[cobirds] Colorado RBA, Saturday, December 3, 2011

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine Date:  December 3, 2011 e-mail:  rba@cfo-link phone:  303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, December 3, 2001 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.  If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the

[cobirds] Little gulls still at Union res

John T and myself braved arctic winds and snow, but were able to spot the gulls from the North side, near the last bend before the T junction. Also saw Ferruginous Hawk. Dan Zmolek Boulder county -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] Brant update!

They are with a small group of white-cheeked geese in the field adjacent to the road to the model airplane shelter. 2 Lapland Longspurs at the model airplane shelter. Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO Sent from my Verizon Droid 3 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[cobirds] Christmas Bird Count Article in The Denver Post

Here's a nice article for the upcoming Christmas Bird Count. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_19458955 Alison Kondler - Jefferson County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Union Little Gull Weld Cty

Schmoker spotted and a few others got on the young Little Gull in the SE corner of Union Res about noon today. David Waltman boulder -- 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] Brant update at Chatfield

Cheryl Tooten just phoned me (12:25, MST) to say that the two (Atlantic) BRANT are readily visible a few yards off-shore from the NEW Heron Overlook, in Chatfield State Park. This spot is south of the OLD Heron Overlook. If you are not familiar with the location, refer to a map at either park

Re: [cobirds] Union Little Gull Weld Cty

Correction, SW corner of Union. David Waltman Sent from my iPhone On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:11 PM, David Waltman djwalt...@comcast.net wrote: Schmoker spotted and a few others got on the young Little Gull in the SE corner of Union Res about noon today. David Waltman boulder -- You

[cobirds] Brant Split

Greetings All, I am probably not up-to-date on the very most recent Brant stuff, but from what I do know, I doubt that the Brant will be split really soon, and what lines they'll be split along. In reality there are 5 populations: 1- Black Brant. Breeds in AK and Siberia (and I am too lazy to

[cobirds] Brant

When we left a couple of minutes ago the brant were just south of the old heron overlook. There is also a Northern Shrike in the area. Ira Sanders Golden, CO Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado

[cobirds] Red-throated Loon still present at Hamilton Res. (Larimer) on 3Dec2011

The adult basic RED-THROATED LOON was still present this afternoon at Hamilton Reservoir (Rawhide Power Plant), north of Buckeye Road west of I-25 Exit 288 (Larimer County). Today, viewing from the Observation Overlook on the south side of the res and looking across to the plant, it was

[cobirds] Brant - Chatfield State Park - Photo

I have posted a photo of one of the Chatfield Brants that I took this afternoon on my Pbase site. Seeing these two birds was well worth the sketchy drive up from Colorado Springs. http://www.pbase.com/robbphoto/inbox Robb Hinds Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Union Little Gull Weld Cty--NO

I arrived at Union about 45 minutes after the reported Little Gull. Unfortunately, many of us were unable to relocate the bird even though having birders positioned at various points around the lake. I finally put up the white flag around 4pm. I did have a wintering Vesper Sparrow near the

[cobirds] Photos of Little Gulls, Union Res (Weld)

As Mark said, a concerted cooperative effort by numerous birders to observe the Little Gulls this afternoon (after 2 pm) failed. I think the juv. was last seen flying towards the east at about 1:30. I don’t know when the adult was last seen. As no one has posted links to photos of these rare

[cobirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow - Red Rocks - Jeffco

Stopped by the feeders at the Red Rocks Trading Post about 1:00 P.M. this afternoon. The Golden-crowned Sparrow was spotted feeding by the lower apple tree. Yesterday morning I saw him on the flat stone just to the left of the upper apple tree. Mike Henwood Morrison Jefferson County --

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes - BCLP - Jeffco

About 2:30 this afternoon as I was checking out the lake from Pelican Point in Bear Creek Lake Park (BCLP), I had a small flock of 14 Sandhill Cranes fly over the lake from east to west. Last I saw of the flock they were headed toward the foothills. Seems a little late and normally I see

Re: [cobirds] Brant Split

Thanks to Steve for this fascinating review of Brant population distribution. The suggestion that the Chatfield birds are from the “high Arctic” population is interesting and seems to make sense given the migration patterns of other high arctic Branta species, such as Richardson’s Cackling

[cobirds] McIntosh Lake, Longmont (Boulder County)

McIntosh Lake hosted many diving ducks and gulls on the north side of the lake today. Among them was an adult Thayer’s Gull, a 3rd-cycle Thayer’s Gull, and a winter-plumage immature Long-tailed Duck. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[cobirds] Chatfield Saturday

Hi went this afternoon. Roads were mostly clear. Got there at 2:40PM Checked old Heron observation lot no cars then. Went to Model air plane field. One birder was parked there observing 2 male winter Lapland Longspurs on ground at the dumpster. There was also a flock of colorful Horned

[cobirds] Brant Redux

Greetings All, I may have sowed the seeds of confusion Black Brant: breed w. Canada to eastern or central Siberia. Winter mostly along Pacific, in North America, from BC south to Baja California Sur. Vagrant have shown up all across the n. Hemsiphere Black-bellied Brent Goose. Breeds