According to the Delta County Independent, the Delta CBC is starting at 0800,
so, I guess we are starting at 0800 instead of the 0730 I had sent out earlier.
Sorry for the change, hope people enjoy the extra half hour of sleep.
Reminder, December 19, 0800, City Market Parking Lot. If you
Nick Komar, Brad Biggerstaff, and I just saw (around 9:15am) the pair of
White-winged Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery. They were with a group of about
7 Red Crossbills in tall spruces north of the entrance and east of the ditch
(Section 11). The entire group flew off together to the east,
An recent article on new discoveries of raptors and the use of their
talons.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091202/sc_livescience/howraptorsusetheirdeadlytalons
Interesting,
Scott Severs
Longmont
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Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/
Colorado County Birding:
Loch Kilpatrick and I risked freezing to death from about 1:00 p.m. until 2:00
today at 63rd and St. Vrain River. We had a Winter Wren at about 1:30 for about
ten minutes along the creek north of the bridge. The bird was moving our way,
but decided to turn back and out of sight to the northwest
Seven Trumpeter Swans graced Chatfield Reservoir this afternoon. Initially
they were in the middle (deeper) part of the lake, but were later relocated
by Paul Differding just out from the heronry overlook deck.
It will be interesting to see what other birds show up in the next week as
the
Denver Field Ornithologists
Early December 2009 Field Trips
Saturday, December 5 Deer Creek Canyon
Leader: Lynn Willcockson, (303) 757-7000. Meet Lynn at 0800 at the
entrance to the Arboretum on Deer Creek Canyon Rd. about a quarter-mile west of
Wadsworth Blvd. We'll visit the
