Date:January 18, 2010
e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, January 18, 2010 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes
Hi folks,
I've been eyeing the Snowy Owl discussion from afar, and having seen a
few healthy and not-so-healthy Snowy Owls in the north east the past
few years I've been
wondering why the El Paso bird is sticking around.
From what I gather, such birds are frequently unhealthy (e.g.
suffering
I'm new to this group and am enjoying the threads of bird information
posted here. I am especially interested in owls and would love
information on their whereabouts anywhere in Colorado, any kind of
owl. I have gone to see the Snowy Owl and have photographed it from
the road with a 300
Wonderful post, Bill. I have admired your bird photos for some time.
Lately I am a casual birder.concentrating on mammal watching and
photography is my main intent these days, but my life list is fairly
nice...I posted the question on the future of this bird. I'm a
researcher (a
While this debate seems to be reaching a nice equilibrium, I want to
express gratitude for the grace afforded those who make errors, but also the
relief I felt to learn of the standards to which most photographers adhere.
After birding Pt. Pelee and seeing photographers shove thousands of
Paul Hurtado wrote:
Hi folks,
I've been eyeing the Snowy Owl discussion from afar, and having seen a
few healthy and not-so-healthy Snowy Owls in the north east the past
few years I've been
wondering why the El Paso bird is sticking around.
From what I gather, such birds are frequently
I would agree, the owl did not seem to exhibit any problems flying or
navigating this morning while hunting or moving from one spot to the next.
On Saturday evening, I saw it capture some large rodent without any apparent
difficulty. Additionally, Aaron Flohrs (DOW District Wildlife Manager)
Here are 4 images I made this morning in my NEW folder (non-commercial
web site):
http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.NEW
The flight image was the second flight Ron described below, the last
two are just after sunrise.
With regard to the owl paying attention to children, I think it is
COBirds,
I traveled to SE Colorado and saw the following interesting birds;
Kiowa County
Neenoshe Res - Northern Cardinal (m)
Prowers County
Lamar Community College - Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren (both on
south end)
Two Buttes Res SWA ( north side of CR B 1/2) flock of Horned Larks
There was a first year female Pine Warbler hanging around some other birds in
Pueblo City Park in Pueblo today. The bird was in pines just east of the Duck
Pond in Pueblo City Park. The bird was with Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown
Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a bunch of Dark-eyed
I was there from 8:30am to 4pm today. The pair was spotted around 10:45am or
so by Liz Pruessner in a spruce at the west end of Section 9 (i.e. the
southwest corner of the cemetery). Ed Arenson and another man whose name I
never got also witnessed them. They fed for a time, then the female
Since it wasn't snowy today, John and I decided to go look for some
owls, and here is the long and short of it:
1 Long-eared Owl - Banner lakes by Pond 7. Very easily found, seen,
photographed. There were probably more but it was so muddy we didn't feel
like mucking through it all. I am
Mary Cay Burger and I went on the DFO trip with Mike Henwood yesterday. We
all saw the Golden-crowned Sparrow at Red Rocks. Mike had sprinkled some
seed behind the trading post before the field trip and the bird came out for
brief periods.
Today, Mary and I checked some spots in Boulder and
The bird was present on the 18th around 2pm. It flew south over the
river into the cottonwood grove north of the (south) parking lot
(bring your boots its muddy). I sat on the park bench and had some
great but brief looks, the bird had a nice full crop. The woods were
teaming with all the usual
Cobirders ;
The immature Red-shouldered Hawk was again seen today by several
birders , including Rick A , Sally , Jeannie M and Cecile M from the south
trail at Kodak SWA , Weld Cty access from the unpaved lot . Seen in flight and
perched in cottonwoods showing all field marks.
I have finally edited several photos I took of the Snowy Owl that were
either taken with my digital slr or digiscoped (and I note which are taken
with each technique), all from about 200 feet. I have uploaded the photos
and a few short video-clips that are videoscoped (holding camera against
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