Stopped at Red Rocks this afternoon shortly after 1:00 p.m. and ran
into Forrest Luke from the Craig area. As some of us suspected, there
are two White-throated Sparrows. This is the first time (that I know
of) that the two have been seen at the same time at the feeders. In
addition Forr
COBirders,
I was asked about the Fountain Creek CBC Field Sparrow as one was reported from
Fountain Creek Regional Park apparently. The bird that was found on the CBC
was not at the park but at a private residence quite a distance from the park.
So if there is a Field Sparrow at FCRP it would
RE. "immature" shrikes.
About 20 years ago at Pt. Reyes, California, a bird was called an immature
northern shrike (say, in November). About a month or two later someone
looked at it more closely. It was a brown shrike (seen by me and hundreds
of others). Currently there is a brown shrike i
I forwarded this info to Scott R who found the Loggerhead. BTW last
year Nick K and I had Loggerhead Shrike on CBC, too, not sure if
documentation was provided by us or circle.
Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunnhttp://coloradobirder.ning.com/ -- Home of the "Nunn
Guy"
On Dec 17, 12:48 pm, "Brandon K. Pe
Cobirders,
Curve-billed Thrasher, Golden-crowned, White-throated and Harris's Sparrows
were seen at the Trading Post feeders about 10:30 today.
Bob Brown
Highlands Ranch
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I do require written documentation or photo for ALL Loggerhead Shrikes north of
Monument Hill, and east of there, as well as in the mountains on any Colorado
Christmas Bird Count. Make sure to include how you eliminated Northern Shrike,
the more likely species. Thanks.
CBCs with Loggerhead Sh
Interesting late shrike, which led me to remember a recent post by
David Sibley on the overlap between the ID of the two species,
especially immature Loggerheads and adult Northerns. See the post
here:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/2010/12/a-perplexing-shrike/
I'm not questioning anyone's ID, how c
More Nunn CBC Partial results -- Scott Rashid team:
Rough-Legged Hawk(2) 1 Male @ 8:18 am on post on Hwy 85 1 Black
@9:46am
Starling (94)
Robin (11)
Red-Shafted Flicker (17)
Blue Jay (7)
Tree Sparrow (211)
Americn Goldfinch (49)
Horned Lark (51)
Red-winged Blackbird (3)
Merlin (2F)
Bald Eagle (1
Date: 17 December 2010
e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 17, 2010, at 5 am
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