[cobirds] Louisville Feeders - Part 2

2013-01-13 Thread JohnT
Cobirds: More walking, and walking, and walking. A few notes: got some comments with the last post about spotted towhees. Towhees are fairly common in Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont, and north Boulder in the winter, if you know where to look. Pick neighborhoods where there are

[cobirds] Rusty correction

2013-01-13 Thread Norm Erthal
I should have said the confluence with Sand Creek. Norm Erthal Arvadsa, CO -- 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 to

[cobirds] Boulder and Larimer 1/13

2013-01-13 Thread Mark Miller
Hi Everyone-- I visited various places in Boulder and Larimer Counties today 1/13. The two Trumpeter Swans were still at Lower Hoffman Lake in Loveland, sleeping on the ice. I had a good view from the vacant lot near the end of Park Avenue (from US 34, go north on Boise, right on Park, follow the

[cobirds] Merlin west of Berthoud

2013-01-13 Thread ronbco
Yesterday a flurry at my back feeder and a Merlin landed in a small tree at eye level just 8 ft from my window! It stayed there looking for an opportunity of one of the small birds that had scattered. I had a good 4 min of close up viewing with my binos! I am not very experienced in raptor ids

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, January 13, 2013

2013-01-13 Thread Ira Sanders
Compiler:Ira Sanders Date: January 13, 2013 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone:303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, January 13, 2013, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are

[cobirds] Logan County Today

2013-01-13 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings All I spent the first 5 hours of the day walking up and down the hedgerows at Tamarack Ranch. That area is still incredibly birdy, with the show including 800 robins, several hundred juncos (including 5 WW Juncos and 5 Cassiar Juncos), 11 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 49 Eastern

[cobirds] Teller Farm, Boulder Creek at 75th, and Lagerman Res: Boulder County (1/13/13)

2013-01-13 Thread Bryan Guarente
COBirders, I had some time late this afternoon (1/13) to run around Boulder county to improve my year list.  I headed straight for Teller Farms because I was lacking sparrows and there have been many there recently according to eBird.  I came up with all the recent sparrows being seen there: