[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, August 20, 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 20, 2013 email: rba AT cobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, August 20, 2013, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the

[cobirds] RFI: Birding in the Pueblo Area

Hello all I will be visiting Pueblo this coming weekend. I plan on trying to squeeze in some birding when I can (but I have limited time). I am looking for information on great birding sites for the regional specialties like Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Scaled Quail, Canyon Towhee, Curve-billed

[cobirds] Ebirds New York Times

Hi Today in the Science Section on the New York Times is a feature article all about EBirds and the impact the program is already having. Most interesting. Bob Righter Denver CO Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] Indigo Bunting - BCLP - Jeffco

Yesterday evening Rob Raker I located a family of Indigo Buntings in Bear Creek Lake Park (BCLP). We saw the male and four youngsters. We did not see the female, but Rob had observed the female feeding a fledgling in previous days in the same location. The location was along Bear Creek just

[cobirds] Understanding plumage and molting patterns (semi-long)

COBirders, Assuming that a considerable number of subscribers to this forum are, such as I, not experts on this topic I'm here to offer some help. For at least the last decade I've continued to struggle with the nomenclature and even with what seem to be basic concepts about molting cycles

[cobirds] Reddish Egret at Lake Hasty in Bent County

Birders, I observed and photographed a sub-adult white-morph Reddish Egret at Lake Hasty, below the dam at John Martin Reservoir, on 8/20/13. It was partial to the shallow water near either side of the isthmus that bifurcates the north and south halves of the lake. The best places to look

[cobirds] Free conference, Denver, Aug. 27th, on noise in natural communities

Hello, Birders. I'm writing to let you know about an interesting and important daylong symposium in Denver, Denver County, on Tuesday, Aug. 27th: Noise in Communities and Natural Areas: A Free Public Outreach Workshop. The symposium is free, but online registration is required. Decidedly

[cobirds] Clark's Nutcrackers at 6,000 ft.

The other morning, I thought I heard a Nutcracker noise, and sure enough, today I had 3 hanging around, Working at Ponderosa Pine cones (until they spotted peanuts being eaten by Steller's Jays, at which time They started guarding the platform feeder.) I've seen 3-4 single individuals here over