CoBirders,
Went out to Walden Ponds around 7pm this evening (Saturday May 29) with my
parents from out of town. We strolled around Cottonwood Marsh looking for the
Little Blue Herons, but they were NOT present when we were there. They may
have left prior to our arrival for roosting, but th
We had a steady stream of birds for the approximately 50 visitors who came out
to enjoy the first day of our last weekend of banding this spring. 29 new, 1
return:
Western Wood-pewee 1
Willow Flycatcher 2
House Wren 2 (that makes 54 new, 8 returns for the season)
American Robin 2
Gray C
I had 8 species of finches and grosbeaks at my yard today, and "1 1/2 species"
of buntings. And, I can add one additional grosbeak in the past week. Today:
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo/Lazuli Bunting; one of those nifty male hybrids
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pi
It was a Northern Parula. Both birds were seen about 3 hundred yards
upstream from the parking area.
On May 29, 11:48 am, Lonny Frye wrote:
> Jim Fischer and Monna Krebs report seeing Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a
> Parula. They are trying to nail down which Parula at present, noting
> an extensiv
I went down to the South Mesa Trailhead and birded the Homesead and Towhee
trails for three hours this morning, and my list is posted below. Being
from Louisiana, it's odd to see and hear Yellow-breasted Chat in habitat
like that. Back home, they're really thick in cutover (second-growth pine)
ar
The American Redstarts were located on the west side of the S. Platte River
south of Kingfisher Bridge. The Virginia Rail was in a marshy area to the
north of the bridge on the east side of the river.
Location: CO.Chatfield SP (Jefferson Co.)
Observation date: 5/29/10
Notes: Last Satu
Jim Fischer and Monna Krebs report seeing Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a
Parula. They are trying to nail down which Parula at present, noting
an extensive yellow throat. He called me about 11:30 AM on May 29th.
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Although it was a gorgeous morning at 6 AM in Gregory Canyon, that was no
apparent draw for the return of the Scarlet Tanager. I have heard no mention
of it by anyone as of yet this year. I did see a Plumbeous Vireo and a yellow
variant House Finch. Warbling Vireos and Virginia's Warblers wer
Hello, Birders.
Here is a summary of the contents of vol. 41 no. 1 (2010) of the quarterly
journal Western Birds, published by Western Field Ornithologists.
* EGG-TURNING BEHAVIOR AND NEST ATTENTIVENESS OF THE ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN GOOSE
ON KAUAI.
* by WESLEY W. WEATHERS and BRENDA J. ZAUN.
*
The other night while owling, I had a chance to witness courtship among a male
and female Flammulated Owls. The male did his typical whodup who call while the
female emitted a high pitched and somewhat raspy wheee. They did these calls
concurrently and I saw them each from time to time. Then I s
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