[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (30 Apr 2011) 23 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 30, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[cobirds] Snowy Egret, Broomfield, 4/29

4/29: I saw a Snowy Egret at the Sagar Reservoir in the Broadlands neighborhood of north Broomfield. It was near the drainage pipe on the east side. - Barry Gingrich Broomfield, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to

[cobirds] Greeley-area

Crom Lake Willet Cozzens Lake (has water and great western mudflat) Willet Whimbrel 35th Ave Gravel Ponds Bonaparte's Gull - 13 Latham and Beebe Draw Willet - 35 Western Sandpiper- 4 Some photos below ... Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ -- You received this message

[cobirds] RMBO Banding - Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso Co.

Daily totals for the last half of the week at the Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station were: 9 on Thursday, 11 on Friday, and 32 on Saturday. Species lists follow. There were good numbers of Hermit Thrushes and Spotted Towhees at the banding station Sunday, May 1 (closed), and a male

[cobirds] Gray Flycatcher--Welchester Tree Park / Jeffco

This morning, there were a few migrants moving through Lakewood. I started at Belmar and had Brewer's Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow,Yellow-rumped Warblers, Sora, Virginia Rail, Spotted Sandpiper, Brewer's Blackbirds, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Tree Swallow,

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert Sunday May 1, 2011

Date: May 1, 2011 e-mail: r mailto:r...@cfo-link.org b...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 1, 2011, updated at 4:30 PM, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a

[cobirds] April 30th Big Day (170 species!)

Hi all, Mark Peterson, Steve Mlodinow, and I went out yesterday, hoping to break the previous month of April Colorado Bird Day record (which was 152 species submitted to ABA).  We visited Pueblo (owling), Teller (mountain birds), El Paso, Fremont, Otero, and Bent Counties during our 24 hour

[cobirds] S.E. Colorado highlights today 5/1

Mark P., Steve M., and I birded from Lamar back to Pueblo today. Here are the highlights: Broad-winged Hawk - 1 flying over the train station in Lamar, Prowers County early the morning (I just noticed I forgot that there were 1 or 2 Broad-winged Hawks on our Big Day along the Canon City

[cobirds] Late Juncos, Loveland, Larimer

I still have 3 Juncos in my yard today, two Slate-colored and one Pink-sided. I've never had them here past the first week of April before. Over a dozen White-crowned Sparrows picking up Nyger seed that was blown all over the yard by the wind and a lone Song Sparrow skulking around. The bossy

[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Banding Station, 5/1/11

Continued slow today..in addition to relatively few birds around, we also had a pair of Sharp-shinned Hawks looking for brunch, which kept those birds that were around in hiding. Finally caught the female mid-morning, and that kept us and visitors entertained for awhile! Sharp-shinned

[cobirds] Migration notes from Phillips County

I birded Phillips County today, only from 12:30 til 4:30. Nothing too unusual, but some migrants are coming through. *Haxtun Sewage Ponds* Double-crested Cormorant 6 (not an easy bird there, in my experience) Cinnamon Teal 3 (again, a common bird elsewhere, but it was a county bird for me

[cobirds] RFI: did anyone try for the Jeffco Tricolored Heron today?

I may search the general area in the AM, as it is a spectacular Jefferson County rarity. Joe Roller, Denver -- 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. To unsubscribe from this

[cobirds] El Paso County Birding, 5/1

Hi CObirders,   My husband Dan and I decided to cruise around and see what water birding offered us since land birding at Sondermann Park (Colorado Springs) was quite slow in terms of migrants.  The following highlights are below...   Big Johnson Reservoir - Peregrine Falcon - 2 -

RE: [cobirds] Black-necked stilt

The Broomfield County Black-necked Stilt was still present (along with the other stuff Julia mentions including a Lesser Yellowlegs) across from Stearn's Lake at about 7:00 p.m. when I stopped on the way home from DIA and an out of town trip. Bill Kaempfer Boulder From:

[cobirds] Long vs. short billed dowitcher (???)

I think that this picture is a long billed dowitcher (at Squirrel creek Pond, El Paso county) http://avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3724_4x6.jpg and that this one is a short billed dowitcher, primariy based on the neck patterns.(at Cherry Creek park) http://avoapples.com/birds/IMG_4385_4x6.jpg

[cobirds] Re: Long vs. short billed dowitcher (???)

Bill Kosar Colorado Springs On May 1, 9:10 pm, kickback bill_ko...@msn.com wrote:   I think that this picture is a long billed dowitcher (at Squirrel creek Pond, El Paso county) http://avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3724_4x6.jpg and that this one is a short billed dowitcher, primariy based on the