[cobirds] Re: help with hawk ID Cherry Creek State Park

Thanks for all the responses to my hawk question! There is wide agreement that it is a rufous-morph red-tailed hawk. Ann Price says See Plate 357, pg 348, of the *Raptors of Western North America*, by Brian Wheeler. And it resembles some photos by Schmoker: http://schmoker.org/BirdPics/RTHA.html

[cobirds] Songfinder Update

Good morning. We are back from our trip to Hawaii and I will have a full review of the Songfinder digital frequency converter later this week for anyone who is interested. Several of you emailed me, and I will send you a copy of the review. I got the product the day before we left, and I

[cobirds] RE: Birding around Denver

Hi everyone, I went out birding near Denver on Monday afternoon 2/15/2010 and Tuesday afternoon 2/16/2010. 1) I saw the Barrow's Goldeneye in south central Denver as reported -- just north of Florida Avenue and South Platte River Drive. There is a small paved parking area on Florida Avenue

[cobirds] Aiken Audubon Meeting - Wednesday, February 17 - Colorado Springs, Colorado

February 17, 2009 My apologies for the late posting, but we hope to see you! Aiken Audubon Meeting Wednesday, February 17 Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. / Program begins at 7:00 p.m. Colorao Division of Wildlife, 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs Visit www.aikenaudubon.com for more information BIRDS

[cobirds] February 2010 D.F.O. Fieldtrips -- Join Us!

Denver Field Ornithologists February 2010 Field Trips Saturday, February 20 Chatfield State Park Leader: Ed Holub, 303-979-2194. Meet leader at 0800 at the swim beach inside west entrance of park off South Wadsworth, 1 1/2 miles south of C-470. This will be a half day trip, lunch

[cobirds] RFI: Denver to Summit Counties

Hello birders in CO, I'm heading up to Denver in a few days and am wondering where to go as we head up to Summit County. Birds of interest are Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawks, Ptarmigans and Rosy-finches (of course). Also, are there any lakes in the Denver area that have ducks and gulls at the

[cobirds] White-winged Crossbills Continue

Cobirders, I saw the White-winged Crossbill pair at Grandview Cemetery today between 12:30 and 1:00pm. As in the posts of late they were in the Southeast corner near the maintenance shed and pump house. Dave Leatherman was already there and he helped me to get on them. Thanks to Dave for staying

[cobirds] Eastern Winter Wren--Wheat Ridge Greenbelt/Jeffco

This afternoon the Eastern Winter Wren was present in the same location at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt. A distant shot of this bird can be seen in the Rare and Uncommon gallery below: Mark Chavez Lakewood-Green Mtn http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/ -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, Valmont Res. Boulder 2/17/10

Title pretty much says it all. The bird was in the middle of the large pack of Herring and Ring-billed Gulls on the ice of the northeast lake. I hiked in from the open space office on 75th and saw the bird from the large hill there around 5:00 PM. The Horned Grebe and other birds I reported

[cobirds] Colorado RBA, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010

Date: February 17, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Dick Schottler This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 10 pm sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that

[cobirds] Summit County Rosy-Finches, etc.

While skiing at Keystone, had a flock of ~25 Rosy-Finches, mostly Brown-capped with 2 Gray-crowned including a Hepburn's.  Location specifics below.  Late afternoon, I stopped by the Blue River Water Treatment Plant (Silverthorne) where the duck numbers are down considerably from