[cobirds] Ptarmigan, Guanella Pass

COBirders, A hike to Guanella Pass (Clear Creek Co.) with my family today turned up at least 3 White-tailed Ptarmigan. After spotting a series of tracks in the willows about a half mile from the pass summit, I scanned until finding 3 large, fluffy snowballs with black eyes. Although Guanella Pass

[cobirds] Pine Warbler, Long-tailed Duck, Barrows Goldeneye in Pueblo 1/31

Hi Everyone-- Today 1/31 I went birding in Pueblo, Red Creek Canyon, Canon City, and Pueblo Reservoir. I found the Pine Warbler around 8am in the pines just in front of the Administration building (near the duck pond) at Pueblo City Park. Soon thereafter, Brandon Percival et al. found me. We all g

[cobirds] Long-tail of ducks, Snowy Owl, hawks and an eagle

This morning, Elena Klaver, Tim Smart, Paul Slingsby, Jim Duggan and I headed down to see the Snowy Owl. After turning onto Prairie Vista Lane, we scanned roof tops and immediately spotted the owl on a roof. We drove around the loop to the house and had a good look at the owl as did a growing n

[cobirds] owls and ducks...

Hi all! After searching in vain for open water from Fort Collins east to Crow Valley yesterday (I've been to Sharp Point too often as of late), My girlfriend and I headed to 88th and Platte today to try for these ducks everyone keeps seeing. Arrived around 2:30 pm and headed straight to the place

[cobirds] Grandview Cemetery of late

Don't even ask how many hours I've spent at the cemetery in January, but if you have a calculator there were 17 visits at about 4 hours/visit. As stated earlier, the White-winged Crossbills are NOT normally including Grandview in their daily circuit these days. I last saw them on the 26th. On

[cobirds] Red breasted mergansers

At Erie Reservoir on Highway 287 in Boulder County there were one male and three female red breasted mergansers actively feeding until sundown when they joined about 11 common goldeneyes. It was a lovely end to a day starting with the snowy owl, to the Many ducks including several long tail

[cobirds] roadrunners at Higbee

Birders- We birded the Higbee area south of La Junta in Otero County this afternoon. Birds of interest included a ladderbacked woodpecker, lesser goldfinch, field sparrow (wintering in the area, the second time I have found it) northern shrike and two roadrunners. Both roadrunners were sitting on

[cobirds] Northern Shrike / Jeffco

In an otherwise nearly birdless day at Bear Creek Lake Park (on Morrison Road near C-470), we did see one Northern Shrike on the Owl trail, north of the skunk hollow picnic area. Dave Cameron Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". To

Re: [cobirds] Rosy Finches at Allenspark?

Hi Bob and all, Today I went up to Wild Basin in Rocky Mt. NP to hike. I stopped by the Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark both heading up (9:15am) and on the return (1:30pm) spending about 25 minutes each time. No sign of Rosy Finches at either time. There is lots of seed in the feeders. Plenty of

[cobirds] Snow Bunting, Park County

Park County, south of Fairplay. No Gyrfalcon, but one Snow Bunting, about 1 mile east of 285 on dirt Colorado Rd 24 (not highway 24). 1 adult Bald Eagle along 285, but no other raptors. Tim Kalbach Leadville, Lake County, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[cobirds] snowy owl

Cobirders, The snowy owl is still at the same house where he has been seen frequently over the past few weeks on Prairie Vista Lane. Several birders and photographers continue to enjoy the site. I spoke with a neighbor who said that the homeowner would appreciate staying on the outside of the

[cobirds] Snowy owl still being seen?

Hi all, Is the snowy owl still being seen? Anyone have current directions? Regards -Greg Pasquariello Littleton, CO Phone: (303) 648-1334, Fax: (303) 496-0779, Email: g...@pasq.net, Wave: gregp...@googlewave.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

[cobirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow, Red Rocks, JeffCo

This sparrow is still at the Trading Post feeder. I saw it today, Saturday, at about 3 pm with other birders. Thanks to Sue Riffe and previous posters. The juvenile Golden-crowned creeps out from the bushes to the feeder area, then gets chased back into the bushes by Spotted-Towhees. This feeder is

[cobirds] Rosy Finches at Allenspark?

Has anyone seen Rosy Finches at Allenspark (Boulder County) in the last week? You can reply to me directly or, if you think it of interest to the whole group, on CoBirds. Thank you. Bob Shade -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". To post t

[cobirds] January 31, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

Date:January 31, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes t