[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 12 March 2014

2014-03-12 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 12, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, March 12, 2014, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the

[cobirds] Harris's Sparrow continues, Carbondale, Garfield Cty

2014-03-12 Thread Dick Filby
Hi All Denise and I just returned home from watching Snow Leopards in the Himalayas (very successful trip !!).. and our yard Harris's Sparrow is still in residence this morning Email if you want details Good birding all Dick Filby Carbondale, CO -- You received this message

Re: [cobirds] Re: Hawk ID

2014-03-12 Thread Chip Clouse
The eyes seem to be facing forward so I thought it was a male Northern Harrier. Chip Clouse Olde Town Arvada On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Cathy Sheeter cr...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't agree. It looks like a pale immature Ferruginous Hawk to me. It appears to have a heavy barrel chested

[cobirds] Harlan's Hawk / South Platte Park

2014-03-12 Thread Dave Cameron
Right at the visitor's center, perched for half an hour or so. Dave Cameron Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[cobirds] Recent birds: Chatfield, Marston Lake, Ken Caryl Valley

2014-03-12 Thread David Suddjian
At Chatfield SP on Mar 9...A female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was with Commons off Catfish Flat picnic area, three BALD EAGLES were on the ice shelf there, and a SAY'S PHOEBE was near the Catfish Flat parking lot. The riparian of the Platte River delta area had a male Audubon's YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER

[cobirds] Cinnamon Teal; Dark-phase Red-tail, Boulder County

2014-03-12 Thread Richard Pautsch
On today's weekly Boulder Bird Club trip, we found a pair of Cinnamon Teal at Cottonwood and a very striking uniformly dark hawk with a whitish tail ending in a narrow, well-defined black band in the trees bordering Dodd Reservoir, presumably a first year dark phase Red-tail. -- Dick Pautsch,

[cobirds] no longer birding access to Snowmass (Pitkin Co)?

2014-03-12 Thread Wim van Dam
I'm visiting Aspen and today I wanted to get to the Snowmass hotspot to try for X Rosy-Finches. Annoyingly enough once I got to Snowmass base I was told that non skiers/snowboarders can no longer take the lift to Sam's Knob or Elk Camp. The foot passenger ticket is now only valid for the

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (12 Mar 2014) 8 Raptors

2014-03-12 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 12, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0