[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, June 15, 2013

2013-06-15 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 15, 2013 email: rba AT cobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, June 15, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you

[cobirds] Re: More re: TRICOLORED HERON @ Holcim Wetlands

2013-06-15 Thread kickback
In reaction to SeEtta's initial post Susan and I shot down to Holcim wetlands Friday afternoon and saw the Tricolored heron at about 6 PM and we got a few pictures. Cool bird. http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_9324_cr.jpg http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_9325_cr.jpg

[cobirds] Boulder RC Sparrow

2013-06-15 Thread Steven Mlodinow
A Rufous-crowned Sparrow was singing just e of Lyons n of the main highway (I don't think it's called hwy 66 at this point). The bird is on the cliffs 100 yards or so w of Mc Connell Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado

[cobirds] Boulder RC Sparrow

2013-06-15 Thread Steven Mlodinow
There is a Rufous-crowned Sparrow singing and calling on the short bluffs along the hwy entering Lyons. The bird is just e of town, on n side of road, just w of Mc Connell Dr Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [cobirds] Boulder RC Sparrow

2013-06-15 Thread David Waltman
At 9 a.m. I heard the bird singing about 200 yards west of U Pump It. There's a place to park on the N side of 66 about 75 yards W of U Pump It. David Waltman Boulder Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Steven Mlodinow sgm...@aol.com wrote: There is a Rufous-crowned Sparrow

[cobirds] Rufous-crowned Sparrow; Lyons; Boulder County

2013-06-15 Thread Bryan Guarente
As of 1:45pm, the six of us who were trying to find the previously mentioned Rufous-crowned Sparrow between the Black Bear Inn and the U Pump It gas station in Lyons had no luck.  I was there for about 45 minutes searching from both sides of the road for it.  Traffic was pretty bad around the

[cobirds] TRICOLORED HERON and LEAST BITTERN both at Holcim Wetlands east of Florence this morning

2013-06-15 Thread SeEtta Moss
I didn't go out to Holcim Wetlands until mid-morning again thinking that the TRICOLORED HERON would for sure be there since I watched it (apparently twice, not 2 birds doggone it) go down into the cattails at dusk to settle in for the night. However, it had not been found so 4 birders left. Not

[cobirds] Weld County Least Tern

2013-06-15 Thread Steven Mlodinow
An adult Least Tern is sitting on one of the gravel bars on Weld County Road 7- the ponds along the entrance to St Vrain State Park. It is in same pond where Mute Swan has been for last several months Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] RC Sparrow, Boulder, Advice/ Eastern Meadowlark

2013-06-15 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings All John Vanderpoel had the bird around 9:15. I am not sure if this was the last sighting for the day, but it wouldn't surprise me. When I was doing a Big Day with Mark Peterson and Dan Maynard, we worked hard for this species in places where it was not rare... but we were looking

[cobirds] Fremont County: Green Heron, Tricolored Heron, Least Bittern

2013-06-15 Thread Polly Neldner
Paul and I decided to travel up to Fremont County with our trusty dog, Scooter, for a great morning of birding. On the drive up we saw a Peregrine Falcon along Hwy 50. At Holcim Wetlands we watched a Green Heron flying across the pond. We, and several other birders, searched for the Tricolored