergrade, 1 notably pale *Streptopelia collared-dove,*
golden and bald eagles, 2 agonistic loggerhead shries, a marsh wren, a
screeching *great-tailed grackle,* and adult male winter midges, *Diamesa
mendotae*.
11. Saguache, Saguache Co., Sun., Mar. 17. In a snow squall, an
exuberant *Cassin
finch.*
12. Como, Park Co., Sun., Mar. 17. In off-and-on overcast and sunshine,
with bright glare in the deep snow, 3 *Hepburn rosy-finches,* 2 *nominate
(tephrocotis) gray-crowned rosy-finches,* 1 *brown-capped rosy-finch,* and
1 *pine siskin.*
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder Co.
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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (17 Mar 2024) 3 Raptors
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[cobirds] Add Brambling to your list!
e shown up in or been observed from >>> yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) >>> >>> As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready >>> when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' >>> experience with yard-listing. >>> >>> How long have you been keeping your list? >>> What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, >>> moderate, dedicated, obsessed? >>> How many species? >>> Rarest, or favorite species? >>> Most memorable experience? >>> Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? >>> >>> And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to >>> Colorado's 520 species could we get? >>> >>> It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; >>> shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods >>> lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >>> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >>> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >>> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >>> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >>> >>> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >>> >>> --Thomas Heinrich >>> >>> >>> *My answers to the questions above*: >>> 15 years >>> Dedicated to obsessive >>> 152 species >>> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >>> Bohemian Waxwing >>> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged >>> Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >>> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >>> >>> -- >>> Thomas Heinrich >>> Boulder, CO >>> tehei...@gmail.com >>> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thomas Heinrich >>> Boulder, CO >>> tehei...@gmail.com >>> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1833203312.5578826.1710602628985%40mail.yahoo.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1833203312.5578826.1710602628985%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > -- > You received this message because yo
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hello Thomas and everyone, Thanks for the fun thread. I see that I can help you "tick off" one of the currently missing species: Tundra Swan. https://ebird.org/checklist/S61420925 I live on the edge of the Lac Amora Open Space in Broomfield at about 5400’, and am fortunate to have a prairie dog colony outside my backyard, and am in close proximity to Stearns Lake in Boulder County, just to the north. I’m a pretty dedicated yard lister, and in the 5 years I’ve been using eBird to keep my yard list, I’ve logged 130 species, including all three species of bluebirds, both shrikes, the four hummers, over a dozen species of sparrows, both waxwings, and just about all the diurnal raptors that typically occur in CO. My most memorable yard bird was the time I looked outside to see what appeared to be a Redtail sitting on my back lawn. This was a bit strange, and as I stared at the bird, it became apparent it was too big to be a hawk, and I realized there was a Golden Eagle on my lawn. I took photos from the house at first, and then steeped outside, assuming it would fly away, but it did not. It became apparent the bird was injured, so I captured it (I used to volunteer for Birds of Prey Foundation), and brought it to Birds of Prey https://ebird.org/checklist/S165144647 Probably my rarest bird occurred when we had just returned from Australia, and I was sort of lamenting to my wife how in general, the birds in Colorado are so much less colorful than the ones we’d been seeing on our trip, when I looked out my living room window to see a male Scarlet Tanager in the yard. That was good fun. https://ebird.org/checklist/S56817229 Chris Petrizzo, Broomfield On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > tehei...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f1a3fea0-0487-4d8b-ba11-5c20922559c4n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
d Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >> >> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >> >> --Thomas Heinrich >> >> >> *My answers to the questions above*: >> 15 years >> Dedicated to obsessive >> 152 species >> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >> Bohemian Waxwing >> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks >> among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >> >> -- >> Thomas Heinrich >> Boulder, CO >> tehei...@gmail.com >> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >> >> >> >> -- >> Thomas Heinrich >> Boulder, CO >> tehei...@gmail.com >> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1833203312.5578826.1710602628985%40mail.yahoo.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1833203312.5578826.1710602628985%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/76acc4de-47b3-4ee6-a38a-ff6f4ad65893n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Flammulated Owl in yard
COBirders, since Mary Kay Waddington encouraged me, I have added Flammulated Owl to Bryan Guarente's list. I had the great pleasure to have a mated pair fly in and perch on our cabin deck railing, about eight feet from where I was sitting. I heard a soft vocalization and turned my head slowly to see them clearly. After a few minutes they flew off into the oncoming dusk. I was able to I.D. them easily since only a few days before I had seen a Flam being rehabbed at the Pueblo Nature Center. This took place in the summer of 1972 or '73 at the end of Custer County Road 182R at 9,200 ft. Leon Bright, Pueblo and Custer County -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/007801da781f%241952d870%244bf88950%24%40comcast.net.
[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (16 Mar 2024) 4 Raptors
at Dinosaur Ridge is staffed by a Hawk Counter and volunteers from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM from March 1st to May 10th, weather permitting. Directions to site: >From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow hawk watch signs from the southwest end of the parking lot to the hawk watch site. The hike starts heading east on an old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the ridge. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, and walk to the flat area at the crest of the ridge. (Distance: 0.56 miles, Elevation gain: 259 feet) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0101018e4a372956-b8bb720c-8e72-49e2-9ab3-d390d1896801-00%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
[cobirds] earlier Colorado Yard List
We lived on the west side of Colorado Springs (near Manitou) from 1972 - 1982. Three blocks south of Garden of the Gods, where we walked our dogs most days. List was about 120 species (I don't find the list right now). First sparked a real interest in birds when we had *Evening Grosbeaks *there! They were regulars there for several years, in large numbers, to our delight. Other species of interest: *Band-tailed Pigeons* in large numbers (Hugh Kingery can attest to that, as we sent him a photograph back in the day when we used to report our quarterly sightings on paper). Also large numbers of *Pinyon Jays* - such a treat! Jim and Rosie Watts -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAOwPzV88GODToSdNj%2Bp%3DdunJVmeJrD7Pe9RHJfRgpT5_GtKwGQ%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Colorado Yard List
Another historical list. Although we've lived out of state for 20+ years now, we still have many cherished memories of birds and birding in Colorado during our formative birding years. *Location:* Penrose, at about 5300' elevation in foothills, pinyon-juniper, prairie edge, on 10 acres. Situated between Brush Hollow Reservoir (a mile away), and the Arkansas River (maybe 4 miles south of us). The property was part of an old dairy operation in the 1920s, and there was a very seasonal pond/marsh/wetland. Pinyon pine, junipers, cottonwoods, some native buffalo grass habitat, an old irrigation ditch, saltbush, and some other native woody plants that we transplanted. *Time range*: 1982 - 2002 *Total species: * 195 *Style:* Dedicated *Rarest species: Phainopepla - two sightings 9 years apart. *Seen by many folks in our first sighting, a young male or female. That was before most of us were hooked up to the internet, so it was phone tree type communication. It stayed around for several days, so it did allow folks to travel from Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, Boulder, etc. But the really odd thing - 9 years later, we had an adult male appear at our little fish pond! It was a one-hit wonder, I watched it drinking for less than a minute, and it flew off. I made a frantic phone call to get the word out before being late for work!But I don't know that anyone else was able to refind the bird. *Highlights: * White Pelicans Snowy Egret Great Blue, Green Herons, and Black-crowned Night-Heron White-faced Ibis *Raptors*: 17 species, if you're counting Turkey Vulture Sandhill Crane, "Common" Snipe, Long-billed Curlew Band-tailed Pigeon Yellow-billed Cuckoo *Owls*: 5 species including both Western and Eastern Screech-owl; Burrowing and Long-eared (once each), and an emaciated Flammulated Owl that we found along our drive, took him to the raptor center in Pueblo, but he was too far gone. :-( *Swifts:* Black, Chimney and White-throated *Woodpeckers*: 8 species including Lewis' and Red-headed Gray Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird *Corvids*: 9 species, including a Clark's Nutcracker; as well as being "Pinyon Jay Central" for a long time - we had a fairly regular flock, and many folks came to get their year or sometimes lifer, many from out of state (thanks to Brandon!). Yellow-throated Vireo Juniper Titmouse (also many folks got their lifer there) *Warblers*: 16 sp, including Palm, Blackpoll, Black and White *Eastern Towhee *(several folks got to see that one, as well) *Dickcissel* *Orchard Oriole * *Most Memorable*: too many to mention! We loved walking the property at least a couple times a day, and all the friends and fellow birders we enjoyed there. We put up two nest boxes for kestrels. Early on, we had both boxes used by two different pairs (one year). After that, it seemed that one box didn't get used (maybe by starlings). But the box out back (closest to our house), was used for many years successfully.When they were nesting, we would severely limit our trips out the back door, and surreptitiously viewed them through a small window, always with delight. Thanks for starting this interesting thread! I've enjoyed reading from old friends as well as folks I know only from the listserve. And a fun trip down memory lane as well. Jim and Rosie Watts now of Tucson, Arizona -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAOwPzV_sz68_rcofWgHuS9Cfa09xVNQ7ofu%3DpdAiGjmYMLA_ng%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Re: Needs List for COBirds Aggregated Yard Lists
Hi all, The list keeps growing! Now with Vermilion Flycatcher, Lesser Nighthawk, and White-eyed Vireo we're up to *382. * I would like to apologize for any confusion related to my RFI about the Black-chinned Sparrow. I should have been more specific about which sighting I was referring to. The report is 2010-115 from La Plata county. If anyone has any more specific information on this sighting they could share, that would be great. But I definitely want to avoid any sense of prying or not respecting privacy. Thanks again, and sorry for any confusion. Sincerely, Thomas On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 10:30 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > For those interested, I thought I would share this list of species not yet > ticked on the aggregate yard list. Many fall into the category of "yeah, > right." But, still a lot of potential. > > There are a few species I am wondering about for various reasons. > > *Little Gull*: Found in a pond in Pinery, (near or part of Parker, > Douglas Cty, I believe) in November, 2004. As I recall, there were houses > lining, or somewhat close to this pond. > > *Snowy Owl*: seen on many houses near Standley Lake< Jefferson Cty, in > December 2017, so likely to be on someone's yard list. > > *Red-breasted Sapsucker*: Seen in the Broadmoor golf course and > surrounding yards. > > *Gyrfalcon*: wintering in Larimer Cty several years near the landfill off > of S Taft Hill Rd. There is a neighborhood just to the east of the fields > on the east side of Taft Hill. > > *Black-chinned Sparrow*: One report on the CBRC page has the location of > sighting listed as "Private Property." It's not clear whether the birds > were found by a landowner, or whether it was a yard or, more likely, part > of an undeveloped large parcel or property. > > > The following sightings have been added to Bryan's list, but were not sent > to me directly, so have no names or counties associated with them. It would > be great to be able to include those details. Please feel free to email me > directly, or once the lists have been merged fill in the appropriate slots. > > Lesser Black-backed Gull > American Bittern > Acorn Woodpecker > > > Species total is now *378* > > > Thanks to all who are contributing! > > Thomas > > > > > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwGTFLoHVoo%3DAKDa8KDfu3y6QqRLZxcKRudHJ-m0nzGmxA%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] New message to post
