[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Sunday, November 25, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: November 25, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, November 25, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird

[cobirds] a few Boulder County odds ends, Nov. 24th

Hello, Birders. Hannah and Andrew and I, accompanied by Tom Wilberding, did a bit of Boulder County birding yesterday afternoon, Saturday, Nov. 24th. First, we stopped in briefly at the Walden Ponds complex, where we saw a Northern Shrike, a Marsh Wren, and a Wilson's Snipe. At one point,

[cobirds] Yellow throated Warbler Pueblo

Just saw this bird in Pueblo City Park just east of HQ building. Brandon K. Percival -- Pueblo West, CO -- sent from my phone. -- 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. To

[cobirds] Pine Warbler. Pueblo

Same location as Yellow throated Warbler in pueblo city park. Brandon K. Percival -- Pueblo West, CO -- sent from my phone. -- 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. To

[cobirds] No Brambling - BCLP - Jeffco

As of 9:15 this morning the Brambling had not been seen at Bear Creek Lake Park. A group of us started watching at 8:00 A.M. and neither the Brambling or Common Redpoll put in an appearance in the first hour and 15 minutes. I also spent some time wandering around the Boat Launch area

[cobirds] Bushtits, Swamp Sparrows - Jefferson Co

Nothing unusual at Apex Trail today. There was a flock of Bushtits mixed in with some Mountain Chickadees. At Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, on the west side of the boardwalk trail behind Bass Lake were two Swamp Sparrows. Emerald Strand in Denver county had one Ross's Goose amongst the other white

[cobirds] Great Black backed Gull Pueblo Res

Right on schedule an adult Great Black backed Gull is currently on the South Shore Marina tires at Pueblo Reservoir. Every winter since March 1993 there has been one here. Brandon K. Percival -- Pueblo West, CO -- sent from my phone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[cobirds] Common redpolls, Baseline

The common redpoll flock was still at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder this morning about 10:30. There were quite a few goldfinches mixed in, so hard to really tell the number of redpolls, but good numbers. They were feeding in a weedy area along the SW shore. David ChartierColorado Springs,

[cobirds] Aleutian Cackling Goose

Greetings All A short bit ago there was a solo goose on Union reservoir's north shore, a bit west of mid-way point. It is a dusky breasted goose with a partial white neck collar (anterior only), a huge black gular stripe (dark stripe on chin) that goes up onto side of face, a somewhat chesty

[cobirds] More Pueblo birds 11/25

No one else was able to see the Yellow-throated Warbler or the immature male Pine Warbler today, they disappeared and who knows where they go.  Several people, Mark Yaeger, Clif Smith, Paul Hurtado, and I saw the continuing adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the big oak tree in the north

Re: [cobirds] Plan to work things out with the Rangers and Manager at BCLP

Go Joe and wish you the best! Pam Norris Englewood, co Sent from my iPad On Nov 23, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Joe Roller jroll...@gmail.com wrote: Tom and other birders, Are you sitting down? I am serious for a change. No joke, this is serious. I chatted with Erik, a Park Ranger at

[cobirds] Still no Brambling, noon - 1:30 Sunday

A brief conversation with the young lady in the visitor's center as to why they posted the sign against feeding, she said she thought it was to keep the birds wild, and due to concern about other animals, ie, coyotes, being attracted to the seed. We didn't pursue it any further. Seen at the

[cobirds] cardinal, redpolls, tundra swans, - Boulder

Cobirds: As reported by others, the common redpolls continue at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder, though in lesser numbers than yesterday. About 30 were seen this morning. Go to Cherryvale Road on the west side of the reservoir and scan the weed and sandy patches. Also at

[cobirds] No Brambling - BCLP - Jeffco

Hi Folks, I have a feeling that the Brambling may have moved on. I checked about 4:45 this afternoon and stayed until dark. The flock of 30+ American Tree Sparrows and a lone Song Sparrow were the last birds on the bridge. About 5:00 a Great Horned Owl perched in the trees on the

[cobirds] Swamp Sparrows, etc., Poudre River, Fort Collins (Larimer), 25Nov

I did my Poudre River circuit today in eastern Fort Collins (Larimer), starting at the Prospect/Sharp Point intersection just west of the river, traveling se thru the Prospect Ponds NA to the pond s of the Environmental Learning Center parking lot, backtracking along the bike trail to the

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Park - Rusty blackbird, Harlan's dark morph Red tailed hawk, Rock wren (pictures)

I spent a few hours at Cherry Creek State park and the highlights were: Rusty blackbird: http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3140_cr.jpg Harlan's red tailed hawk http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_2986_cr.jpg http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_2987_cr.jpg Dark morph red tailed hawk (I

[cobirds] Re: Swamp Sparrows, etc., Poudre River, Fort Collins (Larimer), 25Nov

Thanks, Dave, for the report and congrats on your sightings, especially the Swamp Sparrows and Tundra Swans, who have produced two offspring. I suspect these Tundra Swans are of the subspecies Tinkerbelle--they seem more vivid if you wish REALLY hard. Cheers, Tom Wilberding Boulder, CO On

[cobirds] Lost First Year White Gyrfalcon--Douglas County

Dear COBIRDERS: Steve Swaim, a retired firefighter and falconer, is seeking help in finding his lost white, first-year male gyrfalcon. The bird was lost at 10:00 AM Friday morning, 11/23, in the vicinity of Smoky Hill and Delbert roads, about 10 miles north and east of Parker. The bird

[cobirds] Selected results of NE Colorado birding on Sunday

Hi All, Kathy Mihm-Dunning, Steve Larson, Dick Schottler and I birded a number of locations in NE Colorado Sunday. Numbers of birds were fairly low in most places (except Jumbo Reservoir where there are 10's of thousands of ducks (almost exclusively dabblers) and geese (Canada, Cackling, Ross's

[cobirds] RFI Monument area

Hi all, I'm a Texan but I’ll be in Monument, CO (just north of CO Springs) for a wedding this coming weekend. Can anyone recommend any good birding spots around there? I've been birding in CO several times before, so I have seen most of your common species, but I have some target birds I'd

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow/El Paso County

COBirders, We've had a White-throated Sparrow at feeder in the neighborhood just south of Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs. We'll see how long it lingers. Steve Getty Colorado Springs, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group.

[cobirds] Boulder County sightings, including unusual gull

We visited Baseline Reservoir in Boulder around 2-3pm today. I can confirm the small flock of 20-25+ Common Redpolls, they were visible on the southwest area of the reservoir, feeding on the ground. Occasionally, they flew across the road to the west and landed in one of the cottonwoods near

[cobirds] White-winged Scooter continues-Denver County

This morning, I went to Marston and saw the White-winged Scooter and Common Loons reported by Tina Jones. Then I was off to Baseline Reservoir to see the Tundra Swans and a flock of 25+ Common Redpolls. The Redpolls were found near the shoreline at the southwest part of the lake. Photos of