[cobirds] Black Phoebe fledglings with parent bird and a juvenile in Canon City

Last evening I was surprised to find a Black Phoebe parent bird with at least 2 fledglings in tow across the Arkansas River from the Canon City Riverwalk a few hundred yards west of the Sell's parking lot. I had checked the usual nesting site in this area earlier this year but apparently they had

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, August 2, 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date August 2, 2013 email: rba AT cobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 2, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message,

[cobirds] eBird - Remembering Ted Parker

There is a great story about Ted Parker on the eBird website now: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/remembering-ted-parker/ Free recordings of birds/animals of Peru are also available with him narrating. Enyoy! -- Jason Beason Paonia - Delta County -- You received this message because you

[cobirds] A friend of Colorado birds

With some anxiety, today I dialed the number in my address book for Joe Himmel. To my great joy the voice that answered was him. I asked how he was doing, he laughed that rich laugh of his and uttered a German phrase learned from his grandmother meaning still on two legs. He has a bit of

[cobirds] Sagebrush Sparrow

COBirders, If you don't subscribe to The Auk, Rick Wright's summary of the 54th Supplement to the A.O.U. Check-list will let you know what a Sagebrush Sparrow is: http://birdaz.com/blog/2013/08/02/the-fifty-fourth-supplement-to-the-aou-che ck-list/ Bill Maynard Colorado Springs --

[cobirds] Black Phoebe family refound across from Canon City Riverwalk

This morning I went to see if I could refind the family of Black Phoebes I posted about last night that were across the river from the Canon City Riverwalk. I did refind them and watched them for about 2 hours as the fledgling birds learned to sally after insects and strengthen their flying

[cobirds] interesting article-Cooper's Hawk '74

I was browsing through a 1974 National Geographic Magazine when an article titled Can the Cooper's Hawk Survive? caught my eye. It was written by Noel Snyder, PhD with photographs by his wife, Helen. They did a study about the hawk and the effects on DDT on their eggshells. It spanned

[cobirds] red tailed hawk takes duckling, Arapahoe county

So, nothing about that should be a surprise but I was surprised nonetheless when I heard a ruckus from a mother mallard and looked to see a red tailed hawk with a duckling on the side of the pond at my house. I'm used to seeing the ducklings become hapless bait to herons but not red tailed