Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: January 10, 2014
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750 303-659-6750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 10, 2014
sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
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Hi all,
I was trying to dig up my old (late 90s) bird sightings, to enter into
eBird, and many were unfortunately not recorded in notebooks or on my
computer. BUT, I did however post a good number of sightings to CoBirds
during the late 90s while I was still living in Pueblo.
Does anyone out
Paul all,
I have old COBIRDS posts which I believe date back to the 90's. I will be happy
to send them to anyone that is interested. They are all stored as text files
and are searchable.
Sent from my iPhone
Rachel Hopper
Ft. Collins
On Jan 10, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Paul Hurtado
Last weekend I tried twice, unsuccessfully, to see the Slaty-backed Gull at
Aurora Rez. I enjoy chasing rarities from time to time, and missing is part
of the game, though I am disappointed to have missed a great bird that
would have been a lifer...
Anyway, I had heard that there is a $10
All,
I apologize. I incorrectly reported a Plumbeous Vireo on January 2nd. It is
actually a Townsend's Solitaire. The Solitaire was singing a very short 2-3
note song that made me think it was the Plumbeous. I went back to Ammons
Hall today and the Solitaire was sitting on the 2nd floor window
COBirders,
Yesterday around midday I called up Bill Maynard and Lisa Edwards to see if
they could do a spur-of-the-moment trip to Aurora Reservoir to go look for the
Slaty-backed Gull. They were both up for it so we met up and headed off.
Unfortunately, we had no luck with the Slaty-backed
In my recent post about Lamar (Prowers), I mentioned the Paulsen family. This
expands on that a bit. They are friends of mine and maybe some of you, too.
The father, Henry, recently passed away quite unexpectedly. He was a devoted
tree planter and the 5000+ woody plants he installed over
