[cobirds] Armed and Dangerous... Birdwatcher...?

2009-11-11 Thread Dave Cameron
I was out and about at work in the Lakewood vicinity today, and had time to take a break at Kountze Lake (Bel Mar Park). I parked on the west end, by the residential area, and walked over to the southwest end of the lake to bird, with my usual 10x monocular that I keep in the truck for on-the-job-

[cobirds] Gray-crowned Rosies, Lake

2009-11-11 Thread Tim Kalbach
About 30 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches visited our feeder about 1pm today, including a nice Hepburn's. Tim Kalbach Leadville, CO -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subsc

[cobirds] Bent County 11/11/09

2009-11-11 Thread Duane Nelson
Cobirders, I have finally started scouting for birds in the John Martin Reservoir Christmas Count Circle. The date for this count will be 12/15/09. I visited Las Animas Junction today. This is on the east side of the Purgatoire River Railroad Crossing about two miles east of Las Animas. This h

[cobirds] Three Surf Scoters/North Poudre Reservoir #3

2009-11-11 Thread The "Nunn Guy"
Scouted this weekend's Larimer County trip with Cheyenne Audubon. Rawhide Energy Plant to Timnath Reservoir--didn't go on to Loveland- area today. Surf Scoter - 3 (North Poudre Reservoir #3) Rest: Red-tailed Hawk Bufflehead California Gull Ring-billed Gull Mallard American Kestrel Eastern Bluejay

[cobirds] Northern Shrike and Three-Toed Woodpecker Adventure

2009-11-11 Thread Carol Sullivan
This morning was a beautiful day on the mountain and a good day for an adventure. I heard a loud, raucous call of an annoyed bird and had to investigate. What I discovered was a first winter Northern Shrike making all the racket...chasing a bird and loudly voicing frustration after a miss to s

[cobirds] Birding trip to Pueblo Reservoir on Saturday, 14 November

2009-11-11 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Hi all,   There is a scheduled Arkansas Valley Audubon (AVAS)/Aiken Audubon (AAS) birding trip to Pueblo Reservoir area on Saturday, 14 November.  Check either the AVAS or AAS website for information or e-mail me before Saturday for information.  We are meeting at 8am at Pueblo Reservoir, and t

[cobirds] Parasitic Jaeger @ Chatfield

2009-11-11 Thread Christian Nunes
The bird made a few passes over the marina spit at 7:00 am. It's now sitting out in the middle of the reservoir. Christian Nunes Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/

[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Colorado November 11, 2009

2009-11-11 Thread JOYCE TAKAMINE
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:November 11, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*D