Re: [cobirds] Larimer gull update

Reviewing photographs taken at the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir, I now count about 10 (!) Thayer’s Gulls, ranging from pale to dark. Some representative shots are posted at http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/horsetooth2011. Before I pored through hundreds of photos, I had assumed that the

[cobirds] Colorado RBA - November 12, 2011

compiler: Allison Hilf Date: November 12, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert applicable for Saturday, November 12, 2011, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and theRocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message,

[cobirds] Bird Walk Social, Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch

Hi folks, I (with some assistance) will be leading a bird walk on the private guest ranch west of Loveland on Saturday, November 19th, 8:30 a.m. We will be birding various areas of this lovely ranch and gather at the Hilltop area for hot drinks and a campfire afterward. If you would like to

[cobirds] Cherry Creek SP

Adult and 1st cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull, adult Mew Gull, 2nd cycle Thayer's Gull. Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO Sent from my Verizon Droid 3 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] COMMON GROUND DOVE near Julesberg right now

Steve Mlodinow called 2 minutes ago to tell me that he and Tim Smart were looking at a COMMON GROUND DOVE (only a few prev CO records) near Julesberg. The phone connection was bad, but I thot he said go east on I-76, go north toward Julesberg on 287. Watch for a sign ON THE LEFT that says Lions

[cobirds] Horsetooth Res. Larimer county

Cobirders, Today my family and I went out insearch of Thayer's Gulls and it was a success! We went from either side (south to north) of the resivour, and the lake on the north side. Here is what we saw: 70+ Ring-billed Gulls 6 Thayer's gulls 7 Herring Gulls 1 Dark-eyed Junco (by call couldn't tell

[cobirds] Common Ground-Dove update

The Common Ground-Dove was re found and photographed by Loch Killpatrick, Peter Gent, Joey Kellner, Joe Roller and myself. The bird was in the same location described earlier, but can be tough to locate. Photos will be posted later. Thanks a bunch Steve! Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO Sent

[cobirds] Common Ground-Dove, Trumpeter Swan: Sedgwick County

Greetings All, Tim Smart and I had a spanking, relatively windless, definitely warm day in NE Colorado. At Sand Draw SWA: calling COMMON RAVEN and a RL Hawk and a N Shrike near Julesburg: COMMON GROUND-DOVE. Take I-76 to US-287. Go n. towards Julesburg. There are two bridges over the

[cobirds] NE Colorado Ground-dove-less Birding

Tom Wilberding, Todd Deininger and I headed out to Jackson Reservoir this morning for some November NE Colorado birding. Jackson was, amazingly enough to us, glass smooth in the morning in stark contrast to conditions along the Front Range. The reservoir was chock full of expected species of

[cobirds] Cackling Geese Friday and Saturday

hi Cobirders! On the way to retrieve my new shoe that was being corrected I went by Mt. Olivet Cemetery . The long narrow pond has a steep bank to the right and it was solid with Cackling Geese and east of the big pond were two big plots with many more Cackling Gees feeding.. When I came

Re: [cobirds] Common Ground-Dove, Trumpeter Swan: Sedgwick County

Thanks again Steve and Tim for finding and getting the word out about the Common Ground-Dove. The bird seems to like this area around the bridge, but as I stated earlier it can be tough to find. 2 of us saw the bird fly early on, but it then took 5 of us about 1.5 hrs to find it again. Be