[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 25 March 2014

2014-03-25 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 25, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, March 25, 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] County Editors Needed

2014-03-25 Thread Rachel Hopper
COBirders, I am looking for folks that are interested in improving CFO's Colorado County Birding website ( http://coloradocountybirding.org/ http://coloradocountybirding.org/) by becoming a county editor. Most counties already have a great deal of information but need some editing. And some

[cobirds] Help to indentify please

2014-03-25 Thread Charles
While in Wilmington Ohio (Clinton County) last week I got several photos of a bird I can't identify ... I asked a local Ohio bird list for help but got no answers. Hopefully someone here can ID this bird for me. THanks

[cobirds] Thanks to everyone

2014-03-25 Thread Charles
Thank you to everyone that has responed. It appears everyone agrees its a Horned Lark, just doesn't look like the one's we find around here. Thanks again ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] Unusual Dove? Arapahoe County

2014-03-25 Thread Cheri Phillips
I happened upon this dove yesterday and wanted to share it with others. I have a couple ideas what it is but wanted to see what other more experienced birders thought it might be. Is it a Leucistic Eurasian Collared-Dove or is this a Ringed-Turtle-Dove? If so is it an escapee or will it be

Re: [cobirds] Unusual Dove? Arapahoe County

2014-03-25 Thread Paul Hurtado
These pale forms of the Eurasian Collared-Dove (EUCD) occur in low numbers throughout their range in North America -- a nice little reminder of their semi-domesticated origins. But how can we know for sure whether this is a EUCD (*Streptopelia decaoto*) or a Ringed Turtle Dove (*S. risoria*; aka

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso/Pueblo Cos. 3/25

2014-03-25 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Bill Maynard and I decided to meet up at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) in eastern El Paso/eastern Pueblo Counties, (http://www.chicobasinranch.com/) at 8am this morning, and birded until 1pm.  We found 50 bird species. El Paso County side of the Ranch (around the banding station mostly):

[cobirds] First of Year Killdeer, Lake Estes, Larimer Co.

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Nelson
We found another first-of-year bird at Lake Estes, in Estes Park, Larimer Co., on a walk at the lake this morning -- a Killdeer. None have been reported to eBird for the Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park area so far in 2014. Jim Nelson Bethesda, Maryland -- You received this message