Thanks, Sara— Will do!-- Margaret > On Mar 16, 2024, at 12:29 PM, Sara Hendrickson wrote: > > Try Orion Telescopes - We have their filters for our binoculars and our > birding scope and they work well. Conversely, a solar telescope is a > wonderful thing! > https://www.telescope.com/catalog/search.cmd?form_state=searchForm=solar+filter > > Sara > >> On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 10:26 AM Kevin Schutz wrote: >> Hi Margaret, You might look for solar films instead of pre-made filters. I >> did this for the 2017 eclipse when I couldn't find an appropriately sized >> filter and ended up crafting my own filter cover. I'm not sure what brand I >> used at the time, but these can be found at photo stores such as B Photo. >> >> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1348133-REG/alpine_astronomical_asolv_e_astrosolar_safety_film_5_0.html >> >> Kevin >> >>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 8:23 AM Margaret Smith >>> wrote: >>> Thanks, Diana. I’ve got 2 of these on order for cameras, but my binoculars >>> don’t have long tubes to put these on.-- Margaret >>> >>>> On Mar 15, 2024, at 6:05 PM, Diana Beatty wrote: >>>> >>>> Maybe something like this? >>>> https://www.highpointscientific.com/celestron-eclipsmart-universal-solar-filter?utm_source=google_medium=cse_term=CEL-44428_source=google_medium=cpc_campaign=20547745884_content=_term=_source=1=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVBBKdnO6SH2Fgzt1YISMjRzb7on1KsbElD-Z0rEymFFZZyfAvMJvBBoCXp4QAvD_BwE >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM Margaret Smith >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon >>>>> 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” >>>>> or 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> -- Margaret >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Colorado Birds" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>>>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>>>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>>>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Colorado Birds" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5CCB3C84-8113-4E56-9A22-114583D74CE0%40gmail.com. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ** >>>> >>>> “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said >>>> Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for >>>> them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is >>>> given us.” >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include >>> bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C96DD48B-FB7E-4F62-BEB6-A5EB2099F9D1%40gmail.com. >> >> >> -- >> Kevin Schutz >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you ar
[cobirds] Yard list
CObirders, Thanks for this fascinating discussion. I'd like to mention my yard list, not the birds on it so much, but the physical list itself. For 18 years I kept it on paper in the kitchen where I could easily consult it (and reminisce about past sightings when there weren't any birds around.) Our house burned in the Marshall Fire and sadly I did not grab the list when rushing to escape. That was a real disappointment. Imagine my delight when I was rummaging through old files in my google drive and found that I had made a copy of the list a few months prior to the fire, and then forgotten about it. We just moved back home and I wonder how long it'll take to add a new species to the list given that there are few trees and bushes left nearby. That next entry will be so satisfying! In case you are wondering, we had seen 130 species from our small suburban yard that backs to a large open space. (I count birds I see from the yard, even if they're in the OS.) Over 18 years, we had 18 raptor species; having a pdog colony right over the back fence helps with that. Other fun finds were Field Sparrow, Bewick's Wren, Ash-throated Flycatcher, and flocks of migrating Sandhill Cranes every October. Peter Ruprecht Superior -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHPXVBbTCSX_JaeVTFHGFoejeUDL7Y2qk%3DKimiP1ZuOUBQpPgg%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] New message to post
Try Orion Telescopes - We have their filters for our binoculars and our birding scope and they work well. Conversely, a solar telescope is a wonderful thing! https://www.telescope.com/catalog/search.cmd?form_state=searchForm=solar+filter Sara On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 10:26 AM Kevin Schutz wrote: > Hi Margaret, You might look for solar films instead of pre-made filters. > I did this for the 2017 eclipse when I couldn't find an appropriately sized > filter and ended up crafting my own filter cover. I'm not sure what brand > I used at the time, but these can be found at photo stores such as B > Photo. > > > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1348133-REG/alpine_astronomical_asolv_e_astrosolar_safety_film_5_0.html > > Kevin > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 8:23 AM Margaret Smith < > margaretalicesm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Diana. I’ve got 2 of these on order for cameras, but my >> binoculars don’t have long tubes to put these on.-- Margaret >> >> On Mar 15, 2024, at 6:05 PM, Diana Beatty wrote: >> >> Maybe something like this? >> https://www.highpointscientific.com/celestron-eclipsmart-universal-solar-filter?utm_source=google_medium=cse_term=CEL-44428_source=google_medium=cpc_campaign=20547745884_content=_term=_source=1=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVBBKdnO6SH2Fgzt1YISMjRzb7on1KsbElD-Z0rEymFFZZyfAvMJvBBoCXp4QAvD_BwE >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM Margaret Smith < >> margaretalicesm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon >>> 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” or >>> 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! >>> >>> -- Margaret >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5CCB3C84-8113-4E56-9A22-114583D74CE0%40gmail.com >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> ** >> >> “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” >> said *Gandalf*, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is >> not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time >> that is given us.” >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C96DD48B-FB7E-4F62-BEB6-A5EB2099F9D1%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C96DD48B-FB7E-4F62-BEB6-A5EB2099F9D1%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Kevin Schutz > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --
[cobirds] Yard List Snowmass Village
These have been really fun to read! Here is my submission from high in the mountains in Snowmass Village at 8200 feet How long have you been keeping your list? April 2020—keeping a list was a pandemic idea. Only one bird on the list was only observed prior to that—a very memorable Northern Saw-whet Owl What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed? dedicated, I try to make a list every day How many species? 119 Rarest, or favorite species? Harris's Sparrow, Common Redpoll, Rose-breasted Grosbeak are the locally least common species. Favorite species are certainly the at time very large numbers of Rosy-finches in late winter and early spring, all three species. Most memorable experiences? 1. An especially large flock of rosy finches in 2023—I attempted a count and estimated 1500. 2. Hosting a birding tour group mostly from Great Britain to see the rosy finches and random other visiting birders to the yard to see their lifer rosy finches. All birders are welcome! 3. Having one of our rosy finches fall to the ground—splat! dead—right in front of me while I was watching, then seeing a Prairie Falcon fly away, talons empty. 4. After watching hormone-saturated and addled male Brown-capped rosy finches attempt to copulate with a dead female, my young children excitedly told me that they were performing CPR on the dead bird! 5. Lifer Common Redpoll for me in my yard! 6. Hosting a Harris's Sparrow for several weeks last spring and watching it molt into adult plumage and listening to it as it developed? learned? it's song Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? 4 acres of hillside native Serviceberry and Gambel Oak, a few spruce and aspens. Feeders and nest boxes Bryan Gieszl Snowmass Village, CO Pitkin County -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/LV8P220MB18441177A26C9C24A5DC49E2A32F2%40LV8P220MB1844.NAMP220.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
Re: [cobirds] New message to post
Thanks, Kevin — I’m currently still considering this option. I cringe at my construction skills, though.-- Margaret > On Mar 16, 2024, at 9:52 AM, Kevin Schutz wrote: > > Hi Margaret, You might look for solar films instead of pre-made filters. I > did this for the 2017 eclipse when I couldn't find an appropriately sized > filter and ended up crafting my own filter cover. I'm not sure what brand I > used at the time, but these can be found at photo stores such as B Photo. > > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1348133-REG/alpine_astronomical_asolv_e_astrosolar_safety_film_5_0.html > > Kevin > >> On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 8:23 AM Margaret Smith >> wrote: >> Thanks, Diana. I’ve got 2 of these on order for cameras, but my binoculars >> don’t have long tubes to put these on.-- Margaret >> >>> On Mar 15, 2024, at 6:05 PM, Diana Beatty wrote: >>> >>> Maybe something like this? >>> https://www.highpointscientific.com/celestron-eclipsmart-universal-solar-filter?utm_source=google_medium=cse_term=CEL-44428_source=google_medium=cpc_campaign=20547745884_content=_term=_source=1=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVBBKdnO6SH2Fgzt1YISMjRzb7on1KsbElD-Z0rEymFFZZyfAvMJvBBoCXp4QAvD_BwE >>> >>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM Margaret Smith >>>> wrote: >>>> Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon >>>> 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” or >>>> 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- Margaret >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Colorado Birds" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include >>>> bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Colorado Birds" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5CCB3C84-8113-4E56-9A22-114583D74CE0%40gmail.com. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ** >>> >>> “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said >>> Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for >>> them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is >>> given us.” >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include >> bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C96DD48B-FB7E-4F62-BEB6-A5EB2099F9D1%40gmail.com. > > > -- > Kevin Schutz > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ED81CCC2-366A-444B-977C-7196665DBCFD%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] Needs List for COBirds Aggregated Yard Lists
Hi all, For those interested, I thought I would share this list of species not yet ticked on the aggregate yard list. Many fall into the category of "yeah, right." But, still a lot of potential. There are a few species I am wondering about for various reasons. *Little Gull*: Found in a pond in Pinery, (near or part of Parker, Douglas Cty, I believe) in November, 2004. As I recall, there were houses lining, or somewhat close to this pond. *Snowy Owl*: seen on many houses near Standley Lake< Jefferson Cty, in December 2017, so likely to be on someone's yard list. *Red-breasted Sapsucker*: Seen in the Broadmoor golf course and surrounding yards. *Gyrfalcon*: wintering in Larimer Cty several years near the landfill off of S Taft Hill Rd. There is a neighborhood just to the east of the fields on the east side of Taft Hill. *Black-chinned Sparrow*: One report on the CBRC page has the location of sighting listed as "Private Property." It's not clear whether the birds were found by a landowner, or whether it was a yard or, more likely, part of an undeveloped large parcel or property. The following sightings have been added to Bryan's list, but were not sent to me directly, so have no names or counties associated with them. It would be great to be able to include those details. Please feel free to email me directly, or once the lists have been merged fill in the appropriate slots. Lesser Black-backed Gull American Bittern Acorn Woodpecker Species total is now *378* Thanks to all who are contributing! Thomas __ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Pink-footed Goose Barnacle Goose Tundra Swan Garganey Eurasian Wigeon Mexican Duck American Black Duck Mottled Duck Tufted Duck Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter California Quail Ruffed Grouse White-tailed Ptarmigan Greater Sage-Grouse Gunnison Sage-Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Red-necked Grebe Groove-billed Ani Lesser Nighthawk Eastern Whip-poor-will Mexican Whip-poor-will Vaux's Swift King Rail Common Gallinule Purple Gallinule Yellow Rail Black Rail Limpkin Whooping Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Piping Plover Snowy Plover Eskimo Curlew Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Ruff Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Dunlin Purple Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Willet Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Long-billed Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Sabine's Gull Black-headed Gull Little Gull Ross's Gull Laughing Gull Short-billed Gull Western Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Kelp Gull Sooty Tern Least Tern Arctic Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Black Skimmer Red-throated Loon Arctic Loon Pacific Loon Yellow-billed Loon Wood Stork Magnificent Frigatebird Brown Booby Neotropic Cormorant Brown Pelican Least Bittern Tricolored Heron Reddish Egret White Ibis Glossy Ibis Roseate Spoonbill Black Vulture White-tailed Kite Common Black Hawk Harris's Hawk Variable Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Flammulated Owl Snowy Owl Spotted Owl Barred Owl Red-breasted Sapsucker Crested Caracara Gyrfalcon Dusky-capped Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Couch's Kingbird Thick-billed Kingbird Fork-tailed Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Buff-breasted Flycatcher Vermilion Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Gray Vireo Yellow-green Vireo Cave Swallow Phainopepla Cactus Wren Pacific Wren Sedge Wren Bendire's Thrasher Rufous-backed Robin Sprague's Pipit Cassia Crossbill Smith's Longspur Black-chinned Sparrow LeConte's Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Baird's Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Chihuahuan Meadowlark Louisiana Waterthrush Swainson's Warbler Lucy's Warbler Tropical Parula Grace's Warbler Golden-crowned Warbler Hepatic Tanager -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwHJQk9%3DaXowWZ_X6fxt3cEJC6SnmUaz38wdNWkhvEvjmw%40mail.gmail.com. Needs List for COBIrds Aggregated Yard List.xlsx Description: MS-Excel 2007 spreadsheet
Re: [cobirds] Yard lists
