[cobirds] close encounters of the raptor kind, Centennial/Arapahoe

Birds at my backyard feeders mirrored those of other reports; only unusual sighting was on Friday 3/22 when 7 bushtits visited my seed and suet. Yesterday birds ate voraciously all day during the storm. While filling feeders this morning, a chickadee came in for a sunflower seed twelve inches

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, March 25, 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 25, 2013 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, March 25, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If

[cobirds] Latham Reservoir/Weld

I birded LaSalle/Kersey-area yesterday. BTW First time I saw the new Kersey Gas Plant along WCR 50/51 takes up 1/8 - 1/4 acre of one-mile section. A very large operation. Loloff Reservoir-frozen Greater Yellowlegs Killdeer - 2 WCR 59 Marsh-Frozen except for a small sliver of water Lots of

[cobirds] Nunn Guy Field Trip: Northcentral Weld County

Mar 30 (Sat) 830-1400 meet at Nunn's new Tumbleweed Cafe (along Hwy 85)--come earlier if you want to eat breakfast. RSVP here: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/events/nunn-guy-birding-northcentral-weld-county (or send me an email) Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile:

[cobirds] Migrants in Pueblo 3/25 (swallows etc.)

Hi all, I went over to the Osprey Picnic Area, below Pueblo Reservoir dam just a little bit ago.  I saw six Cliff Swallows and one Barn Swallow along the Arkansas River.  I didn't see any Tree Swallows with them.  There were a small flock of Western Bluebirds, two Ospreys, lots of Say's

[cobirds] Goshawk talk Tues. 3/26 Boulder

Boulder County Audubon presents: March 26, Tuesday, 7:15 pm: Richard T. Reynolds, Goshawks Revealed! Rick Reynolds has been doing cutting edge research on the northern goshawk for over 21 years. His focal areas are the beautiful Kaibab Plateau and the north rim of the Grand Canyon of the

[cobirds] Sparrows + at Red Rocks - Jeffco

Michael Kiessig, Rob Raker and I enjoyed a nice morning at Red Rocks. Lots of hungry birds at the feeders behind the Red Rocks Trading Post early this morning - both the Slate-colored Fox Sparrow and the Golden- crowned Sparrow showed up. The Golden-crowned put in an appearance early and

[cobirds] cooper's hawks, Ft Collins

had a pair today near an apparent old nest in mid-town fort collins, just NW of College and Drake.  Female was kekking from nearby perch, male was seen flying off with stick in beak.  Seemed early for nest-building, especially with all the snow on the ground.   Arvind Panjabi 5700' feet,

[cobirds] SLV American Bittern and White Pelican

In Rio Grande County, March 25 - American Bittern was on east side of MVNWR auto tour road tour road toward SE end in wet shallow area about 4 p.m. today. Normal waterfowl slowly increasing. Raptors increasing and had an influx of Mtn. Bluebirds today. In Alamosa Country, March 25 - American

[cobirds] Yesterday: Circumnavigating Greeley

Greetings All Sorry for the delayed email, but by the time I finished entering data into eBird, it was definitely past bedtime. Cathy Sheeter and I did some birding in various bodies of water n and s of Greeley. The pond along Weld Co Rd 46 near 37 was shrouded in fog at sunrise, or

[cobirds] Dark Raptors N. of Longmont (Boulder CO)

Folks- I tooled around a little today on dirt roads north of Longmont, mainly tracing the rural roads I know from my CBC territory there. I witnessed a bit of the changing of the guard, seeing two newly arrived Turkey Vultures (yeah, not really raptors but how about raptor-like?) and two