[cobirds] SE Colorado Birding Part 2

I finished up my trip to Southeast Colorado today, and I think that the most interesting observation that I can come up with is that the timing of migration 150-200 miles to the south and east of the front range wasn't too much different than up here. For instance, I looked at Brandon Percival's r

[cobirds] Re: Glossy Ibis at Chatfield Latest Update

The Glossy Ibis was still at Chatfield this afternoon along with the 40+ White-faced Ibis and a Great Egret. Mark Chavez Lakewood-Green Mtn - Original Message - From: Joey Kellner To: Colorado Birds Sent: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:21:00 + (UTC) Subject: [cobirds] Re: Glossy Ibis

[cobirds] Northern Parula and Long-billed Curlew, Boulder County

Dear Cobirders, After attending Christian's excellent DFO Doudy Draw walk this morning, one that was full of first-of-the-season birds, I headed out to Pella Crossing to look for the Northern Parula found yesterday (4/25) by Bob Zilly. I was initially hesitant to chase this bird u

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge migration 4/26-- Jefferson Co.

Today I was up at the ridge counting the raptors migration. The hawk count is up on www.hawkcount.org --Dinosaur Ridge Turkey Vulture-15 Osprey- 5 Bald Eagle-1 Northern Harrier-3 Sharp-shinned Hawk-20 Cooper's Hawk-8 Northern Goshawk-1 Broad-winged Hawk-5 Red-tailed Hawk-27 Swainson's Hawk-1 Fe

[cobirds] A couple Weld County addenda....

In addition to the Parula sighting mentioned by Connie Kogler, and the birds listed by Gary Lefko at Latham, I wanted to tack on a couple additional birds of interest. Lower Latham - Rd 48 Dunlin - in alternate plumage. Still present from yesterday. A very handsome in

[cobirds] SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER Las Animas County

Hi Birders, My mom just called to tell me she saw a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on 17th hole of the Cougar Canyon Gplf Course. There was also a ladder-backed woodpecker. Good luck to anyone who chases it. Jessi Oberbeck Northglenn, Co --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ J

[cobirds] Chatfield Broad-winged Hawk - Jefferson County 4/26

My wife and I saw a broad-winged hawk today at 12:30 p.m. above the gravel pond with an observation platform just northwest of the Audubon Society parking lot (just off Wadsworth and the road to Waterton Canyon). Nice looks at the bird with a red-tailed hawk circling above it. We worked our way

[cobirds] Clement Park Swallows - Jefferson County

While not too exciting by themselves, there was a mixed flock of swallows including bank, barn, cliff, violet-green, and tree in a, well, tree on the path on the west side of the lake. There was also a spotted towhee in the bushes outside Champp's next to the path - pretty unusual as far as I kno

[cobirds] Boulder Black-throated Gray Warbler Photos

The Lafayette (Boulder County) male Black-throated Gray Warbler photos can be seen at the following link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/waltmandavid/ David Waltman Boulder --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/con

[cobirds] Routte County Birds

My first post since moving to Colorado from Wyoming last August. At Stagecoach Reservoir today I had three White-faced Ibis and one Glossy Ibis.[the Glossy was very rare in Wyoming but I see from posts this spring that they seem to stop over in Colorado more frequently and you have a lot more

[cobirds] Glossy ibis at Prince Lake #2, Boulder County

I was at Prince Lake #2 late morning today and located the glossy ibis among about 20 white-faced ibises. The ibises were feeding both at the wetland and in the enclosed lake. There was also a marbled godwit at the west end of the lake. Beth Partin Broomfield --~--~-~--~~~

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch 4/26/09

Hi all,   Kara Lewantowicz, Dan Carragher, and I birded Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Pueblo & El Paso Counties this morning.   We found 87 species of birds.   Highlights: Pueblo County: American Bittern - 1 flying over Rose Pond, and the prairie/cholla nearby Swamp Sparrow - 1 at Rose Pond (proba

[cobirds] St. Vrain Greenway - Longmont

Hi birders, A smattering of migrants this morning along the greenway from Golden Ponds east to the railroad crossing. Highlights included a sing male Black-throated Gray Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warblers of both varieties, Orange-crowned Warblers gleaning the flowers of wild plum, a singing Marsh W

[cobirds] Boulder Birds

Best bird today was the male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER at a private residence in Lafayette (see Rare Bird Alert for specific location). I'll post photos later. Other recent birds: My neighborhood, 1/2 way between Boulder & Lyons: Fox Sparrow, seen and photographed on 24 April along the road

[cobirds] Re: Latham-Beebe Draw/Weld

Also, seen: Glenmere Park Black-crowned Night Heron - 115 (if you want to see breeding behavior up close gets no better than this place) Snowy Egret - 12 35th Ave Gravel Pond Mute Swan - 3 Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ On Apr 26, 1:15 pm, "\"Nunn Guy\"" wrote: > Fiv

[cobirds] Latham-Beebe Draw/Weld

Five other birder vehicles out and about in this area ... WCR 48 American Bittern - 3 (1-me, 2 more other birders) Peregrine Falcon - 1 (other birders) White-faced Ibis - 36+ Black-necked Stilt - 14 WCR 45 (best place by far) Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs American Avocet "Peeps" - 12+ (Le

[cobirds] Boulder Black-throated Gray Warbler

The RBA post of Black-and-White Warbler in Lafayette should read male Black-throated Gray Warbler. I'll post photos when I get a chance. David Waltma Boulder --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.ph

[cobirds] Yard Birds - Mead area

A short walk around my yard this am reveled the following: 2 pairs of Blue Jays Small flock of starlings Small flock of Red-Winged Black Birds Small flock of White-Crowned Sparrows Small flock of House Sparrows (one male has golden-yellow markings instead of red) Several Tree Sparrows 1 house Wre

[cobirds] Glossy Ibis's at Cherry Creek State Park

A great day birding at Cherry Creek State Park with some good friend's. Here is a list of some of the birds we found through the morning. Glossy Ibis    (2) W.H. Ibis    (7) Avocets Least Sandpiper    (8) Western Sandpiper  (2) Sanderling Long-billed Dowitcher   (3) Semipalmated Sandpiper Sage th

[cobirds] Lake Estes - Swainson's Hawk, Long-billed Curlew

The nasty west wind severely reduced the number of birds present around the lake today. The avocets, white-faced ibis and one Marbled Godwit remained. We did have a simultaneous flyover of a Swainson's Hawk and a Long-billed Curlew. The Swainson's flew east with the wind and the Curlew gave up

[cobirds] Birding Crom Lake and my yard

Thanks to Gary Lefko we drove to Crom Lake. One advantage fewer cars and close to the water and wide road. Saw the Avocets, Least Sandpipers right by the road, a Savanah Sparrow and best of all the Marbled Godwits. On out to the prairie to see Vesper Sparrows and heard Grasshoppper Sparrows. Wh

[cobirds] Northern Parula still present, Larimer

Thanks to Eric Defonso for alerting me to come back to the trail. We had great looks and the bird was singing on and off. It is about in the middle of S.Railroad Ave. and 1st Street on the bike path. You can park either at Fairgrounds Park at RR Ave. or the park on the corner of 1st and Ta

[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Colorado, April 26, 2009

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:April 26, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that th