There is an e-bird from report May 8th of a Dusky-capped Flycatcher from Weld
County. I believe there is only one accepted record for Colorado for this
species, and that was in 1883!! When people submit rare bird sightings to
e-bird, it would be nice to also report the sighting to cobirds
Hello, Birders.
If you have registered for the upcoming CFO convention, as nearly 200 of you
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We were scheduled to lead the Boulder Bird Club Wednesday Roadrunners
today, but because of this lovely rain the outing has been cancelled.
We'll see you next week.
Gary Baxley and Sharon Norfleet
Louisville, Boulder County
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Hi all,
I have followed CObirds as a reader for years and posted twice.
I saw this bird several times in Costa Rica last year.
AS I have read all the posts about natural arrival vs escaped I thought
about the reports from Red Rocks on the other Zonotrichia birds.
I am not a research expert on
Hello, Birders.
First off: What a great find! Congratulations to Tim Davis and Andrew Davis for
finding and correctly identifying the bird, and kudos to Joe Roller for getting
the word out so quickly.
Hugh Kingery made an excellent point:
I've always thought it too bad that an exotic is
Hello, Birders.
Even though today's Boulder Bird Club outing has been cancelled, birders in
Boulder County and elsewhere in the Front Range foothills and metro region may
wish to go birding today and tomorrow. Currenty in Boulder it is 3 degrees,
with light rain, and winds out of the
There is the large possibility the reporter doesn't know about birding
organizations in Colorado.
Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
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There is an e-bird from report May 8th of a Dusky-capped Flycatcher from
Bill Kaempfer reports a Golden-winged Warbler at the north end of Lamar
Community College Woods this morning.
Maggie Boswell
Boulder
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Greetings All
Kudos to Ted for taking this topic into a broader realm.
Our guess on any single bird's origin, no matter how well-educated, is not
nearly as important as documenting the bird's occurrence.
It is my strong belief that BRCs should review these birds, and judge the ID
(in this case
Thinking more along the lines of process efficiency ... what incentive
do birders have to input sightings to Records Committee if the
output of the process is four years away?
Does the committee have a service level agreement (SLA) with its
customers (birders) in that when birder A submits a
Birders,
This am I heard my first Black-headed Grosbeak of the year as it was singing
in the snow.
Unfortunately he won't be eating at my tray feeder as I took it in to get
rid of a hoard of cowbirds. This in an unfortunate first for our yard. The
upside is that the ECDOs don't get fed
While we are on the subject of exotics, let us not forget about vagrants
like: Red-faced Warbler (was that a cage bird?), Tropical Parula,
Long-billed Thrasher, the Sun Bittern in New Mexico, and what about Mute
Swan in Colorado. There was a juvenile at Cherry Creek that was entirely
pooh-poohed
Before these are no longer relevant I thought I better post some recent
observations from my yard west of Fort Collins:
Saturday, May 7: FOY Black-headed Grosbeak
Sunday, May 8:FOY Lazuli Bunting
Monday, May 9: FOY Bullock's Oriole
Tuesday, May 10: EVENING GROSBEAK (beautiful male),
Good questions. Birding has various approaches. My main approach is
to
play the ABA listing game. Like all games it has rules so players can
compete fairly, all on the same page. The rules are subject to
change,
and some players may find them arbitrary, but they are like a tennis
net, an essential
Good questions. Birding has various approaches. My main approach is to
play the ABA listing game. Like all games it has rules so players can
compete fairly, all on the same page. The rules are subject to change,
and some players may find them arbitrary, but they are like a tennis
net, an essential
Hi Gary,
Birders submitting documentation are not the primary customers of the CBRC
reviews. While the birders submitting documentation are very interested in
the outcome of the review, the validity of the historical record and the
list of Colorado birds itself is the 'customer.' Remember
This morning I was surprised to find a small flock of Bobolinks in my yard
along with my fist Black-headed Grosbeak.
There is also about 700 Brown-capped Rosy Finches and at least two Black Rosy
Fnches at my feeders.
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
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Boulder County (central)--
Glancing out kitchen window at drenched landscape, thought to myself that
one of the yard-wrens was becoming exceedingly speedy; then noticed it was a
hummer. Poor little guy; so glad I set out a feeder in case of an unexpected
guest. I rarely get them in spring (I'm 4
Now that Ira brought up the subject What about the juvenile Phainopepla
that I and most other birders in the metro area at that time saw on the
Christmas count in 1969? It was accepted as a wild bird at that time. I
wonder how it would be counted now! Or what about the Groove-billed Ani
When did the discussion move to Rufous-crowned Sparrow???
Rufous-collared Sparrow's code is RCOS.
:-)
Christian Nunes
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 12:41:47 -0600
Subject: [cobirds] Tony's RCSP CBRC comments
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Hear, Hear, Tony!
I
All,
I started out at Gregory Canyon, which was quiet except for a FOS
MacGillivray's Warbler; I didn't see Black-throated Gray Warbler.
Then I met Maggie Boswell and we went to the south end of the
Mesa Trail. The most unusual bird there was a Tennessee Warbler,
along with FOS
Today on two different occasions, I had a Black-headed Grosbeak in my feeder .
