[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 15, 2013.

2013-03-15 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 15, 2013 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 14, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you

[cobirds] Boulder County - was that a Sora calling?

2013-03-15 Thread Peter Burke
COBirders, I thought I would relate a funny experience I had yesterday on the North Trail at Teller Farms. When I reached the point where the trail turns away from the river -- just before the dogleg that brings you to the lake -- I heard a Sora call. I paused to confirm and heard the bird call

Re: [cobirds] Boulder County - was that a Sora calling?

2013-03-15 Thread Charles Hundertmark
I had a similar experience several years ago while helping return chairs from an RMBO picnic. We were in the parking lot of a Brighton church, when I heard a Sora from above. There was not a bit of wetland or water around. When I looked up, there was a European Starling on a utility line doing a

[cobirds] Varied Thrush at USAFA

2013-03-15 Thread Bob Bonestroo
Cobirders, Had a Varied Thrush this morning at Kettle Lake #1 at the Academy. It was just west of the lake. I had good, but brief views. It headed north over a knoll and that's the last I saw it. Bob Bonestroo Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [cobirds] Boulder County - was that a Sora calling?

2013-03-15 Thread Deborah Carstensen
That story reminds me of a Mockingbird story from Georgia. My mother had a much beloved cockatiel that she took outside with her and had the general run of the house. She reported hearing the mockingbird mimic her cockatiel's mimicry of paper being crumpled! Deb Carstensen, Littleton

[cobirds] Merlin at Gunbarrel, Boulder Co

2013-03-15 Thread Richard Pautsch
Spotted a furtive Merlin this afternoon in the Gunbarrel subdivision NE of Boulder, sneaking from yard to yard along the greenbelt behind Carter and Idlewild streets. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this

[cobirds] Call for 2013 DFO Grant Applications

2013-03-15 Thread CorvidColo
(Posted with COBIRDS permission) Call for 2013 DFO Grant Applications Attention all COBIRD members! Through the many very generous donations given by the membership of the Denver Field Ornithologists, the DFO Research, Education, and Conservation Fund has $5000 available for grants in 2013.

[cobirds] March 2013 D.F.O. Fieldtrips -- Join Us!

2013-03-15 Thread CorvidColo
Denver Field Ornithologists March 2013 Field Trips   Saturday, March 16    Walden Ponds Leader: Paula Hansley, Hm. 720.890.2628 Cell 303.263.1714 Meet leader at 0800 at Cottonwood Marsh parking lot at Walden Ponds in Boulder County. Bird until about 11:00. Walden is accessed from a