The Denver CBC was held Saturday, December 18th. The preliminary
compilation results counted up 103 species. A few areas were not able to
make the compilation and results from the feeder watchers are still being
tabulated and will be submitted in a few days, so the total will like be one
to
There was a flock of 100 cedar waxwings at Holly and Orchard mid-morning;
inspection of over 30 of them revealed no Bohemians.
A Townsend's solitaire has been singing from the tree over my house today.
Two more solitaires are across the street, visible and calling.
About three days a week (last
Yesterday at 8:20 (ten minutes earlier then our first report) the pine
warbler came to our little Ft. Collins home. The things different this
time was he was three feet from my face and we actually got some
pictures of tha little fella. Also we comfirmed our sitting with
another skilled birder.
I am pretty sure both birds in this picture are Harris' sparrows, they
were in the drainage ditch downstream from where the first one was
reported. I saw these this afternoon while looking for the pine
warbler which I am 0/3 on!
http://avoapples.com/birds/IMG_6901_4x6.jpg
Bill Kosar
Aside from the (this) Pine Warbler on the Fort Collins CBC if my
memory serves me well I think heard 3 White-throated Sparrows and two
Harris's Sparrows also on CBC. I'm sure someone will post results
soon.
Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ -- Home of the Nunn Guy
On Dec
Folks- we had 30+ energetic teams plus a network of feeder watchers deployed
throughout the Boulder CBC circle today, enjoying the mild weather and some
pretty spiffing birds. For the first time in 69 counts dating back to Dec. 26
1909, the Boulder count broke the 110-species mark, with an
I birded Rocky Mountain Arsenal this morning with my wife and father-
in-law. We had a first winter White-throated Sparrow on the northern
peak of Lake Ladora among a mixed flock of White-crowned and American
Tree Sparrows. The frozen lake kept the majority of waterfowl away,
with the exception
The imm. Golden-crowned Sparrow continues in the windbreak junipers at
Teller Farms Open Space parking lot off Valmont Rd. added today to the
Boulder CBC. A Swamp Sparrow was in the marsh on the east side of Teller
Lake. Two distinctly different Harlan's Hawks at either end of the trail
(Valmont
