[cobirds] RMBO Banding at Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso Co.

2013-10-02 Thread Nancy Gobris
During the first half of the last week of fall banding at Chico Basin Ranch, we banded 160 birds and are headed toward a season record. Species and daily totals follow. We have banded 1619 birds of 43 species. We captured our first Blue-headed Vireo of the season on Monday. Audubon’s Warble

[cobirds] Farewell to the hummingbird, October 1st, Larimer County

2013-10-02 Thread Libby Edwards
We had several hummers at our feeder still around September 16-19th. Then there seemed to be a single hummer every day, mostly morning and evening visiting the feeder. We are thinking it is a probable ruby-throated. There were no orangish flanks and a shadow of a chin. It could have been black-

[cobirds] Re: Birding Harriman Lake - Jefferson County, CO

2013-10-02 Thread modise
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[cobirds] Sabine's Gulls at Chatfield State Park, Jefferson County

2013-10-02 Thread Douglas Kibbe
There are three Sabine's Gulls this morning on Chatfield Reservoir. All were visible from the swim beach area near the western entrance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe

[cobirds] Clear Springs Ranch, El Paso Co, Ten. Warbler, RE Vireo

2013-10-02 Thread Steve Brown
Hi COBirders, Banding today at Clear Springs Ranch (off I-25 at Exit 123), I had about 15 of the usual suspects: Wilson's and Orange-crowned Warblers, Lincoln's, Chipping, and White-crowned Sparrows, and two UNUSUAL ones: a hatch-year TENNESSEE WARBLER, and a hatch-year RED-EYED VIREO. Good b

[cobirds] FOS White-crowned SP & OR Junco

2013-10-02 Thread Elaine Coley
Hi All, After the flood (75' from house and major change of Big Thompson River area habitat) we were happy to see about 5 White-crowned Sparrows and 1 Oregon Junco feeding on the ground with our House Finches and Sparrows this morning.  We had been worried about the lack of bird activity around

[cobirds] Re: Birding Harriman Lake - Jefferson County, CO

2013-10-02 Thread Regina King
The Rusty Blackbirds were on the rip-rap along the west and north sides of the lake. They were picking along the water's edge. I saw them (about 5 or 6) on Saturday and Sunday but not since. On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:44:14 PM UTC-6, Regina King wrote: > > Since Bear Creek Lake has been de

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 2 October 2013

2013-10-02 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 2, 2013 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 2, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the