[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, March 23, 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 23, 2013 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, March 23, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

[cobirds] Re: (Jefferson County) Wheat Ridge Redpoll

March 23 update: The overnight snowfall has brought 2 Common Redpolls out into the open at the feeders along with an impressive flock of American Goldfinches. On Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:58:14 PM UTC-6, birderbob wrote: March 14 - I had one male Common Redpoll visit my feeders at sunset

[cobirds] finches/cat

Hi All, With the snow came the finches, hundreds of Rosy Finches Black, brown-capped and gray-crowned including the Hepburn's race. Also with the rosy's came a few redpolls. A surprise last evening was a bobcat walking through the yard. It stopped at our front bush to try and catch a

[cobirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow - Red Rocks - Jeffco

Good Morning All, With the heavy snow this morning, I thought the birds might use a little help. Put some seed out on and under the platform feeder behind the Red Rocks Trading Post and the Golden-crowned Sparrow and the adult White-crowned Sparrow joined the juncos, towhees, Song

[cobirds] Great-horned Owls Nesting

Hi Cobirds, We have a pair of nesting Great-horned owls in our open space. Does anyone know if this spring storm will be a risk to their success? They have been sitting for about 3 to 4 weeks. I found it interesting that these owls are nesting in a Cooper's hawk nest that has been active the

[cobirds] Raptor tours - Denver/Boulder/Golden

I've been driving my visiting godfather from Venezuela on a photographic raptor tour of the area over the last three days. Yesterday we concluded with an overall success rate of 100%. On Wed. 3/20 we drove north along the Weld/Boulder county line to Panama Res. where we found at least 8 Bald

[cobirds] Bohemian Waxwings (~100) / El Paso County

COBirders, I had a flock of ~100 Bohemian Waxwings in the neighborhood next to Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs. They were moving around high in trees west of where Argus Blvd ends at Orion Dr. (west of tennis courts) Steve Getty Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you

[cobirds] Greater Sage Grouse - Moffat Cty. lek

COBirds, On Friday, I was fortunate to visit a Greater Sage Grouse lek on private land outside of Craig, Moffat County. This particular lek has not been open to the public until recently. As the sun rose, we quietly opened the windows on the mobile blind and looked out on 75+ birds just as they

[cobirds] GYRFALCON seen in Loveland (Lairmer)

Early this evening I got a call crom Cole Wild about a Gyrfalcon he had high up in a tree at his parents house. It then flew off towards Boedecker Lake in south west Loveland. I started looking for it but had little time before it was too dark out. It would be worth keeping an eye out if your

[cobirds] Slate-colored Fox Sparrow - Red Rocks - Jeffco

This evening as the snow started to dissipate along the foothills, I went to Red Rocks to provide some supper for our feathered friends. To my surprise a Slate-colored Fox Sparrow appeared underneath the platform feeder between 6:30 and 6:45 P.M. FOS at Red Rocks as far as I know.