(avian keratin disorder); open space: common nighthawks, swallows, >>> flyover >>>sandhill cranes, male NOHA, Merlin, bats. >>>- Most memorable experience? So many! Seeing a flicker’s full tongue >>>extend to reach seed (image below), GHOW pair duetting then copulating >>> on >>>my chimney, blue Jay attacking a GHOW just hanging out on the fence ( >>>https://www.facebook.com/share/v/GHjz2JByVtsivh1r/?mibextid=K35XfP). >>>Also, while I’m not a morning person, hearing a Cooper’s hawk in an >>>argument with blue jays will wake me up in the best mood possible—it >>>happened a few times last summer. Lastly, I love how often the blue jays >>>mimic either red tailed hawks, Cooper’s hawks, or something that sounds >>>more Phoebe like. >>> >>> >>>- Location/habitat: Urban. In a condo complex near open space and >>>with aged trees (back yard is a small fenced in one, mostly >>>concrete) >>> >>> Some pics! (Pardon any door distortion—the glass has had a rough life >>> since the late 80s) >>> >>> NOFL tongue >>> [image: image0.jpeg] >>> >>> >>> RWBL with avian keratin disorder of upper mandible/maxilla >>> [image: image1.jpeg] >>> >>> COGR with leucism >>> [image: image2.jpeg] >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Courtney >>> >>> *Courtney Rella, PhD* >>> *dr.ca...@gmail.com* >>> >>> On Mar 14, 2024, at 13:36, Mary Kay Waddington >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> This has been fun to see what's shown up in yards. I do this daily by >>> participating in the e-bird yard tallies, but I've noticed that many of >>> these fantastic lists people have been sending in, are not included! I'd >>> like to recommend that people go to eBird, click "explore", go down to >>> "yard birds" then click "add a yard". Put in the location name you use >>> for your yard. Then at the top where it says "region", click that and >>> enter Colorado. It's fascinating to watch what different people have >>> seen. You can even follow a bit of migration patterns by seeing who has >>> seen what, where. There are rules to follow -- any bird you see while in >>> your yard. Don't cheat! I've often seen a bird while outside the yard and >>> had to see if I could still see or hear it when I'd crossed over my >>> property line back into my own yard. If no, it doesn't go on the list. Of >>> course if some of these wonderful yards that you've all posted here are >>> included in eBird's yard list, my ranking will go way down! But that's >>> ok. >>> >>> My own stats: >>> >>> How long have you been keeping your list? Have lived here 60 years but >>> only birded a lot here for 25. Then discovered during the pandemic that >>> exploring my own yard daily was really as exciting as driving around >>> chasing birds in different places. >>> >>> What's your style of yard listing: I'd have to say obsessed -- a minimum >>> of 3 trips around the property every day, often more. >>> >>> How many species? 139 >>> >>> Rarest, or favorite species? The Bobwhite was unexpected (escaped?) and >>> the Snipe that blew in after a storm and let me walk right up to it. >>> Northern Parula and Chestnut-sided are the rare warblers. The 200 Bohemian >>> Waxwings were definitely exciting, but I actually prefer the Cedars and >>> love seeing them. Just yesterday had a pair of Hooded Mergansers in the >>> Creek. But I actually love being able to show people my Eastern Screech >>> Owls. Many people got a lifer seeing them peek out of their holes. >>> Birders always welcome. >>> >>> Most memorable experience? Maybe it was watching a Bushtit hung up on a >>> twig 20' up and hanging by its tail. Other Bushtits tried to free it but >>> couldn't, so a Chickadee finally came over and snipped off the twig, >>> freeing the Bushtit. >>> >>> Location/habitat: suburban. Lucky enough to have 2.5 acres with big >>> trees and a bit of creek. And I let it go completely wild. >>> >>> Other location in foothills above Westcliffe: >>> >>> species: 105 >>> >>> The Saw-whet was pretty special, and a 5-woodpecker day (can't compe
[cobirds] My Pueblo yard list
Here is what I've seen through the last 30 years in my yard. Began keeping list at this 0.77-acre lot in downtown Pueblo across the street from Mineral Palace Park in 1994. Been Feeding birds, providing dripper bird bath, planting numerous wildlife friendly trees/shrubs. 177 species as of today. Highlights: Five species of geese (flyovers), found nesting Mallard in front parking, lowland Band-tailed Pigeon, a Lesser Nighthawk rootsed on top of green ash, flushed Poor-will migrants twice, shorebird flyovers (Killdeer, Long-billed Curlew, Wilson's Snipe, Spotted Sandpiper, and Solitary Sandpiper), Green Heron, Great Egret and Great Blue Heron flyovers, 14 species of soaring raptors and 5 species of owl (including Eastern Screech and No. Pygmy), 14 Flycatcher species (including Eastern Wood Pewee), White-eyed Vireo twice, Rock, Marsh, and Carolina Wrens, Gray-cheek Thrush, unexpected city Lark Bunting flyover, 19 species of Warbler (including; Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Morning, Kentucky, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, and Yellow-throated). Took up Mothing in 2011 and now at 920 species of moths and butterflies photographed in the yard. More to come, Van Truan -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SN7PR12MB73237CDA7F8D6C2CF70A5FFDCC2F2%40SN7PR12MB7323.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
Re: [cobirds] New message to post
Hi Margaret, You might look for solar films instead of pre-made filters. I did this for the 2017 eclipse when I couldn't find an appropriately sized filter and ended up crafting my own filter cover. I'm not sure what brand I used at the time, but these can be found at photo stores such as B Photo. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1348133-REG/alpine_astronomical_asolv_e_astrosolar_safety_film_5_0.html Kevin On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 8:23 AM Margaret Smith wrote: > Thanks, Diana. I’ve got 2 of these on order for cameras, but my binoculars > don’t have long tubes to put these on.-- Margaret > > On Mar 15, 2024, at 6:05 PM, Diana Beatty wrote: > > Maybe something like this? > https://www.highpointscientific.com/celestron-eclipsmart-universal-solar-filter?utm_source=google_medium=cse_term=CEL-44428_source=google_medium=cpc_campaign=20547745884_content=_term=_source=1=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVBBKdnO6SH2Fgzt1YISMjRzb7on1KsbElD-Z0rEymFFZZyfAvMJvBBoCXp4QAvD_BwE > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM Margaret Smith < > margaretalicesm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon >> 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” or >> 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! >> >> -- Margaret >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5CCB3C84-8113-4E56-9A22-114583D74CE0%40gmail.com >> . >> > > > -- > > ** > > “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said > *Gandalf*, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for > them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is > given us.” > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C96DD48B-FB7E-4F62-BEB6-A5EB2099F9D1%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C96DD48B-FB7E-4F62-BEB6-A5EB2099F9D1%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin Schutz -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFSoCDAKMEKS7GiHwU2%2BnghwDMwyMgOj6OzWDVyA4Ji-a3Ze%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
For people who are in to yard listing and/or citizen science, you might be interested in a new gadget. I recently bought a haikubox. This is a box you plug in to an external outlet at your home and it constantly listens for birds and uses your wifi. You use an app or website to see what it hears. It records short intervals and you can listen and verify accuracy . It keeps ongoing data you can download or track online. It shares the data with Cornell Labs and the haikubox network. Diana Beatty El Paso County On Sat, Mar 16, 2024, 9:23 AM 'Norm Lewis' via Colorado Birds < cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > PPS- I should have read the directions a little morel closely- I would say > I fall into the obsessed category- I keep 10-15 feeders active, depending > upon the season, and have a semi-wild area on my back hill, as I live in a > little valley and the upper back yard areas on the street are not > developed, which gives me about an eighth of an acre of mixed trees and > brush. > > Whew. I think that's all! > > Norm > > On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich < > teheinr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on > Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders > who have sent lists directly to me. > > So the current total # of species: *376* > > Getting close to 400! > > I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to > Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and > counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, > if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off > on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new > list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have > contributed to the list in an equitable way. > > Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, > > Thomas > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
PPS- I should have read the directions a little morel closely- I would say I fall into the obsessed category- I keep 10-15 feeders active, depending upon the season, and have a semi-wild area on my back hill, as I live in a little valley and the upper back yard areas on the street are not developed, which gives me about an eighth of an acre of mixed trees and brush. Whew. I think that's all! Norm On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all,Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who have sent lists directly to me. So the current total # of species: 376 Getting close to 400! I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an equitable way. Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species? Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
PS- my yard list dates to 1988. Norm On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all,Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who have sent lists directly to me. So the current total # of species: 376 Getting close to 400! I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an equitable way. Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species? Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/863238083.551.1710602383595%40mail.yahoo.com.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Good morning Thomas - In my yard, located on the north side of Green Mountain in Lakewood, I have seen 133 species. By far the most notable was a bronzed cowbird. This bird appeared at a neighbor's feeders in June of 1990, and stayed at that location (about a mile from my house) long enough for many birders to see it. To my surprise, one morning it showed up at my feeders, but did not linger long. Other birds that are unusual, either because of season or geography, included juniper titmouse, band-tailed pigeon (which I found roosting on my back step on a frigid winter morning), orchard oriole, canyon wren, common poorwill, purple finch, red crossbill, all three rosy-finches, northern shrike, red-naped sapsucker, eastern screech/northern pygmy/saw-whet owls, indigo bunting, Carolina wren, brown thrasher and summer tanager.The most interesting event observed in the yard was a northern shrike killing a rosy-finch and stashing it in a lilac bush. Thanks for the interesting project! Norm LewisLakewood On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all,Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who have sent lists directly to me. So the current total # of species: 376 Getting close to 400! I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an equitable way. Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species? Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoo
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hi all, Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who have sent lists directly to me. So the current total # of species: *376* Getting close to 400! I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an equitable way. Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com.
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Thanks, Diana. I’ve got 2 of these on order for cameras, but my binoculars don’t have long tubes to put these on.-- Margaret > On Mar 15, 2024, at 6:05 PM, Diana Beatty wrote: > > Maybe something like this? > https://www.highpointscientific.com/celestron-eclipsmart-universal-solar-filter?utm_source=google_medium=cse_term=CEL-44428_source=google_medium=cpc_campaign=20547745884_content=_term=_source=1=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVBBKdnO6SH2Fgzt1YISMjRzb7on1KsbElD-Z0rEymFFZZyfAvMJvBBoCXp4QAvD_BwE > > >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM Margaret Smith >> wrote: >> Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon >> 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” or >> 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! >> >> -- Margaret >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include >> bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5CCB3C84-8113-4E56-9A22-114583D74CE0%40gmail.com. > > > -- > ** > > “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said > Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them > to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given > us.” > > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C96DD48B-FB7E-4F62-BEB6-A5EB2099F9D1%40gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] New message to post
On Mar 15, 2024, at 5:09 PM, Margaret Smith wrote: > > Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon > 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” or > 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! Mile High Astronomy sells solar filters that fit over each lens of your binoculars. I bought these for the 2017 eclipse and will use them again for the eclipse next month: https://milehighastro.com/collections/solar-accessories/products/solar-filter-black-polymer?variant=44192509821187. Be sure you order the correct diameter for your binoculars. They have both text and a video explaining how to measure properly. You can order the same or similar solar filters from Amazon, but I prefer to support the local guys! Meredith Denton-Hedrick Monument -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/82198E73-5960-477A-A339-8703ED43397B%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (15 Mar 2024) Raptors
is staffed by a Hawk Counter and volunteers from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM from March 1st to May 10th, weather permitting. Directions to site: >From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow hawk watch signs from the southwest end of the parking lot to the hawk watch site. The hike starts heading east on an old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the ridge. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, and walk to the flat area at the crest of the ridge. (Distance: 0.56 miles, Elevation gain: 259 feet) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0101018e44c0fa0a-04cebcce-a1cc-40bd-a911-5ccdca414254-00%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
Re: [cobirds] New message to post
Maybe something like this? https://www.highpointscientific.com/celestron-eclipsmart-universal-solar-filter?utm_source=google_medium=cse_term=CEL-44428_source=google_medium=cpc_campaign=20547745884_content=_term=_source=1=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVBBKdnO6SH2Fgzt1YISMjRzb7on1KsbElD-Z0rEymFFZZyfAvMJvBBoCXp4QAvD_BwE On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM Margaret Smith wrote: > Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon > 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” or > 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! > > -- Margaret > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5CCB3C84-8113-4E56-9A22-114583D74CE0%40gmail.com > . > -- ** “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said *Gandalf*, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAM-_j9uvNX72MTjMjmd7iS4U_RTACTtRG55WmZvoVogZyGF8fg%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] New message to post
Does any one know how to find slip-on find a solar filter for my Canon 12x36IS binoculars? I picture a cardboard frame of about 5 14” x 2 3/4” or 13.3 mm x 6.5 mm with the mylar all across. Thanks! -- Margaret -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5CCB3C84-8113-4E56-9A22-114583D74CE0%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] I only have 43 species on my yard list, but....
I do have one that's probably not on many others' lists--American Dipper. When we moved to a house on Boulder Creek (between Eben Fine Park and 6th) three years ago, I had high hopes for a lengthy yard list from birds moving through the trees along the creek. But, I have discovered that I have several obstacles to a robust list: 1) No clumps of shrubs along this stretch of the creek 2) Huge Crack Willows towering over the other trees. The birds don't seem to like them very well, even though they're covered in aphids in the summer and fall 3) The big trees obscure my view of the sky, a good place to add new species flying over On the plus side, a small flock of Juncos have spent each winter sheltering under a sprawling thorn-covered rose bush on the hillside, eating birdseed off my lower deck. I get all 3 nuthatches, and a pair of Cordilleran Flycatcher has nested both summers. My many chokecherries can attract birds like Tanagers in late summer. And I've had Mountain Lion and Bear tracks going across our lower deck. I'm working on converting our small front yard into a native plant bird friendly area, but I fear it will be several more years before that has an impact. Kudos to those of you who have spent years successfully converting your former lawn into a bird oasis, with several times as many species as I've seen! -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d633d42e-10b7-4dd1-83e7-234deb36061cn%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
comment >>> on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really >>> impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). >>> >>> Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed >>> Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come >>> to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from >>> yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) >>> >>> As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready >>> when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' >>> experience with yard-listing. >>> >>> How long have you been keeping your list? >>> What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, >>> moderate, dedicated, obsessed? >>> How many species? >>> Rarest, or favorite species? >>> Most memorable experience? >>> Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? >>> >>> And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to >>> Colorado's 520 species could we get? >>> >>> It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; >>> shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods >>> lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >>> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >>> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >>> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >>> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >>> >>> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >>> >>> --Thomas Heinrich >>> >>> >>> *My answers to the questions above*: >>> 15 years >>> Dedicated to obsessive >>> 152 species >>> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >>> Bohemian Waxwing >>> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged >>> Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >>> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >>> >>> -- >>> Thomas Heinrich >>> Boulder, CO >>> tehei...@gmail.com >>> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/44365dc4-fc65-4115-82c9-d594c3f36cc5n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/44365dc4-fc65-4115-82c9-d594c3f36cc5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. 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Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to >> Colorado's 520 species could we get? >> >> It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; >> shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods >> lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >> >> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >> >> --Thomas Heinrich >> >> >> *My answers to the questions above*: >> 15 years >> Dedicated to obsessive >> 152 species >> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >> Bohemian Waxwing >> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks >> among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >> >> -- >> Thomas Heinrich >> Boulder, CO >> tehei...@gmail.com >> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/44365dc4-fc65-4115-82c9-d594c3f36cc5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/44365dc4-fc65-4115-82c9-d594c3f36cc5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJk9VVG48CVx2qV5jnrA3c1dP4U5dj-8N%2BXWqO7gEkmiNXtmrQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard lists
o down to > "yard birds" then click "add a yard". Put in the location name you use > for your yard. Then at the top where it says "region", click that and > enter Colorado. It's fascinating to watch what different people have > seen. You can even follow a bit of migration patterns by seeing who has > seen what, where. There are rules to follow -- any bird you see while in > your yard. Don't cheat! I've often seen a bird while outside the yard and > had to see if I could still see or hear it when I'd crossed over my > property line back into my own yard. If no, it doesn't go on the list. Of > course if some of these wonderful yards that you've all posted here are > included in eBird's yard list, my ranking will go way down! But that's > ok. > > My own stats: > > How long have you been keeping your list? Have lived here 60 years but > only birded a lot here for 25. Then discovered during the pandemic that > exploring my own yard daily was really as exciting as driving around > chasing birds in different places. > > What's your style of yard listing: I'd have to say obsessed -- a minimum > of 3 trips around the property every day, often more. > > How many species? 139 > > Rarest, or favorite species? The Bobwhite was unexpected (escaped?) and > the Snipe that blew in after a storm and let me walk right up to it. > Northern Parula and Chestnut-sided are the rare warblers. The 200 Bohemian > Waxwings were definitely exciting, but I actually prefer the Cedars and > love seeing them. Just yesterday had a pair of Hooded Mergansers in the > Creek. But I actually love being able to show people my Eastern Screech > Owls. Many people got a lifer seeing them peek out of their holes. > Birders always welcome. > > Most memorable experience? Maybe it was watching a Bushtit hung up on a > twig 20' up and hanging by its tail. Other Bushtits tried to free it but > couldn't, so a Chickadee finally came over and snipped off the twig, > freeing the Bushtit. > > Location/habitat: suburban. Lucky enough to have 2.5 acres with big trees > and a bit of creek. And I let it go completely wild. > > Other location in foothills above Westcliffe: > > species: 105 > > The Saw-whet was pretty special, and a 5-woodpecker day (can't compete > with Duane!). but nothing could beat the 3,000 Sandhills flying over in one > day. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. 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[cobirds] Add Weather & Recordings to eBird Checklists
COBirders You can easily add the weather to your eBird checklist. Copy your eBird checklist ID which is in the upper left corner of your checklist and then paste it into the RainCrow weather link below. https://raincrow.app/ Hit the “Get Weather” button and then hit the “Copy to clipboard” on the RainCrow site. Now, paste the info into the comments field on your checklist. Here is a sample on my list today of how it looks. https://ebird.org/checklist/S164834628 Using the time and date of your checklist, RainCrow will give you the beginning and ending temperature, wind, wind direction, cloud cover and humidity. A really nice way to enhance your checklist. Another way to improve your checklist is to add bird song recordings. Cornell’s Merlin bird sound ID app uses our recordings to learn the bird songs. The more recordings we add to our checklists the better the app gets. I recently received an email from The Macaulay Library team. The email said they have used 52 of my bird recordings to help train Merlin to better ID bird sounds. You too can help. Have fun adding weather and bird sound recordings to your checklists. https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001064341-audio-preparation-and-upload-guidelines Gregg Goodrich Highlands Ranch CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG23TouDLXtgQf1EGbnLqYTpV23tuawkrUDgLT4UH%3DrM98%2BCfw%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Yard lists
This has been fun to see what's shown up in yards. I do this daily by participating in the e-bird yard tallies, but I've noticed that many of these fantastic lists people have been sending in, are not included! I'd like to recommend that people go to eBird, click "explore", go down to "yard birds" then click "add a yard". Put in the location name you use for your yard. Then at the top where it says "region", click that and enter Colorado. It's fascinating to watch what different people have seen. You can even follow a bit of migration patterns by seeing who has seen what, where. There are rules to follow -- any bird you see while in your yard. Don't cheat! I've often seen a bird while outside the yard and had to see if I could still see or hear it when I'd crossed over my property line back into my own yard. If no, it doesn't go on the list. Of course if some of these wonderful yards that you've all posted here are included in eBird's yard list, my ranking will go way down! But that's ok. My own stats: How long have you been keeping your list? Have lived here 60 years but only birded a lot here for 25. Then discovered during the pandemic that exploring my own yard daily was really as exciting as driving around chasing birds in different places. What's your style of yard listing: I'd have to say obsessed -- a minimum of 3 trips around the property every day, often more. How many species? 139 Rarest, or favorite species? The Bobwhite was unexpected (escaped?) and the Snipe that blew in after a storm and let me walk right up to it. Northern Parula and Chestnut-sided are the rare warblers. The 200 Bohemian Waxwings were definitely exciting, but I actually prefer the Cedars and love seeing them. Just yesterday had a pair of Hooded Mergansers in the Creek. But I actually love being able to show people my Eastern Screech Owls. Many people got a lifer seeing them peek out of their holes. Birders always welcome. Most memorable experience? Maybe it was watching a Bushtit hung up on a twig 20' up and hanging by its tail. Other Bushtits tried to free it but couldn't, so a Chickadee finally came over and snipped off the twig, freeing the Bushtit. Location/habitat: suburban. Lucky enough to have 2.5 acres with big trees and a bit of creek. And I let it go completely wild. Other location in foothills above Westcliffe: species: 105 The Saw-whet was pretty special, and a 5-woodpecker day (can't compete with Duane!). but nothing could beat the 3,000 Sandhills flying over in one day. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAA-Db7eF8BnRxAANcugKYTpiXQV71piqK7FNtJZRxrVhONBueA%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
I'm in Larimer County on the Big Thompson River. 7 years moderate birder - lots of feeders year round 83 species most memorable - wave of migrating Western Tanagers in May stopped by a snowstorm foothills riparian habitat - 1 acre Some Favorites - always hard --- American Dipper - regular visitor Rose-breasted Grosbeak Evening Grosbeak Red Crossbill Indigo Bunting Green-tailed Towhee Red-headed Woodpecker Great Egret Canyon Wren - picking bugs from spider webs on the porch On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > tehei...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/44365dc4-fc65-4115-82c9-d594c3f36cc5n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Yard List, Bent County CO
Birders, I was going to pass on this until someone involved in the yard bird discussion implored to me post highlights of my 1+ acre yard in Las Animas, Bent County CO, where I've lived since 2000. My yard list currently stands at 195 species. Many of you have been to my yard, since I love posting reproducible birds to the public, and welcome visitors when I have rare birds around. Many Colorado birders have added life or state birds here, including White-winged Crossbill, Costa's Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Canada Warbler. I'm going to post a list of what I consider unusual birds I've had that might not have been reported by other landowners: Cattle Egret, Green Heron, White-faced Ibis, Northern Goshawk, Ring-necked Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Scaled Quail, Northern Bobwhite, Sora (nocturnal flight call), White-winged Dove, Inca Dove, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Common Poorwill (flushed from the ground during migration several times). Six species of Hummingbirds including Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (most years, especially in September) and Costa's Hummingbird (seen by close to 100 observers), Nine species of Woodpeckers, including Lewis', Red-headed, Red-bellied (I had a male winter at my suet feeders), Yellow-bellied and Red-naped Sapsuckers, and Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied and Gray Flycatchers. Eastern and Say's Phoebes, Ash-throated and Great-crested Flycatchers, as well as Cassin's Kingbird. Flocks of Pinon Jays in two separate years, as well as single Steller's Jays two years. These are both exceedingly rare east of the mountains. Four uncommon species of Vireo, including Blue-headed, Cassin's, Yellow-throated and Red-eyed. Eastern and Mountain Bluebirds, and one Veery. Gray Catbird, Sage Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher (practically every winter). Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Bushtit, Mountain Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee (absent in SE Colorado for over 20 years now as a result of West Nile Disease). American Pipit (showed up in my driveway after I shoveled deep snow). Purple Finch and Cassin's Finch (photographed together) Red Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill (a life bird for many, this bird stayed for a week), Evening Grosbeak. Sixteen species of Warbler, including Tennessee, Nashville, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird (bird bath), Hooded Warbler (bird bath), and Canada Warbler (which I put on the RBA and was seen by many). If I shovel snow at night, I often hear Lapland Longspurs passing over on their way to find habitat with less snow. Earlier this winter, I heard a Chestnut-collared Longspur passing south with the Lapland Longspurs as I shoveled snow in the dark). Sparrows, including Fox (eastern), Harris' White-throated, Vesper, and Cassin's. Four species of towhees, including a male Eastern Towhee. Summer Tanager, Dickcissel, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Northern Cardinal (singing males, twice), Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting (Colorado's first documented winter record, on the John Martin Reservoir CBC). Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles. I hope you enjoy this sampling of birds found in the far southeast part of Colorado, 100 miles east of the mountains. Duane Nelson Las Animas, Bent County, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/YAYZIRM7JMU4.EI8Z88ZWUW5M1%40luweb01oc.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hey Thomas and all. A fun exercise for us dedicated yard watchers. 28 years of watching 163 species currently Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Long-eared Owl Black throated Sparrow Bobolink Long-billed Curlew We own our property south of Monte Vista and not far from the Refuge. Our backyard BIG DAY is 38 species. We now add one just every few years. Latest were 2 Blue jays. Lots of fun to look back! John Rawinski Monte Vista, CO On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > tehei...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/225b8d67-81c5-4619-91c1-a5a41405ce11n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hi all, Getting a little carried away here, but I thought I'd write a quick update before getting some rest. (Hoping for a snow day tomorrow and a canceled rehearsal :-). I spent several hours this evening mining for data on the CBRC pages on CFO's website (what a great resource, special thanks to Peter Gent, and others as well, certainly) and also on eBird. There's more to be found I'm sure, but another day... The species total stands at *369*, or roughly 71% of the species recorded in Colorado. A couple of ideas occurred to me while preparing the list to be merged with Bryan's community-generated or crowd-sourced Google doc. One is the potential desire for anonymity. I have been gathering only 3 sets of data in addition to the species: name of the lister (or property owner), city, and county. If anyone would like to remain anonymous, please let me know. I can change the entry to read: "homeowner". I think it would be nice to include as many of us in the list (as viewers) as possible, because it really is a community effort. I'll do my best to make sure all who have contributed by submitting lists, or replied to this thread have at least several species entries. I decided not to try to add dates for each sighting in an effort to keep it simple. If you have any suggestions, feel free to email me. I'll send out a list of species not yet ticked, in case that might be useful. Still trying to get around to replying to all directly, but it might be a few days yet. Thanks again to all who have contributed! Sincerely, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwGYHZCvSZ_gGngdQJPhdba38hB9yXEGfn9AKipjTCpp-A%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
14 yrs Moderate 99 spp BTPI, SACR, CONI, WESO, ATTW, PEFA, PIJA, CLNU, PIGR, GCRF, BCRF, WWCR NOGO spiral-chasing a pine squirrel up a Doug-fir; nesting SSHA, NOPO, and ATTW (weeks of good entertainment) Densely forested Doug-fir/lodgepole with some pondersosa on a north-facing slope at 7800 ft (small scattering of aspen). About a quarter of a mlle from Cub Creek, south of Evergreen. Smaller, nearby ephemeral drainage about 150’ from my house has some blue spruce and larger aspen. Chuck Aid Evergreen, CO On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > tehei...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/c30df377-dc89-490e-9611-da7958d9e61dn%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Greater Yellowlegs at Rocky Mt. Arsenal, Adams county
This morning at Lake Derby's north shore there were 4 Greater Yellowlegs probing the mud, with a Wilson's Snipe nearby and 2 Killdeer. Also 3 male Cinnamon Teal, plus 3 more at Ladora, with 4 probable females nearby. Candice and Tim Johnson, Denver -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAKZ4kUvb-afnJTK8EDJquyMFjfb0HjYQwOVoqUfrrNSzybRu4g%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (13 Mar 2024) 16 Raptors
. Directions to site: >From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow hawk watch signs from the southwest end of the parking lot to the hawk watch site. The hike starts heading east on an old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the ridge. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, and walk to the flat area at the crest of the ridge. (Distance: 0.56 miles, Elevation gain: 259 feet) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0101018e39fd6ada-51a3efa1-9ae9-4d9b-b235-64b60ac512ba-00%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
[cobirds] Update: BCAS Field Trip: Pella Crossing Bird Walk – rescheduled for March 23
Due to the storm that's arriving soon, the field trip to Pella Crossing for this Saturday, March 16 has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 23. New time is 9:30 am. For more information: https://www.boulderaudubon.org/all-events/pella-crossing-with-carl-starace-march-2024 On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 12:07:04 PM UTC-6 Janet Smith wrote: > Join local birder Carl Starace for an exciting morning of spring birding > at Pella Crossing this Saturday, March 16. Possible birds are Osprey, > Say's Phoebe, Western Meadowlark, Killdeer, Wood Duck, Redhead, Belted > Kingfisher, and Great Blue Heron. > > Meet at the Pella Crossing Trailhead lot on the east side of 75th Street, > just south of the town of Hygiene at 9 am. Limited to 24 participants. > Please rsvp to attend. > > For more information and to rsvp: > https://www.boulderaudubon.org/all-events/pella-crossing-with-carl-starace-march-2024 > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/82c594c7-712e-4b9b-a636-d4118f1c8155n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Yard List
Here is my response to the yard list questions: How long have you been keeping your list? Started in May 2018 while working on our new house, but kicked into higher gear in 2019 when we moved to Colorado What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed? Moderate How many species? 99 Rarest, or favorite species? My rarest bird and most memorable experience was seeing a Varied Bunting out my back window on a stormy June evening in 2020. Due to the poor lighting, I could barely make out any color on the small bird that flew into the willows behind my house. Based on a quick look through binoculars and seeing a large reddish spot on its head, I knew I had an unusual bird so I grabbed my camera and started shooting while pushing up the ISO setting on the camera. Only after increasing the exposure on my photos in post-production would I see all the blue, purple and red colors on the male Varied Bunting. I observed it for about one minute and could hear it chipping for another minute in the neighbor's yard. Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? Suburban/Rural -- Ridgway in Ouray County, I live in a residential area with cottonwood-lined gravel streets surrounded by ranchlands. My lot was initially all grass, but we have now planted native trees, shrubs and grasses so hopefully it will become better habitat for more bird species in a decade or two. Don Marsh Ridgway, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/00af01da7596%24a5466850%24efd338f0%24%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] yard-list questions, per Thomas H: my answers
Brilliant way to start out spring, Mr. Henirich: What a wonderful "clutch" of answers you got by turning over this rock: I doubt if I can add any species to the group list, but here are my answers: Moved from east Boulder to this shortgrass prairie location in 2004; the only trees (10) on the place were non-native. There were no shrubs, flowers or native grasses; only a few scrawny spreading junipers. So at twenty years and counting, my list, compiled by casual/attentive observations, while doing sweaty gardening or winter birdfeeding, number 126 species. If only one of your (all y'all) goshawks, or swans, or eastern warblers or shorebirds would come calling! I confess that I count all species that crawl by, fly over, or perch in a perceivable distance from our yard. We've seen 5 warbler species, the usuals. That's it. My favorites have tended to be the birds I miss most from back east: Brown Thrasher (multiple times); Northern Mockingbird (two different years); White-throated Sparrow (twice); etc. If only an Eastern Wood Pewee would visit -- I heard one in the foothills 5 miles NW of here. Not exactly a "local patch." It is still a thrill to hear a Rose-breasted Grosbeak sing from the top of the hill 100 yds to the west, and realize that that's what it is, and it has been here before but never stayed to breed. I harbor persistent hopes. Most memorable sighting was an entire flock of birds that I had never seen here in the plains before; and we saw it most probably through a terrible fluke of nature, the day after the catastrophic Marshall fire: New Year's day 2022. The flock was a mixed group of Rosy-crowned Finches (perhaps displaced by the fire?) All Gray-crowned and Brown-headed. For a magical hour they covered our deck, gobbling seed. Then disappeared. We have never seen another of them. Linda north of Haystack Mtn, east of Lefthand Canyon & Table Mtn, west of Lagerman Rez I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno’éí (Arapaho) and Cheyenne Nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie; and that Colorado’s Front Range is home to The Ute & many other Native peoples. Reconozco que vivo en el territorio de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho) y Cheyenne, según el 1851 Tratado de Fort Laramie; y que el estado de Colorado al esté de las Montañas Rocosas es territorio de Utes y muchos otros pueblos indígenas. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/62736CD1-946C-4771-A945-8B8FFF3C362D%40comcast.net.
