[cobirds] Dark morph Broad-winged Hawk in Canon City today

Among the many migrating birds recently in the Canon City area is a rare dark morph Broad-winged Hawk. Rich Miller spotted it as he and I were exchanging info on birds we had just seen. As it came closer he and I were delighted to find it to be a dark morph. I did get a few nice photos of it and

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, May 3, 2013

Compiler: Ira Sanders Date: May 3, 2013 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, May 3, 2013 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, y

[cobirds] Re: Chestnut-collared Longspur (YES!) - Poudre River Trail - Larimer

With apologies, I have once again broken the group rules and neglected to include my signature... John Shenot Fort Collins (Larimer) On Friday, May 3, 2013 10:28:10 PM UTC-6, John Shenot wrote: > > I looked for the previously reported bird on the bike path South of > Timberline in Fort Collins

[cobirds] Chestnut-collared Longspur (YES!) - Poudre River Trail - Larimer

I looked for the previously reported bird on the bike path South of Timberline in Fort Collins for over 3 hours today. Met Rick Schroeder for the first time (who posted an update today about his Green Big Year) and we both saw a Palm Warbler and a Broad-winged Hawk (dark morph adult). I also got ph

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (03 May 2013) 16 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 03, 2013 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0

[cobirds] Am Bittern -- Walden

Thanks to Peter Burke who found them, and then Bayard who called me about the Red-necked Phalaropes. I rushed over from Louisville and was able to get good views. On our way out to the parking lot, Bayard and I had an American Bittern which flew from the boardwalk area reeds to the north side re

[cobirds] Update on Big Green Year, Fort Collins

Greetings - As I mentioned in a post earlier this year, I am doing a low key "Big Green Year". I am trying to see as many birds as I can from my home in NW Fort Collins, either on foot or by bike. Today was my best single day of the year, with 64 species in a 4 hour bike ride mainly along th

[cobirds] RMBO Banding Station Report, CHAT, 5/3/13

A really nice morning at the Chatfield station, with great springtime weather and excellent birds. I think we continue to benefit from the storm, catching a number of species in greater numbers than usual, including Hermit Thrushes and Yellow-rumped Warblers. We also caught 2 Rough-winged Swallow

Re: [cobirds] Thursday in Weld County

COBirds, There are currently 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the west end of Cottonwood Marsh at Walden Ponds - one a gorgeous breeding male. Good luck! Peter Burke Boulder >From Peter's iPhone On May 3, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Norm Lewis wrote: > In light of some of the "odd" reports showing up on the

[cobirds] Thursday in Weld County

In light of some of the "odd" reports showing up on the list today, I thought I'd add a few highlights (and oddities) from my Denver Museum monthly birding outing yesterday. We followed a route that took us from Denver to the experimental station property north of Ault, east through the wester

[cobirds] Fort Collins Migrants/Larimer

We have had a steady arrival of Chipping Sparrows, Vesper Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, and Lincoln's Sparrows. Also today I saw and heard Hermit Thrush, House Wren and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher as well as a Common Redpoll (Museum of Discovery). Rob Sparks Old Town Fort Collins -- You rece

[cobirds] Douglas County and Bird fall-out with snow storm

Since the snow storm on Wednesday, when our area had a fall-out of hundreds of sparrows (and Robins) including Chipping, White Crowned, Vesper etc., we have had some unusual birds at our feeders. Today similar to Marilyn, we had a flock of Red Crossbills with males & females feeding along with all

[cobirds] Re: Boulder Calliope Hummingbird

Hi David - Important post by you. As you know, this winter/spring has produced a huge amount of snow only over the past two months. High potentially flowering plants are probably under snow...much less being open and trying to bloom where it was 19 degrees in Denver (new all-time low record

[cobirds] Re: Yet another Townsend's Warbler & Summer Tanager 5/2

My bad-thought I saw Hermit Thrush ... :-( Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On May 3, 12:21 pm, "The \"Nunn Guy\"" wrote: > There is ... "In my yard in NE Ft. Collins, I've seem 50-100 Chipping > Sparrows and one Hermit Thrush" (s

[cobirds] Re: Yet another Townsend's Warbler & Summer Tanager 5/2

There is ... "In my yard in NE Ft. Collins, I've seem 50-100 Chipping Sparrows and one Hermit Thrush" (second hand report) Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On May 2, 8:58 pm, "Brandon K. Percival" wrote: > At 7pm this evening, Van

[cobirds] Sparrow Morning/Nunn

Lark (5); Brewer's (2); Vesper (3); White-crowned (7); Chipping (5) Sparrows; Dark-eyed Junco (2) Gray Catbird Sage Thrasher Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: [cobirds] Boulder Calliope Hummingbird

Normally Calliope's spring migration is through the higher elevations of the Pacific flyway. The timing of the individual here today isn't so odd for spring migration. It's the location that's so rare. David Waltman Boulder Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2013, at 11:27 AM, David Waltman wrote

[cobirds] Boulder Calliope Hummingbird

Just saw and photographed a male Calliope at one of my feeders. This is nuts! About 2 months before my typical first arrival. A male Common Redpoll continued here yesterday. Speaking of nutty, we had a bobcat on our roof a couple of weeks ago. David Waltman 6,000 feet, 1/2 way between Boulde

[cobirds] Chestnut-collared Longspur-Continue-Poudre River Trail

I was just able to locate one male foraging in the exposed grass strips right next to the trail. This bird is on the Poudre river bike trail about 75-100 yards south (downstream) of the Timberline rd. bridge that crosses the Poudre. Aran Meyer Old Town Fort Collins -- You received this messag

[cobirds] Nightjar Survey (Caprimulidae)

Hi all, This was just brought to my attention by an Audubon friend on the West Slope: http://www.nightjars.org/ You only have to survey your route one time per year. It consists of 10 stops in either of 2 different months during bright moon nights. It seems like a small commitment and you will

[cobirds] Migrant Grasshopper Sparrow - Wheat Ridge Greenbelt

Hi all, Yesterday afternoon (May 2) during a brief visit to Wheat Ridge Greenbelt (Jefferson County) I found a Grasshopper Sparrow along the entrance road between the ballpark and lake. It stayed up long enough for some mediocre photos then flew off not to be refound. Also, along with hundred

[cobirds] central Bldr Cnty: bird equiv of little brown mouse: Rk wren

Compared to your multiple posts of magnificent storm-produced sightings, this one is modest but welcome: ROS rock wren. Our Say's phoebes, so far surviving in their 4th year in our yard, lost their first nest in storm 3 (or 4); tried again over deck ledge (which I had to discourage because desk i

[cobirds] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - Douglas County

A Rose-breasted Grosbeak visited our yard yesterday evening around 7 PM. This new yard bird was seen in an area just south of the model airplane field in Chatfield State Park. Peggy Wait Littleton Douglas County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colo