[cobirds] Colorado RBA, Wednesday, December 21, 2011

2011-12-21 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler:  Joyce Takamine Date:  December 21, 2011 e-mail:  r...@cfobirds.org phone:  303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wedesday, December 21, 2001 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.  If you are phoning in a message, you can skip

[cobirds] details Golden-crowned Sparrow - Boulder CBC

2011-12-21 Thread Scott E. Severs
Details of bird seen on Boulder CBC. Teller Farms North Trailhead, on Valmont Road west of 95th Street, in planted juniper stand along south end of parking lot. Bird often feeds on ground on east edge of stand on trail/road. Same location as previous sightings here of a GCSP from Nov. 2010 to

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes

2011-12-21 Thread Paula Hansley
My friend, Terry, saw a large flock (~100+) of cranes flying high overhead near DIA about noon on Tuesday) She is very familiar with these birds. She also saw a small flock last Sunday near Ft. Morgan. Paula Hansley Louisville (sent from Ohio) -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Fwd: unusual junco

2011-12-21 Thread Joyce Takamine
Received this message about a leucistic junco. Also note that the rba has a new e-mail address. Joyce Takamine Boulder -- Forwarded message -- From: Roger Watson rogero...@msn.com Date: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:18 AM Subject: unusual junco To: r...@cfobirds.org Hello. I'm not

[cobirds] Boulder Evening Grosbeaks

2011-12-21 Thread Nathan Pieplow
Hi folks, A group of 10 Evening Grosbeaks just flew over my home in the Gunbarrel section of Boulder. It's my first time seeing them in Gunbarrel and probably only my second or third time seeing them in the Boulder city limits. People in the area might want to be on the lookout for rogue flocks

Re: [cobirds] Boulder Evening Grosbeaks

2011-12-21 Thread Adam R. B. Jack
A similar gang was just here ... Coal Creek Canyon. Beautiful colors, striking birds. Adam Coal Creek Canyon Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Nathan Pieplow npiep...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, A group of 10 Evening Grosbeaks just flew over my home in the Gunbarrel section

[cobirds] Bald Eagles

2011-12-21 Thread Linda Powers
For the second day in a row I have seen 2 adult Bald Eagles flying over the river just west of Alameda and I 25 in Denver Beautiful Happy Solstice Linda Powers Denver Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post

[cobirds] Snowy news

2011-12-21 Thread Tom Wilberding Boulder CO
Per Scott Sever's tip, here is a map of snowy sightings across the northern U.S. as of 11/30/2011. Way above normal. http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/got-snowies One birder friend of mine in Michigan says they seem to have moved on, here today, gone tomorrow. Hope our current trio sticks

[cobirds] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins (Larimer) on 21Dec2011

2011-12-21 Thread Dave Leatherman
One day outside count week for the FC CBC, a juvenile YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER is present along the south edge of Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins (west end of Mountain Avenue) on 21December2011. The bird was actively moving around but I think is most interested in a small group of Austrian

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

2011-12-21 Thread mike
Threw some seed out at the Red Rocks feeders behind the Trading Post mid-afternoon. Didn't take long for the Golden-crowned Sparrow to show up - along with hordes of other species. Think the birds could feel the storm coming in and were filling up in anticipation of a long, cold next 24

[cobirds] Snowy Owl map

2011-12-21 Thread Pete Janzen
Seems like most of the enthusiam for updating maps has cooled but until recently they were keeping this one up pretty well which seemed to be much more comprehensive and current than the E-bird/Cornell map.

[cobirds] Thayer's Gull -- El Paso County 12/21

2011-12-21 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Around 230pm or a little after, Margie Joy and I saw a juvenile Thayer's Gull at the Midway Landfill, in southern El Paso County.  This is west of I-25, at exit 119.  Earlier in the day, there was Hermit Thrush at the park behind the Library in the town of Fountain, El Paso County and a Ross's

[cobirds] Home activity

2011-12-21 Thread Robert A. Spencer
hi Cobirders. There has been a Pink-sided Junco coming to my thistle seed feeder yesterday and today. it stays on it for a while and looks real healthy. This morning from the kitchen window I looked down on the ground under the Chokecherry tree . There was a Coopers Hawk eating a bird