Re: [cobirds] My best yard bird...Painted Redstart: THREAD CLOSED
Please do not reply further on CoBirds David Suddjian List moderator Littleton, CO On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM Paula Hansley wrote: > Dear CObirders: I had no idea that I would get a response in regards to > my Painted Redstart picture such as that I received from Cole Sage. I have > copied it for everyone to read. > > I recommend that Mr. Sage be blocked from CObirds. > > Paula Hansley > Louisville > > -- Forwarded message - > From: Cole Sage > Date: Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:31 PM > Subject: Re: [cobirds] My best yard bird...Painted Redstart > To: Paula Hansley > > > This is not a Painted Redstart it is an American Redstart. When > identifying birds it is often good to use a field guide and not jump to the > rarest possible bird. > > Best, > > Cole Sage > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 10:50 PM Paula Hansley > wrote: > >> CObirders, >> I don't recall the year, but this one is my favorite (see attached px). I >> was so excited I could hardly hold the camera. I can't find my total list >> for my property in Louisville, but as I recall it's only about 140 species. >> >> Paula Hansley >> Louisville >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtaR7ExLi-j-8m%2B9Kb_qER_VRP7qMMF7Kd-VVF4Dcon4gA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtaR7ExLi-j-8m%2B9Kb_qER_VRP7qMMF7Kd-VVF4Dcon4gA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Paula Hansley > Petrographic Consultants International, Inc. > Ph: 720-890-2628 > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtbtzSE%2BAdKetE%3Dx15E7%3DwbqaJRfRF2qePE%2BoBf9Qub9cQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtbtzSE%2BAdKetE%3Dx15E7%3DwbqaJRfRF2qePE%2BoBf9Qub9cQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RopUuic%2BL1Oyuqh2VZfT3h8ucxDbDcj9bWns9pxEVbbEzQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Fwd: [cobirds] My best yard bird...Painted Redstart
Dear CObirders: I had no idea that I would get a response in regards to my Painted Redstart picture such as that I received from Cole Sage. I have copied it for everyone to read. I recommend that Mr. Sage be blocked from CObirds. Paula Hansley Louisville -- Forwarded message - From: Cole Sage Date: Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [cobirds] My best yard bird...Painted Redstart To: Paula Hansley This is not a Painted Redstart it is an American Redstart. When identifying birds it is often good to use a field guide and not jump to the rarest possible bird. Best, Cole Sage On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 10:50 PM Paula Hansley wrote: > CObirders, > I don't recall the year, but this one is my favorite (see attached px). I > was so excited I could hardly hold the camera. I can't find my total list > for my property in Louisville, but as I recall it's only about 140 species. > > Paula Hansley > Louisville > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtaR7ExLi-j-8m%2B9Kb_qER_VRP7qMMF7Kd-VVF4Dcon4gA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtaR7ExLi-j-8m%2B9Kb_qER_VRP7qMMF7Kd-VVF4Dcon4gA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- Paula Hansley Petrographic Consultants International, Inc. Ph: 720-890-2628 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtbtzSE%2BAdKetE%3Dx15E7%3DwbqaJRfRF2qePE%2BoBf9Qub9cQ%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hi all, Just wanted to give a quick update on the list, which now stands at 323 species. Thanks to everyone who's shared their lists and contributed to this thread. Bryan has very kindly offered to merge the two lists (the Google docs with the Excel spreadsheet I've been using). Hope to have it ready very soon. Thanks again, looking forward to seeing how this all develops, and glad so many are enjoying it, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwGzpmkDLjkPwGC%2BvY_sUqTb%3DHA14-zvd8f4mXQGyb05Gg%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
med to more feeders over the last few years. I started >>> casually journal counting last year and now do a daily EBird count (Robins >>> just showed up today!) >>> As I am new to the count, I haven't broken down by species yet. My 40+ >>> list includes many of the common and migratory birds found in Colorado and >>> at my elevation with a reliable food source good water sources nearby. >>> *Notable for me: *Separately, Cooper's and Sharp Shinned Hawk in >>> the tree outside my window. I had a Bald Eagle chase a Raven (it had a >>> snake in its beak) from my yard utility pole with Magpies flying along >>> opportunistically. I had a Gullnado (most likely reservoir/landfill ring >>> billed-gulls). And now, we have Wild Turkeys (sometimes 3, sometimes 16 >>> routinely coming through our yard for feeder snacks this year and to ride >>> on the "merry go round" that is my tray feeder. >>> And sometimes we can year the SandHill Cranes flying over our area. >>> Happy Birding. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a >>>> rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment >>>> on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really >>>> impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). >>>> >>>> Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed >>>> Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come >>>> to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from >>>> yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) >>>> >>>> As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready >>>> when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' >>>> experience with yard-listing. >>>> >>>> How long have you been keeping your list? >>>> What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, >>>> moderate, dedicated, obsessed? >>>> How many species? >>>> Rarest, or favorite species? >>>> Most memorable experience? >>>> Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? >>>> >>>> And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to >>>> Colorado's 520 species could we get? >>>> >>>> It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; >>>> shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods >>>> lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >>>> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >>>> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >>>> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >>>> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >>>> >>>> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >>>> >>>> --Thomas Heinrich >>>> >>>> >>>> *My answers to the questions above*: >>>> 15 years >>>> Dedicated to obsessive >>>> 152 species >>>> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >>>> Bohemian Waxwing >>>> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged >>>> Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >>>> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thomas Heinrich >>>> Boulder, CO >>>> tehei...@gmail.com >>>> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because
[cobirds] Yard list
Thomas, thanks for the fun questions re: yard lists. How long? 16 yearsStyle? ModerateHow many species? 96 (but we are undoubtedly missing several we just forgot to write down)Location/habitat: suburban yard in Fruita, CO, but within 200 yds of a desert wash and ag fields and less than a mile from the Colorado River.Rarest species? Rose-breasted Grosbeak (two different individual second-year males in back to back springs!)Favorite species? Blue Grosbeaks, Lazuli Buntings, and Pinyon JaysFavorite moment? I identified a flock of Snow Geese by sound calling overhead on a foggy fall night (they are uncommon in the Grand Valley), then they appeared out of the mist flying just low enough over the house to see them illuminated from below in the city lights!We've seen a bunch more species in the wash nearby, but not from the yard yet (White-throated Sparrow, Wood Duck, White-winged Dove, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, Juniper Titmouse, House Wren, Song Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Chat)Brett WalkerFruita, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/65f1cc9f.9d0a0220.c4c68.6a49%40mx.google.com.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
I am a recent Colorado immigrant (two years in west Loveland) so my yard list is not impressive at 128. I have , however, had a few high points. *Best diversity day* - 34 spp; *best bird* - 100 -125 pinyon jays visiting almost daily, typically 2 or 3 times/day; *favorite bird* - bushtit; *most memorable day* - had pinyon jay, blue jay, Steller's jay and scrub jay in view at the same time; *best season - *had 40-50 evening grosbeaks, 100+ Cassin's finches, and the pinyon jays around all of last winter (sometime all three times at once) Have fun, Tom Curtis On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > tehei...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4a34da9e-edf9-4be4-b154-7a3cedb29f11n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hello All, How long keeping a list: We’ve been in the house 40 years, but didn’t begin keeping specific sighting records early on, so about 35 years. We keep two lists, “Birds Seen in the Yard”; and “Birds Seen from the Yard”, i.e., mostly fly overs, but sometimes birds we can see in neighbors’ trees, yards from our yard. Style: Dedicated, 15 years of FeederWatch, and binoculars/camera usually at hand when in the yard. How many species: Combining our two lists, 98 species Favorites: “in the yard”: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, singing from our then Russian Olive; Carolina Wren, in three separate years; Brown Thrasher; Bohemian Waxwings, about 50 in the Hackberry; Red-eyed Vireo; among twelve Warbler species, Nashville, Mourning, Chestnut-sided; among ten Sparrow species, Fox and Harris’s; Summer Tanager; and White-winged Dove. Perhaps the oddest, a pair of Mallards exploring the vegetable garden in our fenced yard. Favorites: “from the yard”: large flocks of Sandhill Cranes flying over the house on a number of occasions; Scarlet Tanager, singing from a neighbor’s tree; Common Poorwill, in a neighbor’s driveway, singing and sallying up for insects, returning to the same spot each time. Most memorable: toss-up between seeing/hearing a Yellow-billed Cuckoo singing in the yard, at the time, it was the first time hearing that song since leaving Pennsylvania; and 100s of Snow Geese, in wave after wave, flying directly over the house on 11/14/09. Location/Habitat: Small urban yard in east Denver, not near open space or water. Bill Wuerthele, Denver > On Mar 11, 2024, at 10:40 AM, Thomas Heinrich wrote: > > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or > new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive > (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when > outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, > dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining > bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson > Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those > species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some > lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > My answers to the questions above: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com <mailto:teheinr...@gmail.com> > www.pbase.com/birdercellist <http://www.pbase.com/birdercellist> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds> > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > <https://cobirds.org/membership/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >
Re: [cobirds] My best yard bird...Painted Redstart
Megan and others, My Painted Redstart: 1. My redstart is RED on its upper breast not orange as on the Am.Redstart 2. My redstart has a white wing patch vs. none on the Am.Redstart I could go on, but it would be easier if birders would look at their bird books, for instance: See page 382 in “The Warbler Guide” by Tom Stephenson and Scott White for a comparison of these two redstart species. Please, when questioning an identification please do not be rude or snarky as some people have been! Paula Hansley Louisville On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:33 AM Megan Jones Patterson wrote: > Paula, > Very cool bird. I'm wondering what characteristics you used to ID this as > a Painted Redstart and not a male American Redstart. > Thank you, > Megan > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 9:50 PM Paula Hansley wrote: > >> CObirders, >> I don't recall the year, but this one is my favorite (see attached px). I >> was so excited I could hardly hold the camera. I can't find my total list >> for my property in Louisville, but as I recall it's only about 140 species. >> >> Paula Hansley >> Louisville >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtaR7ExLi-j-8m%2B9Kb_qER_VRP7qMMF7Kd-VVF4Dcon4gA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtaR7ExLi-j-8m%2B9Kb_qER_VRP7qMMF7Kd-VVF4Dcon4gA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQtZR2RhXHDxpPsYAmhjtYxS%3DeHVGUKAWrnkq%2Bn-7y%2B2uOw%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
t totals, or comment >>> on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really >>> impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). >>> >>> Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed >>> Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come >>> to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from >>> yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) >>> >>> As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready >>> when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' >>> experience with yard-listing. >>> >>> How long have you been keeping your list? >>> What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, >>> moderate, dedicated, obsessed? >>> How many species? >>> Rarest, or favorite species? >>> Most memorable experience? >>> Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? >>> >>> And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to >>> Colorado's 520 species could we get? >>> >>> It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; >>> shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods >>> lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >>> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >>> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >>> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >>> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >>> >>> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >>> >>> --Thomas Heinrich >>> >>> >>> *My answers to the questions above*: >>> 15 years >>> Dedicated to obsessive >>> 152 species >>> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >>> Bohemian Waxwing >>> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged >>> Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >>> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >>> >>> -- >>> Thomas Heinrich >>> Boulder, CO >>> tehei...@gmail.com >>> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >>> >>> -- >>> >> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. 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Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
r, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >> Bohemian Waxwing >> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks >> among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >> >> -- >> Thomas Heinrich >> Boulder, CO >> tehei...@gmail.com >> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >> >> -- >> > -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0d5f941b-51ad-4dfa-b134-18e1ecc03540n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (12 Mar 2024) 39 Raptors
