[cobirds] American Dipper in Adams County this afternoon

2012-12-17 Thread bomaa...@yahoo.com
I saw a single American Dipper in Clear Creek just east of Lowell Blvd. (Adams Co.) today at 4:05 pm This is the regular location. I was looking off of the Lowell bridge near 55th Pl. Also saw an American Kestrel from same spot. Bob Canter, Denver Colo. -- You received this message because you

[cobirds] Birding with FRS Radios Channel 11-22 Is it time for a change? Some Food for Thought

2012-12-17 Thread birderbob
Hello COBIRDERS, For birders who utilize Family Radio Service (FRS) walkie-talkies (channel 11-22 the "Birder Channel") here is some food for thought - Channel 11-22 has been designated as the Birder Channel, however, since finding this split frequency on your device often poses a challenge

[cobirds] Possible Vega Gull at Lake Loveland, Larimer County

2012-12-17 Thread Nick Komar
Staging gulls this afternoon at Lake Loveland included: Ring-billed Gull – approx. 400 Herring Gull – 18 California Gull – 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull – 2 (1 ad, 1 1st-cycle) Vega Gull – 1 adult The candidate Vega Gull is discussed and photographed at http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/mysterygullae.

Re: [cobirds] Eurasian Wigeon, Canon City, Fremont County 12/17 YES!

2012-12-17 Thread Brandon K. Percival
If the wigeon isn't at the pond on Willow Street, another couple of places in the Canon City area, that have wigeon, are Centennial Park and Sell's Pond.  There are always a lot of wigeon during the day on the grass and pond at Centennial Park in the west part of Canon City, and early in the m

[cobirds] Eurasian Wigeon, Canon City, Fremont County 12/17 YES!

2012-12-17 Thread melgoff
Greetings all! Last night I got a call from Debbie Barnes about a Eurasian Wigeon found on Sunday’s CBC by Bill and Dan Maynard. This morning we followed her directions and came upon a small pond that had about 16 wigeons in it. We parked and had just found the Eurasian Wigeon in the group whe

[cobirds] FW: [ia-bird] Satellite-tracked Snowy Owl in Iowa

2012-12-17 Thread Kayleen A Niyo
CO Birders, Just received this fascinating post by Matt Wetrich, Carroll Co., IA biologist, about the release of a satellite-tracked Snowy Owl. The new facility and SOAR project is new since I left IA! Bob Anderson of Raptor Resource Project has helped along with many others. Should be

[cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker/Palm Warbler (El Paso) yes

2012-12-17 Thread Bill Maynard
COBirders, I watched the Colorado Springs female Acorn Woodpecker for about 30 minutes this a.m. As reported previously, it was found by the Marty Wolf party on Saturday's Colorado Springs CBC. Although I first saw the woodpecker pecking on a low branch of a silver maple along Willow Circle n

[cobirds] 71st Boulder CBC, Sunday, 16 Dec.

2012-12-17 Thread William Schmoker
Folks- scores of volunteers fanned out across 30 territories yesterday for the 71st iteration of the Boulder CBC. It will be a while before the tally is final, but we have a preliminary 109 species found on the count, with three more ticked for count week. We added one species to the historic

[cobirds] Brant, Loveland, Larimer County

2012-12-17 Thread The Walters
Hello CoBirders, Around 9 this morning my family and I went over to Lake Loveland to make another attempt (after a week and a half of searching) to see the Brant. Not that long after we arrived, we were able to spot it with a few other geese that were standing on an ice shelf off of the north shor

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, December 17, 2012

2012-12-17 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:December 17, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, December 17, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoni