[cobirds] Birds at Marston Reservoir, Denver Co.

Hi all, Sorry for this late post.Yesterday,12/24 I checked Marston Reservoir. It was 75% frozen. I did find the 2, first winter White-winged Scoters, 1, Long-tailed Duck,and 1 ad. basic Lesser Black-backed Gull along with at least 6, Herring Gulls and many Ring-billed Gulls. There were 3 Gre

[cobirds] RN Grebe: Chatfield. GC Sparrow: Red Rocks

Greetings All Today, Cathy Sheeter and I started out at Red Rocks, with huge numbers of birds coming into seed Cathy spread out. I don't know what brand or mix she bought, but the birds nearly totally ignored what was already on the ground. In any case, we had about 200 rosy-finches come in,

[cobirds] Bohemian Waxwings Arvada, Jefferson Co

Cobirders Just had a big flock of Starling and Robin land in the trees on the ditch out behind my house. I searched through the flock hoping for a Varied Thrush, but instead found two adult Bohemian Waxwings. The white wingtips and rufous undertail coverts were obvious as I examined them fo

[cobirds] Red Rocks today

I dropped in at Red Rocks this morning on the assumption that the snow would bring the rosy-finches, and they showed up right on cue. I deposited some seed (and apparently someone else had done so earlier) and several dozen immediately appeared, mostly on the rock wall. The flock was, as usua

[cobirds] Christmas visit, N. Cardinal, Boulder, Bldr Cty

Happy holidays! Just had a brief visit (12:30pm) to my yard from the local "Christmas bird," the male Northern Cardinal. What a gift! Although I've seen it several times in Hawthorn Gulch, this is only the second visit to my yard that I'm aware of--the first being November 11th. I managed to g

[cobirds] Thanks Lisa

Forgot to mention that Lisa Clements organized the MV Refuge count and did a great job. -- 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email

[cobirds] Monte Vista NWR Christmas Count Results

Hi all.Happy holidays. We completed our annual Christmas Bird Count at the Monte Vista NWR on Dec 15th and had 15 persons participate. We divided into four teams and took quantrants. The count was held a day after a 6 inch snowfall, and some folks could not attend. Anyway, we found 44 species w

[cobirds] Purple Finch, Castle Rock

This morning I had a nice, surprise visitor at my feeder. Merry Christmas! http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/image/148017129 Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobird

[cobirds] Sharpie breakfast - Jeffco

Birders, We got the feeders out this morning and immediately had the usual goldfinches, chickadees, house finches and juncos and then, poof; no one. I looked around and a Red-breasted Nuthatch was frozen on our big feeder not moving. Knew there had to be a accipiter somewhere nearby. Just then

[cobirds] Durango Barrow's Goldeneye and Winter Wren

Yesterday, Christmas Eve, Danny and Sally Paez and I walked on the Animas River in Durango from River Road north to 9th Street. About a half mile north of the River Road bridge we found a vocal WINTER WREN. Follow the river path a short ways until the "street" lamps stop and the trail starts u

[cobirds] Huerfano County update: 11 swans "a-stretching"

While walking the dog at Martin Lake, Lathrop State Park, we saw what we thought was 10 swans all huddled together far out on the ice...it was not until the they all, very briefly, simultaneously lifted their heads that we counted 11! Too far away and no vocalizations were made, so not even goi

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Compiler:Joyce Takamine Date: December 25, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone:303-659-8750 MERRY CHRISTMAS This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, December 25, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you