in flight. Predictions: A chance of rain/snow in the morning, rain likely in the afternoon. NNE winds 5-13 mph with gusts to 21 mph with a 70% chance of precipitation. Report submitted by Janet Peters (j.f.peter...@gmail.com) Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at: http://www.dfobirds.org More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=123 Site Description: Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawk watch in Colorado and is the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Hawk watchers may see 17 species of migrating raptors; and it is an excellent site to see rare dark morph buteos including Broad-winged hawk, Swainson’s hawk, Ferruginous hawk, Rough-legged hawk and Red-tailed Hawk. Other raptors we see include Golden and Bald Eagles, Northern harrier, Osprey, Peregrine Falcons, Prairie Falcons, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels, Merlin, and Turkey Vultures. American Goshawk is uncommon but also counted each season. Non-raptor species include Rock Wren, Bushtit, Western Bluebird, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Swift, American White Pelican, and Dusky Grouse. Birders of any skill level are always welcome. The hawk watch at Dinosaur Ridge is staffed by a Hawk Counter and volunteers from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM from March 1st to May 10th, weather permitting. Directions to site: >From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow hawk watch signs from the southwest end of the parking lot to the hawk watch site. The hike starts heading east on an old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the ridge. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, and walk to the flat area at the crest of the ridge. (Distance: 0.56 miles, Elevation gain: 259 feet) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0101018e360a54d2-7c2cd819-5f82-4ba1-8801-ab8dd4715c2f-00%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
[cobirds] Feeder Birds appendage for Louisville CO
I saw the information for backyard birds earlier today. Not to sound redundant, but after living in Louisville for 25 years, I built up quite the backyard bird list. None as good as what others reported, but some strange stuff nonetheless. I was about 2 blocks from Fireside Elementary School near Dahlia St. The backyard had one unique advantage that other neighbors did not: an eight foot high jungle of cedar bushes, with brush and thickets that covered 3/4 of the backyard. Memorable notes: - Red eyed vireo - two years in a row, singing in spring - a pair of bushtits that nested in the thicket for two years - the surprise was that they were carrying unshelled sunflower bits back to the nest. (I never thought that they would feed the juveniles seeds, but apparently they do. - A raven and crow perched side by side; once seen like that, you wonder how you could ever mix the two species up. - An American kestrel, prying open the head of a house sparrow it caught. - Numerous Cooper's hawk attacks - one of them learned how to drive doves and robins into the sliding glass door, and pick them up after they had severe concussions. - Singing spotted towhees every spring. - Singing and foraging green-tailed towhees, about every other spring. - Singing hermit thrushes, about every other spring, usually on wet cold spring days - Myrtle warblers, Audubon's warblers, yellow warblers, orange crowned warblers, yellow warblers, almost every spring. - Red tailed hawks, great horned owls, and if you count fly-overs - bald eagles. - Western tanagers, bullocks' orioles, black headed grosbeaks, and one time a singing male rose-breasted grosbeak. - A male lazuli bunting gathering millet from the bird feeder. - American tree sparrows, white crowned sparrows, and a clay colored sparrow - All three jays: Steller's, Blue, and Scrub (remember this is suburban Louisville) - Mountain chickadees, and red-breasted nuthatches in cold winters. - And dozens of other species - I'm too lazy to look through the whole database. - And one of the most memorable - a male mallard. Not unusual you might think, but the whole yard was sealed off by high fences, with tall bushes and trees. He popped in one morning, took a look at me, and flew to the neighbors yard. All that along with the raccoons, squirrels, skunk, mice, rats, cottontails, and the crowning glory - a red fox family taking up residence in the cedar thicket - one morning the entire backyard had rubber balls, tennis balls, a child's sock, a tennis shoe, doggie-squeeze toys, an entire wing from a mourning dove, and other paraphernalia that the adult foxes had dragged into the backyard overnight for the kits to play with. They must have canvassed the entire neighborhood overnight to do this! Happy backyard birding! John T (Tumasonis) Broomfield CO "I'm not a real birder. I only pretend to be one on COBirds." -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1d5c15e7-eec6-422a-b5cd-9b50cdc87460n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Yes, very fun discussion and thanks for sharing! *Where and how long.* I have lived at 6030 feet west of Horsetooth Reservoir (south of Horsetooth Mt. Park) for 21 years. I started with one bird feeder about 10 years ago. That mushroomed to more feeders over the last few years. I started casually journal counting last year and now do a daily EBird count (Robins just showed up today!) As I am new to the count, I haven't broken down by species yet. My 40+ list includes many of the common and migratory birds found in Colorado and at my elevation with a reliable food source good water sources nearby. *Notable for me: *Separately, Cooper's and Sharp Shinned Hawk in the tree outside my window. I had a Bald Eagle chase a Raven (it had a snake in its beak) from my yard utility pole with Magpies flying along opportunistically. I had a Gullnado (most likely reservoir/landfill ring billed-gulls). And now, we have Wild Turkeys (sometimes 3, sometimes 16 routinely coming through our yard for feeder snacks this year and to ride on the "merry go round" that is my tray feeder. And sometimes we can year the SandHill Cranes flying over our area. Happy Birding. On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts s
[cobirds] Yard birds
Since 1997 in our Franktown yard we've recorded 161 species. 16 sparrows, 14 warblers including Prairie and Parula. all 3 bluebirds. Mockingbird. Purple Finch. Northern Saw-whet, N. Pygmy & Western Screech Owls (but not Eastern Screech). N. Goshawk and both eagles. Adding birds seen along our access road, the list goes up to 184. We have several feeders, and I report daily lists to eBird, even the low counts. We watch and listen throughout the day. Some species (W.Scr-Owl) we heard until we chased it to confirm the ID. Hugh Kingery -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/243437151.2021381.1710283808184%40mail.yahoo.com.
[cobirds] American White Pelican - Broomfield
American White Pelican in Broomfield landing on Alex & Michael's Pond. This was probably the same bird reported earlier at Plaster Reservoir by another birder today. Adult breeding plumage bird. A bit early, and with snow coming in soon too. John T (Tumasonis), Broomfield CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5de3cf3c-f6cc-4369-abcd-a14022bb0596n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Yard Birds recap Louisville, Boulder County
What a great question from Thomas Heinrich! Here's my recollections: How long been keeping my list (in Colorado): 14 years What's your style of yard listing: casual/attentive How many species? 148 Rarest, or favorite species? American Goshawk TWICE Most memorable experience? For sure, the two sightings of the marvelous Goshawk that appeared on my back fence in March of 2010. I was so shocked that I couldn't even gather my wits to get a photo. And when I turned to get my binocs, it was gone. But by the size, the heavy superciliary line above the eye. it just couldn't be anything else. Then in December 2011, I was at the breakfast table looking out over my deck, and there it was again! Only this time, about 15 feet away from me. I knew not to get up and get the camera and really didn't need the binocs to see all the details. It was NOT a cooper's hawk, which I see occasionally. WAY larger and again, that white superciliary line stripe and delicate vermiculation on the chest! I was happy to read in cobirds that one had been sighted near me too! So it wasn't a figment of my imagination! Location/habitat: Louisville, Boulder County, suburban neighborhood but a block off an open space. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/075501da74b9%24e78cb120%24b6a61360%24%40comcast.net.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >>> Bohemian Waxwing >>> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged >>> Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >>> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >>> >>> -- >>> Thomas Heinrich >>> Boulder, CO >>> teheinr...@gmail.com >>> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >>> >> >> >> -- >> Thomas Heinrich >> Boulder, CO >> teheinr...@gmail.com >> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwHYfyDYN%2B6hTak1uT9oqAkfngbM9np-7h1LzmsTD3gpjw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwHYfyDYN%2B6hTak1uT9oqAkfngbM9np-7h1LzmsTD3gpjw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAF2zbdtn9OX%3Dby2y_i5om23CDyoHsOSS9bWCF8-MbSvmw%2B2hrg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAF2zbdtn9OX%3Dby2y_i5om23CDyoHsOSS9bWCF8-MbSvmw%2B2hrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RooD60B9%2B6ivEab2BFWojAariZ_aL9B91OOey7%3DQhueK5g%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] My yard list
Hi Cobirders, Love Thomas's post. Here are my answers; How long? 13 years What's your style of yard listing? list almost every day How many species? 133 Rarest, or favorite species? Baltimore Oriole, Long-eared Owl, Lewis's Woodpecker pair Most memorable experience? 19 Western Tanagers at my suet feeders at the same time in early May Location? Lower foothills at 5500 ft Sue Riffe Lyons, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACiFHmnRyRzsxwuG1S10ghXp6W8qEwZLueqZhWwxOcb-y27%3D_w%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] BCAS Program: Connecting Cultures in Conservation – March 26
Susan Bonfield, Environment for the Americas <https://environmentamericas.org/> Director, is the guest speaker for the March meeting of the Boulder County Audubon Society. Join us on Tuesday, March 26 (in-person and Zoom) for Susan’s presentation on World Migratory Bird Day, a global celebration of migratory birds and their conservation. She'll look at the rich history of conservation themes and unveil the 2024 theme, "Protect Insects, Protect Birds," and discuss why declines in insect populations may be connected to downward trends in insectivorous birds. Tuesday, March 26, 7:15 – 8:45 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder (5001 Pennsylvania Ave). Zoom details will be available the day of the event. The presentation will be recorded and posted approximately two weeks after the event. For more information: https://www.boulderaudubon.org/all-events/mar-2024-program -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/caa52957-ea0c-4ae4-bb90-116063e8e3b4n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hi COBirders, My yard list stands at 205. I have lived on Long Pond in north Larimer since 1994 and have been obsessively keeping a list since that time. Best bird would have to be an adult male Cerulean Warbler (accepted by the CBRC.) Another good warbler was Cape May. Biggest “ugh” bird a jaeger sp. that I saw just as it was leaving the lake. My most recent addition is a Winter Wren that I started seeing and hearing in January of this year and is still around. I have had a lot of good birds in my yard that many of you have come to see including a Sagebrush Sparrow in March 2021 and a couple of rare hummingbirds from years back including Anna’s and Ruby-throated (MOB). Interesting birds include an adult Trumpeter Swan with yellow legs that had to be from a population frequently seen in Yellowstone. And a lone Sandhill Crane standing on the shore of the lake. Biggest misses include White-winged Scoter (13 were here at one time but I did not see them because I was out of the country) and Black-legged Kittiwake found by Tony Leukering which I also missed being out of the country again! I have had Surf Scoters more than a few times (last ones were an adult male in breeding plumage with a female) and Black Scoter just once. Tundra Swan is missing. How have I missed Tundra Swan?? Probably most strange is Thick-billed Longspur (photos.) A dark phase Broad-winged Hawk that hung around for a while that Dave Leatherman got to see was a beautiful bird. A Bewick’s wren (poor photos) is always good in Larimer County. And finally, a Black Brant eating grass in my backyard was seen by many after it flew back to the ice and went to sleep with all the regular geese. Incidentally, the folks that got to see that Brant were all here to see a wintering Pine Warbler at my feeder! -- Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Follow me on iNaturalist <https://www.inaturalist.org/people/2339591> rkhphotography.net <https://www.rkhphotography.net/> ho...@comcast.net <mailto:ho...@comcast.net> Ft. Collins, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6D8FBF82-7560-4A45-8A11-E47548F3BB12%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
> > Dear Co-birders, It has been a delight to read through this thread. We are east of the Foothills in Unincorporated Boulder County, and fortunate to be surrounded by over 100 acres of conservation easements, other large properties and have a small pond just to our south. I have tallied 145 species seen or heard on our 2 acre lot or from the surrounding land. I take joy in them all, but the rarities include a Long-eared Owl, a Kentucky Warbler here for three days, a Sage Sparrow, a White-throated Sparrow, 4 Harris's Sparrows that spent almost 3 months on our property, 76 Sandhill Cranes that roosted overnight in the fields across the road, Common Redpoll and 2 sp. of Rosy Finch. Sadly, I have had to back off of feeding as we were helping to raise too many mice that would find their way into the house and the seed also attracted skunks, rabbits and hunting coyotes (during the daytime no less). Pam Piombino west of Longmont. > On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity >> or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local >> trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really >> impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). >> >> Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, >> Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as >> rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the >> recent Brambling, too?) >> >> As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready >> when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' >> experience with yard-listing. >> >> How long have you been keeping your list? >> What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, >> moderate, dedicated, obsessed? >> How many species? >> Rarest, or favorite species? >> Most memorable experience? >> Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? >> >> And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to >> Colorado's 520 species could we get? >> >> It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; >> shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods >> lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, >> Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of >> those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe >> some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, >> Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! >> >> Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! >> >> --Thomas Heinrich >> >> >> *My answers to the questions above*: >> 15 years >> Dedicated to obsessive >> 152 species >> Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, >> Bohemian Waxwing >> Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks >> among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) >> Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' >> >> -- >> Thomas Heinrich >> Boulder, CO >> teheinr...@gmail.com >> www.pbase.com/birdercellist >> > > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwHYfyDYN%2B6hTak1uT9oqAkfngbM9np-7h1LzmsTD3gpjw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwHYfyDYN%2B6hTak1uT9oqAkfngbM9np-7h1LzmsTD3gpjw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Hi all, Thanks so much to all who have replied and shared your yard birding experiences! It's truly fascinating and fun to read about. I've been replying individually (still have several to get to), but just wanted to write a quick update. I've put together an Excel spreadsheet to tally the data in one place (species, viewer, location). Maybe a google doc accessible to all would be more efficient, but I'm not very tech savvy, so don't know if that might be problematic. So far, our combined yard list total: 234 species If any of you would like to forward full yard lists to me (if your yard list is a personal thing, anonymity can be guaranteed :-), I'd be happy to include it in the overall list, particularly waterfowl, gulls, shorebirds, and warblers which, not surprisingly, are pretty sparsely represented. Also any lists from the Western Slope or far corners of the state would be great to include. Thanks again! Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwHYfyDYN%2B6hTak1uT9oqAkfngbM9np-7h1LzmsTD3gpjw%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Davis property list data
