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

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:November 26, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 Happy Thanksgiving This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight

[cobirds] Short-eared Owl/Nunn

Never dawned on me until (duh!) to use my BirdPOD to call in from our yard. So, I step out my door (5:15PM), BirdPOD in hand, started playing the Short-eared Owl call and within five minutes I had one circling our yard three times to investigate before heading back into our field--AWESOME--and

Re: [cobirds] Traveling w spotting scope

Paul Barrett wrote: I just bought a spotting scope and tripod and am wondering about taking them on an airplane. Can the tripod be a carry-on; if so does it count against the 1 bag plus a briefcase limit? Can the telescope be safely packed in suitcase (damage, theft)? Do you recommend a

[cobirds] Barrow's goldeneye at Cherry Creek res

Just a note to let the folks running the Barrow's goldeneye count know , that there been a male and female Barrow's goldeneye at cherry creek state park mixed in with common goldeneye's and common merganser .First found them on monday Nov 22, along with a 3rd cycle Lesser black-back gull found

[cobirds] County lists update

COBirders, Happy Thanksgiving! Please send me your updated county checklist by December 1st.  I apologize for the long delay in getting an update done.  I just want lifetime updates this month.  I will update horizontal lists next month. I also will be sending out an email sometime next month

[cobirds] Turkey Day Tundra Swans at Chatfield

From 7:40-9:20am a pair of Tundra Swans was present at the Platte River delta. Paul Differding and I watched them fly away towards the Plum Creek area, but were unable to relocate them. The female Black Scoter could not be relocated, but the wind and wave action MAY have hidden it. Joey Kellner

[cobirds] Barrow's Goldeneye, Greater Scaup, Killdeer, Stagecoach State Park, 11/22

Stopped by Stagecoach after birding Jackson Cty today. The Thayer's Gull was seen from the Marina around 3pm. Also there were two m Barrow's Goldeneye among the many common. A m Greater Scaup with lesser. All total were eight divers and five dabblers. Eared Grebe and one lone coot. Also

Re: [cobirds] Turkey Day Tundra Swans at Chatfield

I was at Chatfield at little after Paul and Joey left this morning (about 10:00 am). I didn't see the Tundra Swans or the female Black Scoter but did spot three Common Loons. Happy Thanksgiving and good birding to everyone. Charlie Lawrence Centennial, CO - Original Message - From:

[cobirds] White-winged Scoter, Thayer's Gull, McIntosh Lake, Boulder County

Dear Cobirders, My Father-in-Law and I headed out to McIntosh Lake to push the 400 ABA Bird barrier for the year with the White-winged Scoter. We were able to relocate one White-winged Scoter and had one flyover Thayer's Gull. Other species included Common Merganser, Common Goldeneye and

[cobirds] Routt Cty. Eagles and Moffat Barrow's

Adventures on Tues took me north on CR 80. Again a long shot hope of adding grouse to the year list along with adding some missing raptors for my county list. Bingo on the raptors. First sighting was an imm. Bald Eagle flushing from a road side tree. As I rounding the corner I spotted an

[cobirds] Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz

Hi all: Technical difficulties have been overcome and I have uploaded the answer to last week's Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz (www.cfo-link.org). Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding:

[cobirds] Barrow's Goldeneye, Sliverthorne, Summit Cty.

Almost forgot, a quick stop a the sewage pond in Silverthorne had a dozen Barrow's Goldeneye. Three males and the rest females or first winter. I didn't search them to hard, but all seemed to be Barrow's. Todd Deininger Longmont, CO -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/

[cobirds] Denver West/ Jeffco

After going to Chatfield and striking out on the Black Scoter and then barely missing the Tundra Swans, I headed to Denver West. I didn't run into any large flocks but did run into a decent one near building 16. The flock included 10+ Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Yellow-rumbed Warblers,

[cobirds] White-winged Crossbills continue at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, on Thanksgiving

Several folks saw at least two White-winged Crossbills today (Thanksgiving) at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins. As has been the case since they were first observed on November 22nd, they were in the company of Red Crossbills. The number of total birds in the flock seems to vary. Today it

[cobirds] Boulder County, Nov. 26th

Hello, Birders. Hannah and Andrew and I birded around Boulder County this Thanksgiving afternoon, Thursday, Nov. 26th. At the point where the St. Vrain River crosses 63rd Street, we saw--and more to the point heard--a Pacific Wren. The bird was with a flock of Pink-sided and Slate-colored