[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, March 28, 2011

Date: March 28, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8759 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip

[cobirds] Re: Downy or Hairy

Joan, Your snapshots are not as bad as you think! Isn't it fun to see and learn about all the different birds that come to our feeders? We share a telephone pre-fix; are you as far south as La Veta? Your new woodpecker is a Hairy Woodpecker; a bird that looks so much like the little Downy,

[cobirds] Mr Bill

Hi all: I have posted the solution to last week's Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz (www.cfo-link.org). Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com.

[cobirds] Red Rocks Feeders - Jeffco

Good Morning All, Threw out some seed at the feeders at the Red Rocks Trading post this morning(very quiet peaceful with the light snow fog). Around 8 a.m. the Golden-crowned Sparrow and 1st year Harris's Sparrow showed up. Yesterday morning the Curve-billed Thrasher was present. Too

[cobirds] Short-eared Owls/Weld

I received a report from Mark P (Boulder) of Short-eared Owls continuing at WCR 48, Latham Reservoir. Two photos here: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo If you do African birds there are many photos looking for ID help (a friend of mine at work recently took a trip--non-birder). Thanks Gary

[cobirds] Western Bluebirds are back

Had Western Bluebirds back yesterday among the multitude of Mountain Bluebirds that have been back for a few weeks. Gray-headed Juncos are really singing and bluebirds were checking out nest boxes. It is that time of year again:0) Tom Hall Livermore, CO -- You received this message because

Re: [cobirds] more digiscope photos of hybrid teal - Cottonwood Marsh Pond, Boulder

Hi all: I have a few comments about the bird, but first the usual caveats when talking about hybrids, particularly dabbling ducks. Caveat #1: When discussing the putative parent species of any hybrid, it should be taken as given that these parent species are presumed, as without genetic

[cobirds] SE Colorado Highlights

This weekend was the first annual Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Ranch Trip which was auctioned off last August at the 2010 RMBO picnic. Led by Seth Gallagher, Christine Sibona and I birded 6 counties in SE Colorado. Saturday we visited 2 Lesser-prairie Chicken leks in Prowers County. We saw

[cobirds] Walden Pond Hybrid Duck

Greetings All, Tony's detailed discussion is most excellent. To me, there is some buff-orange (like an Am Wigeon) on the anterior sides, mimicking nicely the pattern in some Eur x Am Wigeon hybrids and Mallard x Am Wigeon hybrids. I think this should pretty much eliminate N Pintail as a

[cobirds] WELD and BOULDER CO: Union Res and Hamm Natural Area

Greetings All I had my first oriantha WC Sparrows today. They were along the ditch across the street from the (county?) park on the south side. Near a dairy on the N side of the reservoir, I had my first YH Blackbirds of the spring (12) and BH Cowbirds (7). On the reservoir, there were

[cobirds] WELD CO: Krider's RTHA

Greetings All, Jerry Ligouri has identified the Union Reservoir RTHA mentioned in my last post as a Krider's. It has a typical Krider's tail, and the underparts are quite Krider's like. The patagial bar is atypically prominent. The bird was just north of the pay-to-enter park (County?) on the

RE: [cobirds] Walden Pond Hybrid Duck

A google search for wigeon x teal brought this up: http://www.birdandhike.com/Wildlife/Birds/07-Anser/Duck/Teal/Hyb1/_Hyb1.htm Seen in NV in the spring of 2007. I think the interesting thing is that this could be the same individual, not that it's arguably the same hybrid combo. Christian

[cobirds] Trifecta of Teal - Arapahoe County

Highlights of today's birding trip to Cherry Creek State Park includes a trifecta of teal; Blue-winged, Green-winged and Cinnamon. We stopped in at the Prairie Loop bird observation area and were delighted to see American Avocet, Greater Yellow-legs, Semipalmated Plover, Baird's Sandpiper,

[cobirds] turkey vult migratn/Arapahoe

(this heading is abbreviated so that scanning your messages gives the intent of this message,without having to open it) At 5:40 PM a committee (that's one of the accepted names) of 19 turkey vultures sailed headed northwest over my house near Orchard and Colorado Blvd, Centennial, Arapahoe

[cobirds] Correction on Location: Krider's Hawk, Weld Co.

Greetings All, I guess that I am still learning my directions. Egads. The Krider's RT Hawk was just SOUTH of the park on the SOUTH side of Union Reservoir. Sorry Steven Mlodinow Longmont, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds