[cobirds] North Boulder Bobolinks are back!

Alan Bell asked me to post this message: Bobolinks were back this morning in the fields along Nimbus Road north of Spurgeon Reservoir. Joe Roller, Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 14

Compiler: Joe Roller ** Date: Report for Monday, May 14, 2013, updated at 6:25 AM** email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 ** ** This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 14, 2013. sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

[cobirds] RFI: Last Chance rarities and migration news

Birders, The local folks near Last Chance and Lindon, CO are getting more interested in what birds are coming thru Last Chance, especially novelties and rarities. Please take a moment to send me information about your Last Chance sightings and/or post them on Cobirds, I will summarize them for

[cobirds] Migration note: Lark Buntings near Watkins

Carole Larsen asked me to post this migration note. ( Forwarded from her by Joe Roller, Denver). We saw a male Lark Bunting in breeding plumage on a fence Sunday May 12th at two different times – 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm. Was on the west side of Manilla Rd between I-70 and Colfax, south of the farm

[cobirds] Northern Parula, etc., Gregory Canyon (Boulder County)

This morning, I hiked the Saddle Rock-Greenman-Gregory Canyon loop in southwest Boulder. There was a NORTHERN PARULA (appeared to be male; silent when I saw it) in the plum trees only several yards from the Gregory Canyon trailhead parking area. Other recent arrivals near the trailhead

[cobirds] Barr lake

Mark C. and I birded Barr lake this morning. things are still pretty slow, low numbers. Best birds were common poor-will, Red- headed woodpecker, Orchard orioles. No Grosbecks, Vireos and only a few YeWa and yellow -rumps. Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™ -- You received this message

[cobirds] migrants arriving to late leaf out

During survey work this AM I was struck by the state of slow leaf out in the cottonwoods. It made for amazing observing conditions for arriving migrants, and it seems many species will arrive before well ahead of the majority of leaf out, making for great but odd observing conditions. I was

[cobirds] Re: migrants arriving to late leaf out

Sorry everyone - I forgot to say I was in St. Vrain State Park. --Scott Scott E. Severs Longmont, CO On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Scott E. Severs scottesev...@gmail.comwrote: During survey work this AM I was struck by the state of slow leaf out in the cottonwoods. It made for amazing

[cobirds] Goshawk, NW Custer County

COBirders, Yesterday I was enjoying the birds at our feeding station next to our cabin at 9200 feet in NW Custer County, while also watching the golden-mantled ground squirrels and least chipmunks forage under the feeders. Suddenly they all bolted for cover as a Northern Goshawk came cruising

[cobirds] Northern Waterthrush still at The Big Thompson river walk

Around 3 this afternoon I refound the Northern Waterthrush about a hundred yards east of the diversion dam near the water. This is easiest to access by parking at the pull off on Wilson Ave in Loveland (Larimer) Also had great looks at the Eastern Phoebe and a Broad-tailed hummer. Bird on! Cade

RE: [cobirds] migrants arriving to late leaf out

Scott et al, Yes, this feels like a strange spring in terms of budbreak on woody plants and the arrival timing of various neotropical migrants. But we say that, in respect to some aspect of it somewhere in CO, every year, don't we? The plant people have their own listserv called PestAlert

[cobirds] Barr Lake Warbling Vireo and Western Wood-Pewee, Lafayette ibises

I birded Barr Lake this morning about the same time that Loch and Mark C. did. In addition to the Red-headed Woodpecker (stubbornly refusing to be photographed) that Loch reported, there was a Western Wood-Pewee near the banding station and a Warbling Vireo at the beginning of the boardwalk to the

[cobirds] RMBO Banding Station Report, Chatfield, 5/14/13

Another warm day, much like yesterday - It was relatively active early in the day, and then just died as the heat set in. Here's a breakdown of the 22 birds caught for the first time this season: Dusky Flycatcher 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch1 (First ever at this

[cobirds] Blackpoll Warbler, Belmar Park, Jeffco

Bill and I found a male Blackpoll Warbler on Monday at noon May 13. JoAnn Hackos Evergreen CO Sent from my iPad JoAnn Hackos Comtech Services Inc 710 Kipling Street Suite 400 Lakewood CO 80215 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To

[cobirds] Northern Mockingbird- Boulder County

As an old Texan, I was happy to see a Northern Mockingbird at Walden Ponds tonight at 7:30. The bird was in the front yard of the green house just west of Cottonwood Marsh. Russ Thompson Boulder, Co. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] Crow Valley and Norma's Grove / Weld County

Thinking that things couldn't be any slower than Barr Lake(mentioned in earlier post by Loch Kilpatrick ), I headed to Crow Valley Campground. The only birds of interest were a Common Poorwill, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Orchard Orioles, one Hermit Thrush, a few Swainson's Thrush and a Dusky

[cobirds] Potential changes to Colorado checklist

Hello, Birders Lots of changes may be coming this summer to our Colorado checklists: American Rosy-Finch, Nelson's Nuthatch, Great Basin Sparrow, shorebird taxonomy gone haywire, and a fair bit more. Here's a three-part summary:

[cobirds] Cortez: We're almost there!

Hello, Birders. Just a few final reminders before we all head out to Cortez for the CFO Convention: 1. An excellent landing page for all convention e-resources is http://cfobirds.org/convention/2013/index.htm 2. The Top Ten Tips for an Excellent CFO Convention have been reformatted for a