[cobirds] Minor but important correction: 2012 CFO Convention

2011-11-25 Thread Ted Floyd
Oops. Finger slipped. Below, it should should read Saturday night, May 19th. Sorry, my bad. --Ted Subject: Quick update on 2012 CFO Convention in Trinidad, Las Animas County From: Ted Floyd tedfloyd57 AT hotmail.com Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:00:58 -0800 Hello, Birders. Just a quick item of

[cobirds] Some info on the precise whereabouts of where the Streak-backed Oriole was seen

2011-11-25 Thread Ted Floyd
Hi, all. Jeff Gordon called me a moment ago. He and others are looking for the Streak-backed Oriole at Fountain Creek Regional Park, El Paso County. The birders out there are NOT seeing the bird at the present time. But hope springs eternal. In the meantime, here's some more precise info on

[cobirds] Lake DeWeese, Custer County

2011-11-25 Thread Faust-Edwards
All, A quick drive about the lake today produced the following- 1 adult Tundra Swan 1 Northern Shrike 1 Western Grebe 2 Common Mergansers Numerous Mallards, American Wigeon, Northern Shovelers, Common Goldeneye, and Horned Larks Lisa Edwards Palmer Lake, CO Sent from my iPhone -- You

[cobirds] Possible error on the Colorado RBA

2011-11-25 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Did someone actually re-find the male Black-throated Blue Warbler in Pueblo City Park yesterday? Note that I haven't seen it since early November! Also, I'm not even in Colorado, so there might be an error the Colorado Rare Bird Alert from this morning. Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO

[cobirds] Varied Thrush

2011-11-25 Thread Ira
Birders, The varied thrush is present right now at the house directly north of Buzz Schaumberg's house. Sorry if this went twice. Ira Sanders Golden Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To

[cobirds] Long-tailed Duck at Union Reservoir (Weld) on 24Nov2011

2011-11-25 Thread Dave Leatherman
The infamous Black Friday Birders turned up a juvenile type LONG-TAILED DUCK at Union Reservoir (Weld) east of Longmont today. Steve Mlodinow detailed this place yesterday and many of the birds he reported were seen (but no scaup), including many Bonaparte's Gulls, Red-breasted Mergansers,

[cobirds] Trumpeter Swans, other waterfowl -- Lake Estes, Larimer Co. 11/25/11

2011-11-25 Thread Jim Nelson
We're having a nice Thanksgiving visit in Colorado. We saw the four previously-reported Trumpeter Swans on this past Monday and Tuesday on the drained Lake Estes. After a couple of days in Colorado Springs, we returned this Friday afternoon to see the four Trumpeter Swans are still present on

[cobirds] Injured Long-tailed duck, Cherry Creek State Park (11/24)

2011-11-25 Thread Nathanael Berry
Yesterday I had and hour and a half to glass the lake. In that time I found an injured Long-tailed duck sitting on the shore of the east side of the lake. The poor duck had a broken bill with some flesh hanging out and could not walk correctly. A picture can be found on my flickr site. Also

[cobirds] American Dipper in Adams Co today

2011-11-25 Thread bomaa...@yahoo.com
Hi briders I relocated an American Dipper in Clear Creek, below the little dam just east of Lowell Blv'd.(Adams Co). This is the favored spot now. Best views are from the bike path or Lowell bridge. Parking on either side of Lowell and 55th Pl. I watched off and on from 8 AM to to 8:51 AM. An