Earlier this week, I heard a glorious song, and found a Spotted Towhee in my
binolculars.It also appears the Kestrels are indeed nesting in a box in our
yard. It has been entertaining to watch the male bring
Hi all.
We are just days away from the CFO Convention, so be prepared, as it's going
to be a good one this year.
Three books will be featured for book signing from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, May 21,
just before the Convention dinner, so bring your copies for signing.
Books will also be available for
Contact Chuck Hundertmark concerning the Dusky-Headed Flycatcher which was seen
(?) in Pawnee Grasslands in the campground, it was on a sanctioned DFO
Trip and I personally did not see the bird but there were around 18 birder’s in
the group. so this was the call and I have not received the
Another day at Fountain Creek Nature Center w/ children, but a couple of
interesting sightings:
Lazuli bunting
Black-headed grosbeaks (3)
Lesser goldfinch
White pelicans (3)
Wood duck
Cinnamon teal
American Avocet (2)
Jim Mariner
Colorado Springs, CO
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Hi All,
I've been wondering if there is a behavior, or lack thereof, shown by
the bird that can help in deciding whether it's wild or an escapee.
Caged parakeets can be identified as such by their lack of ability to
fly well because they haven't been able to 'practice' flight.
So is there some
Chuck had reported a Dusky Flycatcher for Sunday and we also saw one at CVCG.
Perhaps it was input incorrectly.
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COBirders,
I just talked to Bill Kaempfer (total bum!) and he just reported a BROWN
PELICAN flying around the sewage pond in the town of Kit Carson and then it
landed and is currently sitting on the pond. I would not expect this bird to
hang out there long but if you are so inclined to go
Banding totals at Chico Basin Ranch for the start of the week (May 9-10) were:
43 on Monday and 54 on Tuesday. No banding on Wednesday, May 11 due to high
winds. Species and numbers for each day were:
Monday
Dusky Flycatcher – 1
Western Kingbird – 1
Blue Jay – 1
House Wren – 1
Hermit
Driving home from work today I had two Whimbrel fly form Boulder County across
CO 52 into a pond at the NE intersection on County Line Rd.
Todd Deininger
List Manager
Longmont, CO
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all,
Chuck has confirmed the Dusky Flycatcher from Sunday at Crow Valley c.g. in
Pawnee.
Robert Martinez
Denver
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Thank you for the clarification. I figured it there was actually a
Dusky-CAPPED Flycatcher seen in Colorado, the word would have gotten out.
Dusky Flycatchers are certainly coming through the plains right now.
One other e-bird issue. People enter one list for all of Chico Basin Ranch,
which
I researched and located the original posts, from last July,
announcing the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush, on a blog by a SD
birder. One of his comments, without much in the way of specifics,
was ...as for the origins of this bird, so far every birder that has
been able to observe this bird
-edit- sorry, collared, not crowned.
-correction 2, the little gull was chatfield, the gunnison bird was a
probable black-headed.
- Dave
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Hi Cobirders. Tuesday morning I had two male Brewer's Blackbirds in
the backyard calling. Hope they stayed
down here. Snow not much higher up Wednesday.
Good today to check birds. This afternoon I stopped at Prospect Pond
in Wheat Ridge Green Belt where about
60 swallows were flying
Hello COBirders.
I made a quick stop at Sondermann Park (El Paso County) after work
tonight and there was a good turnover of birds since last night. A
mixed flock of warblers were working the tree/shrubs between the
bridges. Amongst the flock were:
4 Orange-crowned Warblers
1 Virginia’s
Greetings All
Tony did a bang-up job in discussing vagrancy potential, especially
mega-vagrants.
Pink-footed Goose, for instance... though thousands of miles out of range in
WA, PF Goose is a species that is a long distance migrant, and might well find
good forage in mid fall in central
This morning I had a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and a PLUMBEOUS VIREO visit my yard in
Frederick (Weld County). Looks like the rain brought some good birds along
with it.
Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25877070@N02/
Best regards!
Keith Alderman
Frederick, Colorado
The unsettled rainy/snowy/sunshiny weather today made for great feeder
watching here in Huerfano County...it brought in scores of birds. At times
my head was absolutely spinning...we had:
1 male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
30+ PINYON JAYS
8 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS
1 LAZULI BUNTING
2 INDIGO BUNTINGS
In
Date: May 11, 2011
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I promise I won't be long-winded. In response to Dave Cameron, features of
recent captivity for a wild sparrow would include heavily worn plumage
(especially flight feathers), a leg band, and an overgrown beak. The photos
shared on this forum clearly showed the absence of any of these features.
Birders,
I took the short drive to Red Rocks about 10:00 A.M. to see what the feeders
might bring in with the lousy weather. It wasn't as good as I hoped. After
I spread some seed, I ran into Mark Chavez there and together we got:
Fox Sparrow (Slate colored)
1 and only 1 Zonotrichia sparrow.
Birders,
As the subject of the CBRC has come up and Tony has harangued us about not
writing up birds on the Review List,
http://www.cfo-link.org/birding/rba.php it looks like it may be time to
review the Review List. I presume this falls to the CBRC.
I see some birds that, personally, I don't
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