I've been keeping casual track for 24 years, although I have gotten new birds when leading field trips up to my deck! (thank you) I've seen 135 species (see habitat below), which includes a single ring-necked pheasant that I saw up here about 30 years ago, when my in-laws lived here. Favorite birds are mostly front range/decidous kinda birds, that are weird up here in Ponderosa Pine habitat. Snow Goose, the pheasant, Black Swift, Belted Kingfisher, Red- headed Woodpecker and Brown Thrasher the same day, Pinyon Jay (which many of you have seen here), Juniper Titmouse, and Rose-breasted Groseak Most memorable was probably the Canyon Wren that came in through the cat door, and woke us up harvesting dead flies in the inside window sills in our bedroom. I'm at 6,000 ft., in dry Ponderosa Pine habitat, with no water nearby so my list is very weak on water birds and warblers. Davis - 5 miles NW of Lyons. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGiNt0Ctp7g1ui%3DSpNqJiD-nNsFdj7Ewr88%2B2%2BSFdAO0JaPTTA%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
I'll throw in my two bits... *How long have you been keeping your list? *Since May of 1992 (tho our house & most of the vegetation --excepting what thereafter became our feeder trees, a large Ponderosa Pine and a Blue Spruce-- burned down in the Waldo Canyon Fire in June of 2012, so it sort of became a different yard in the same location, recreated with the new house after a 14-month gap. Do I take liberties in counting it as the same yard and continuing with my same yard-list?? Whatever... I do so.) So going on 32 years. *What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed? *Obsessed to my wife, family & most friends (and yes, I dedicatedly report to Project FeederWatch every weekend in the winters, and to eBird pretty much on a daily basis except when things slow down during the breeding season--and the feeders are stored away), but I'm retired and just love sitting by the window with my cup of coffee, binoculars handy (& going on window-to-window field-trips as called for), and as I move about the house (or yard) I've always got one eye on the lookout... *How many species? *131 now (5 new additions in 2023). *Rarest, or favorite species? *I love 'em all, but especially every new yardbird, of course. 2023 brought a Bald Eagle soaring high overhead, a Loggerhead Shrike, a Common Yellowthroat, a Brewer Sparrow, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, as well as rare repeat yard sightings of both waxwing species, Northern Parula, Canyon Towhee, Mountain Bluebird, White-winged Dove, Swainson Thrush, & Orange-crowned Warbler. I loved having a Yellow-shafted Flicker in Oct. 2020, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Mar. 2016, and a Golden-crowned Sparrow in Feb.-Mar. of 2008... *Most memorable experience? *Probably the immature Golden-crowned Sparrow, which hung around and got me connected with CFO & Cobirds (--my first posting *and* Rare Bird submission), & bringing us a number of human visitors. I think it may have been the first El Paso County record? or at least was a rare target for County listers... *Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? *0.4 acre, suburban but lots of adjacent & nearby open space, w. Flying W Ranch, Rampart Range & Natl Forest just west; 6633' eleva. with diverse native & non-native plants. I keep a heated birdbath thru the winter, and the rest of the year have the birdbath and a "bubbling boulder" which is *very* popular with both migrants and resident species (including bobcats & raccoons). Here's to the home patch, wherever it may be! Marty Wolf, NW Colo. Spgs. On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 4:40 PM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinric
[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (11 Mar 2024) 9 Raptors
rts heading east on an old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the ridge. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, and walk to the flat area at the crest of the ridge. (Distance: 0.56 miles, Elevation gain: 259 feet) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0101018e3082789c-b50ac5d1-11fe-442e-8261-97c587723dda-00%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
[cobirds] Yard list (birds)
CObirders, I urge all of you who feed the birds and(or) keep a yard list to join Projecf Feederwatch sponsored by Cornell University. Counting of birds in your yard for Project Feederwatch follows a strict protocol to ensure as much as possible that birds aren’t counted twice. Data from these counts are used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies to set policy— I.e. which species should be a “species of special concern” or should be on the Endangered Species list. You can also see various types of graphs of any species you choose, such as graphs showing abundance through time. Graphs of Common Bushtits and Eurasian collared-Doves are very interesting. Paula Hansley Louisville, Boulder County -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHmCQta8GFzT_E2x1%3DBaJ8ZWyfw_LtTaB2PsigEpUEUwRpd90w%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
t; > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2013993922.911756.1710206048297%40connect.xfinity.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2013993922.911756.1710206048297%40connect.xfinity.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAARWy%2Bhpgd4gkkRt%2Byf%3DYmx4yGgSTOn4HUL0ee1GHBVngKi6bQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
I keep a neighborhood list rather than yard list. We’re at 6,000 feet in the Boulder foothills half way between Boulder and Lyons. My neighborhood includes the 1.7 miles from US 36 to our house. I always have feeders but way fewer in the summer in recent years since the bears have been so pesty. My list is 155 species. Notable birds: Northern Goshawk,Dusky Grouse, Band-tailed Pigeon, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl,Common Poorwill,Lewis’s Woodpecker, Williamson’s Sapsucker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Cassin’s Kingbird, Pinyon Jay, Eastern Towhee, Red Fox Sparrow, all three Rosy Finch, Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll. The most shocking find was the Cuckoo. I was walking and spotted it in one of the few deciduous trees among the ponderosa pines. I tried to photograph it with my phone but the camera focused on the leaves instead of the bird. I’m surprised I only get four hummingbird species. I’ve seen three others in Boulder County but not at my house. We’ve been here 25 years and I’ve been birding the neighborhood every day we’ve been home. Binoculars always handy. David Waltman Boulder On 03/11/2024 10:40 AM MDT Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, includeand variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). I’m Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list? What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed? How many species? Rarest, or favorite species? Most memorable experience? Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above: 15 years Dedicated to obsessive 152 species Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian Waxwing Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com. -- -- You received this message becaus
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
We have a small yard in an urban setting, but we have had some terrific birds over the past 21 years. Style: dedicated Number of species: 121 We have had two particularly memorable experiences. On Jeanne's birthday in December of 2003 we were new birders. We knew nothing about reportable species, checklist committees, rare bird alerts, etc. All we knew was that we really enjoyed seeing the Snow Bunting in our yard! On another occasion, we saw a big shadow cross our kitchen window and looked out to see a Great Blue Heron sitting next to one of our bird baths. What!?! Also, our yard is probably the most reliable place in El Paso county to record White-winged Dove. Many of you have notched your EPC dove at our place. Good birding, all. Mel Goff > On 03/11/2024 9:40 AM MST Thomas Heinrich wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or > new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive > (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when > outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, > dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining > bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson > Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those > species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some > lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > My answers to the questions above: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com mailto:teheinr...@gmail.com > http://www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message be
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Thomas, A great idea. I'm a Maryland resident, but we have a vacation home just outside Estes Park, Larimer County. The house is west of downtown Estes Park surrounded by mainly ponderosa pine on the northwest-facing slope of a small "mountain" at about 7,600 feet above sea level. I've been keeping a yard list there for 43 years, since July 1981 (around the same time my wife and I started birding). At that time the home was owned by my parents, and we would visit from Maryland in the summers. When I first started using eBird in March 2006, I uploaded all my old checklists. Until 2009, most of the eBird checklists were from July and August visits. After my father passed away we took over the home and began spending more time there in other months as well, and the number of visits, eBird checklists, and species increased. I usually do a couple of eBird checklists from the house each day that we are there. My total of eBird checklists from the house stands at 949. I am a dedicated lister at the house. My observations are of birds seen or heard from the house and small yard. We maintain a handful of feeders and bird baths. In good weather, most of the observations are from the deck. My yard list stands at 90, which is pretty respectable given the location and the viewshed we have. Two of my 90 species have not been accepted by eBird reviewers (Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Pacific Wren, notwithstanding my detailed writeups that, unfortunately, lacked photos or audio support). I think it would be best, for consistency, to only count species that have been accepted by eBird, so I will claim only 88 species on my yard list. As far as rarest species, those two unaccepted species would be the ones. Otherwise, I have been fortunate to have a good variety of flyover species, including lots of water-associated species because we aren't too far from the Big Thompson River and Lake Estes. Our favorite avian visitors are the resident Wild Turkey flock that roams neighborhoods on this side of Estes Park. It's fun to watch them scratching under our feeders like really big chickens! In recent years, a resident pair of Great Horned Owls have been heard calling and sometimes are seen roosting in trees visible from our deck. And a few years back we were lucky to have a Northern Pygmy-Owl sitting in a tree above our deck. Considering our habitat and location, I am fortunate to have seven warbler species on my yard list. Thanks for doing this. Jim NelsonBethesda, Maryland On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 12:40:41 PM EDT, Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species? Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
OK, I'll Bite! I'm pretty dedicated/obsessed as well- been keeping my yard list as long as I've lived in SW Longmont (~22 years I think??) Glad to have crossed the 100+ mark years ago but new species additions have been very slow for a while (now at 125.) Rarest species (at least while it is still as species...) is Hoary Redpoll- CO's first accepted record. Many other memorable sightings but a flock of ~2100 Bohemian Waxwings (counted photographically) is high on the list. Had a Rough-legged Hawk sitting on my fence once in the 2014 irruption year which was a huge surprise in our suburban neighborhood. A Dec. Ovenbird in my yard made it as CO's first CBC Count Week detection for that species but sadly expired just a day or two before the Longmont CBC date. I'm maybe most pleased with the 6 hummingbird species I've detected in the yard (the 4 CO "regulars" + Anna's & Ruby-throated.) -Bill Schmoker, Longmont On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Bill Schmoker bill.schmo...@gmail.com http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/us-arctic-geotraces <720/201-5749> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobi
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Fun discussion! My apartment doesn’t have a yard, per se, but I have been keeping a balcony list since I moved into my current place last summer. How long? About 8 months Style? Moderate How many? 51 species Favorites? Snow Goose, Sandhill Crane, Bushtit, Townsend’s Solitaire, Lincoln’s Sparrow Memorable experience? Nothing too crazy yet, but hawk watching during fall migration was fun, with 8 species in one hour one afternoon in October. Habitat/location? Mostly suburban in southwestern Weld County. Kyle Carlsen Erie, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/EA7AE0F1-643D-4038-A563-4985FF98B588%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Love this discussion, Thomas! I started birding before I had a car, so yard birding has a dear place in my heart. I've been yard-listing for around 6 years in Larimer County. I was very obsessed with birding in my yard for the first 3 years, submitting up to 4 complete checklists a day during migrations. I have had to resort to more casual yard-listing since I started my UG. I am pretty happy with the 81 species on my Timnath yard list, especially considering how it is not in the "birdiest" of locations. I've had some fun Larimer birds: SUTA, CORE, PUFI, TOWA, BWWA, CAKI, HOWA, CATE. One of the most memorable experiences was when I finally, after two months of taping nocturnal audio in the summer, got a Barn Owl screaming while sitting out on my driveway. The Hooded Warbler was my first yard rarity, and I remember having Nick Komar and Joe Kipper come over to see it. The Common Redpoll was another fun one that Josh Bruening and Joe Kipper got to pick up as well. I'm in the middle of the Summerfields Estates subdivision, so again, not super birdy, but there have been some miracles. I also took my yard birding to silly extents, setting up a scope on the patio and scoping as far out to the foothills as possible to catch raptors and a few other large species that I would have otherwise not gotten. Ultimately, yard-listing taught me a lot about birding that I take outside the yard: *bird every bird. Bird every common bird.* Bird until every bird seems boring, because nothing has prepared me more for recognizing and finding rarities than the hundreds of hours I've spent birding the expected species. I've also gotten to see some really neat behavioral phenomena, and the cherry on top is that I didn't have to spend any gas money. ;) Happy birding, everyone! - CSA -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/55492980-f7cc-4bdc-9fec-fd76948725een%40googlegroups.com.
RE: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
How long: About 18 years Style: moderate Species count: 117 Notable species: Common Poorwill, Red Crossbill, Brown Thrasher, Cassin’s Kingbird, Calliope Hummingbird. Also Greater white-fronted Goose, Snow Goose and Ross’s Goose feeding in the farm fields directly behind my house. Most memorable: The Common Poorwill was flushed by my dog into a neighbor’s yard, so I ran next door to find it sitting under one of his pine trees, but it flushed again before I could get a photo. Location: SW Weld county – arable farmland Adrian Lakin Mead From: cobirds@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lauren Hyde Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 12:18 PM To: Dan Stringer Cc: Colorado Birds Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard? Length: About 30 years Style: casual but attentive # of species: 145 Birds of interest: Lewis’s woodpecker, Lawrence’s goldfinch, Mississippi kite, Virginia rail Most memorable sighting: 4 species of hummers (calliope, rufous, black-chinned, and broad-tailed) in one tree all at the same tune, a sage thrasher jumping up repeatedly to snatch rose hips of a wild rose bush Location: southern Weld County Lauren Hyde Keenesburg On Mar 11, 2024, at 12:01 PM, 'Dan Stringer' via Colorado Birds mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> > wrote: I liked your post, Thomas, and I love the notables on your yard list. My answers to your questions are: How long: 14 years. Style: Casual but attentive. When the same bear started returning to my feeders daily, I took them down for my neighbor's sake and the bear's safety. Lower numbers and variety since then, still highly interesting. How many species: 90 Rarest, or favorite species: American Three-toed Woodpecker. Surprising, lower than 7000' and this far east (just west of Larkspur), but I've since seen them and documented breeding in nearby Sandstone Ranch where I do surveys. Steep, forested foothills behind my neighborhood have brought many species down that are typically at higher elevations. Most memorable experience: A male American Goshawk in winter, pursuing a squirrel up, down, and around the trees. It was unsuccessful, in close quarters the squirrel looked to be far more in it's element. Location/habitat: At base of foothills, 6850', ponderosa pine / gambel oak. Dan Stringer Larkspur, CO On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list? What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed? How many species? Rarest, or favorite species? Most memorable experience? Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above: 15 years Dedicated to obsessive 152 species Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian Waxwing Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO tehei...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist <http://www.pbase.com/birdercellist> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://gro
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Length: About 30 yearsStyle: casual but attentive# of species: 145Birds of interest: Lewis’s woodpecker, Lawrence’s goldfinch, Mississippi kite, Virginia railMost memorable sighting: 4 species of hummers (calliope, rufous, black-chinned, and broad-tailed) in one tree all at the same tune, a sage thrasher jumping up repeatedly to snatch rose hips of a wild rose bushLocation: southern Weld CountyLauren HydeKeenesburgOn Mar 11, 2024, at 12:01 PM, 'Dan Stringer' via Colorado Birds wrote:I liked your post, Thomas, and I love the notables on your yard list. My answers to your questions are:How long: 14 years.Style: Casual but attentive. When the same bear started returning to my feeders daily, I took them down for my neighbor's sake and the bear's safety. Lower numbers and variety since then, still highly interesting.How many species: 90Rarest, or favorite species: American Three-toed Woodpecker. Surprising, lower than 7000' and this far east (just west of Larkspur), but I've since seen them and documented breeding in nearby Sandstone Ranch where I do surveys. Steep, forested foothills behind my neighborhood have brought many species down that are typically at higher elevations.Most memorable experience: A male American Goshawk in winter, pursuing a squirrel up, down, and around the trees. It was unsuccessful, in close quarters the squirrel looked to be far more in it's element.Location/habitat: At base of foothills, 6850', ponderosa pine / gambel oak.Dan StringerLarkspur, COOn Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote:Hi all,Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?)As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species?Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc?And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get?It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list!Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration!--Thomas HeinrichMy answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600'-- Thomas HeinrichBoulder, COtehei...@gmail.comwww.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1c4da02e-c5f9-436e-b559-fa3f3bf723f2n%40googlegroups.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because yo
[cobirds] BCAS Field Trip: Pella Crossing Bird Walk – Sat, Mar 16
Join local birder Carl Starace for an exciting morning of spring birding at Pella Crossing this Saturday, March 16. Possible birds are Osprey, Say's Phoebe, Western Meadowlark, Killdeer, Wood Duck, Redhead, Belted Kingfisher, and Great Blue Heron. Meet at the Pella Crossing Trailhead lot on the east side of 75th Street, just south of the town of Hygiene at 9 am. Limited to 24 participants. Please rsvp to attend. For more information and to rsvp: https://www.boulderaudubon.org/all-events/pella-crossing-with-carl-starace-march-2024 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2b8c7188-55f6-4ab2-8d3d-450b617e1fe4n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
I liked your post, Thomas, and I love the notables on your yard list. My answers to your questions are: How long: 14 years. Style: Casual but attentive. When the same bear started returning to my feeders daily, I took them down for my neighbor's sake and the bear's safety. Lower numbers and variety since then, still highly interesting. How many species: 90 Rarest, or favorite species: American Three-toed Woodpecker. Surprising, lower than 7000' and this far east (just west of Larkspur), but I've since seen them and documented breeding in nearby Sandstone Ranch where I do surveys. Steep, forested foothills behind my neighborhood have brought many species down that are typically at higher elevations. Most memorable experience: A male American Goshawk in winter, pursuing a squirrel up, down, and around the trees. It was unsuccessful, in close quarters the squirrel looked to be far more in it's element. Location/habitat: At base of foothills, 6850', ponderosa pine / gambel oak. Dan Stringer Larkspur, CO On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:40:41 AM UTC-6 Thomas Heinrich wrote: > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity > or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really > impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready > when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, > moderate, dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods > lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, > Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of > those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe > some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > *My answers to the questions above*: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > tehei...@gmail.com > www.pbase.com/birdercellist > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1c4da02e-c5f9-436e-b559-fa3f3bf723f2n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
My best yard bird was a Northern Goshawk. Boy, was that a surprise! I had to run out in my slippers and no coat in the middle of winter to get a photo. Kathy Holland Centennial, CO > On 03/11/2024 10:40 AM MDT Thomas Heinrich wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or > new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local > trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive > (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). > > Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, > Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as > rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the > recent Brambling, too?) > > As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when > outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' > experience with yard-listing. > > How long have you been keeping your list? > What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, > dedicated, obsessed? > How many species? > Rarest, or favorite species? > Most memorable experience? > Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? > > And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to > Colorado's 520 species could we get? > > It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; > shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining > bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson > Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those > species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some > lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, > Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! > > Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! > > --Thomas Heinrich > > > My answers to the questions above: > 15 years > Dedicated to obsessive > 152 species > Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian > Waxwing > Watching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks > among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020) > Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' > > -- > Thomas Heinrich > Boulder, CO > teheinr...@gmail.com mailto:teheinr...@gmail.com > http://www.pbase.com/birdercellist > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwF%2B99O3KouyaZ1vSvAFq-FERryJitT%3DO5GVQ1QqZXvb0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer. > Kathy Holland -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1965954551.871267.1710180003075%40connect.xfinity.com.
Re: [cobirds] Digest for cobirds@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 2 topics
Brandon That’s a remarkable total birds detected. Thanks for organizing our state’s Bird Count Cheers, Bob > On Mar 11, 2024, at 2:20 AM, cobirds@googlegroups.com wrote: > > cobirds@googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest_medium=email#!forum/cobirds/topics> > Google Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest_medium=email/#!overview> > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest_medium=email/#!overview> > > Topic digest <> > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest_medium=email#!forum/cobirds/topics> > Colorado Christmas Bird Counts Final Results (2023-2024) > - 2 Updates > Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (10 Mar 2024) 13 Raptors > - 1 Update > Colorado Christmas Bird Counts Final Results (2023-2024) > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/8cb612acc5f846a0?utm_source=digest_medium=email> > Brandon : Mar 10 07:49PM -0600 > > Hi all, > > Colorado had 51 official Christmas Bird Counts conducted this past winter > (December 14-January 5). This year Colorado counts found 217 species on > count day, plus two during count week. The total birds counted was way up > from last winter (763,932) compared to (669,780) in 2022-2023 (same number > of counts). Quite a few count reached the 100+ species number on count day: > Pueblo Reservoir (129), Penrose (118), Fort Collins (112), Colorado Springs > (111), John Martin Reservoir (108), Boulder (107), North JeffCo (102), > Denver (101), and Loveland (101). Another six counts made it to the 90-99 > species range. Crook in north eastern Colorado, counted the most birds > (111,274), thanks to the large number of Snow Geese). There were a lot of > highlights, Colorado's first Christmas Bird Count record, of Pomarine > Jaeger at Pueblo Reservoir, also a first for count week for any Colorado > CBC, was a Laughing Gull there as well. A few other CBRC review species > were reported: Mexican Duck, Yellow-billed Loon, Pacific Wren, and Eastern > Towhee. A surprising seven species of shorebirds were found, Dunlin on two > counts and Long-billed Dowitchers on one count. Blue-winged Teal, Turkey > Vulture, Osprey, Franklin's Gull, Chipping Sparrow are all quite rare in > winter in Colorado. There's always some interesting water birds this year: > Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, plus feral Mute Swans, White-winged Scoters, > Black Scoter, Long-tailed Ducks, Red-throated Loon and Pacific Loons, > Red-necked Grebe, Short-billed, Glaucous and Great Black-backed Gulls. It > was nice that White-tailed Ptarmigan, Dusky and Sharp-tailed Grouse, > Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Greater Prairie-Chickens were all found on a > Christmas Bird Count in Colorado this past winter. Nine species of owls > were found. All three species of regular sapsuckers were found, six > Yellow-bellied, four Red-naped, and three Williamson's. The Phoebe show was > a bit crazy, 109 Say's Phoebes, six Black Phoebes, two Eastern Phoebes! > There were 21 Winter Wrens, one Carolina Wren, eight Hermit Thrush, one > Varied Thrush, six Gray Catbirds, one Brown Thrasher, one Sage Thrasher, > and four Northern Mockingbirds. Only Steamboat Springs found Bohemian > Waxwings (19), and only Fort Collins found a Common Redpoll on count day. > Chestnut-collared and Thick-billed Longspurs were found, neither are > regular in winter in Colorado, and two Snow Buntings as well. The warblers > were surprising, eight species were found. Black-and-white, Tennessee, > Orange-crowned, Black-throated Blue, two Pines, Yellow-throated, and a > count week Common Yellowthroat, along with 236 Yellow-rumped Warblers. A > few other sparrows of note: a Field, two Fox, 23 Harris's, 10 > White-throated, Savannah on three counts, 24 Lincoln's, and 29 Swamp. Three > Pine Grosbeaks wandered to Weldona-Fort Morgan on the eastern plains. My > full summary has been sent to National Audubon and will be on their website > at some point. > > Thanks to all the compilers, participants, and feeder watchers who have > helped with Colorado Christmas Bird Counts this past winter, and other past > winters. > > > Brandon Percival > Colorado CBC Regional Editor > Pueblo West, CO > linda hodges : Mar 10 08:03PM -0600 > > Thank you for taking the time and energy to compile and share this with us, > Brandon. It's always interesting to see which species' numbers are > increasing and which are new to the count. > > Did you happen to notice what species' numbers, if any, were down > significantly this year? Or missing altogether? > > Again, your work is truly appreciated, > Linda > > *Linda Hodges* > > *Colorado Springs* > > > >
