[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Report - September 17, 2010

Date: September 17, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Allison Hilf This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday September 17, 2010 at 7am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes

[cobirds] Pacific Loon Still Present McIntosh Lake: Boulder County

The Pacific Loon was still present yesterday at 4pm viewed from the south side midway along the lake, close to shore. Bryan Guarente Instructional Designer The COMET Program University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] late nighthawk-Aurora

Yesterday around 7-7:15 PM at the Immigration Detention Center in Aurora (a few blocks west of 30th and Peoria), a nighthawk flew over. I was doing something else and could not distinguish whether it was a Common or Lesser, but since I almost never see any nighthawks much after Labor Day,

[cobirds] Blackburnian Warbler/Larimer

While birding my way to work today there was a female Blackburnian Warbler along the Poudre bike trail. This rare fall migrant had orange yellow upper breast and throat. I also saw a grayish back and dark auriculars that looked fairly broad. Other birds seen were Wilson’s Warblers, Western

[cobirds] September 2010 D.F.O. Field Trips -- Join Us!

Denver Field Ornithologists September 2010 Field Trips Saturday, September 18Rocky Mountain National Park Leader: Chris Owens, (303) 722-6048. Enjoy the late-summer splendor of the Park while searching for lingering passerines, jays, raptors, perhaps a Dipper or two, and the always

[cobirds] Cherry Creek SP Palm Warbler

Cobirders, A Palm Warbler, my first for the park, found me this morning on the east side of the Lake Loop towards the bike trail. It was mixed in with five or six Black-capped Chickadees, a pair of Downies, an Orange-crowned Warbler, several Yellow-rumps, Chipping, Vesper and a couple

[cobirds] RMBO Ridgway Banding Station Report 9/17

Hi Birders, Today we wrapped up banding at the Ridgway station with low diversity, but a decent number of birds (40). The unofficial total count is 328 birds banded of 40 different species, over nine days. Yellow-rumped Warblers by far outnumbered any other species this season, and today was no

[cobirds] New U. S. Forest Service Research

For those interested in federal bird research the following articles are posted here: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/forum/categories/u-s-forest-service/listForCategory 2010 American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Stahlecker, Dale W.; Cartron, Jean-Luc E. RMRS 2010 Cerulean Warbler response to

[cobirds] RMBO Barr Lake Banding Station Report, Wed-Fri, 9/15-17

Hi Birders, I haven’t posted the last couple of days because we’ve been sharing banding responsibilities and I ended the day without the data. So, a brief catch up – Wed was very slow (13 banded), yesterday we were back into the 30s, which seems to be our norm this year. First of season

[cobirds] RMBO Chico Basin Ranch banding 17 Sep 2010

Hi Cobirders Another good day here at Chico, a bit slower than yesterday but we still banded 68 birds of 14 species. FOS Common Yellowthroat banded. Barn Owls are still around but are skittish. Again, Wilson's Warblers led the way with 44 banded. Birds Banded: Cordilleran Flycatcher 1

[cobirds] Common Poorwill - Douglas Co.

There was a Common Poorwill vocalizing (song or flight calls?) in front of my house at about 8:15pm this evening, and possibly a pair of them. I've been hearing 1-2 of them (maybe more) regularly both mornings and evenings for weeks, just as I do during the early summer; I don't seem to hear