In my haste to post about the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, I forgot to mention
that I had come there after making a brief stop at the Acorn Woodpecker
spot along Stoney Pass Road in Jefferson County. I wasn't even there at the
spot for 3 minutes, nor had walked 10 feet from my car before I had gotten
grea
To piggyback on Paul's suggestionI've been doing survey transects for
RMBO down in the SW corner of the state since mid-May, and having many
occasions to bird in the mid-elevation ponderosa pine forests (and pine-oak
woodlands) in Montrose, Montezuma, and La Plata counties, as well as in SE
Uta
This morning at Holcim I had a single look at a Least Bittern as it flew
by me along the south shore of the marsh. Later I heard a LEBI cooing a few
times. Same one I suppose.
Bad news at the wetlands! The flooded Arkansas River has eroded away a
large piece of its bank at the northeast
Hi folks,
I'm just on my way back to Boulder after nearly a month in western Colorado. I
stopped by the Welchester Grant tree park in Jefferson County, on the off
chance that I might be able to see the blue winged warbler reported weeks ago,
but to no avail (not surprisingly, given the time of
This is a late report, but one was observed in the Pueblo Mountain Park
(just south of Beaulah) last week on the 4th:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18717190
So there are at least TWO along the eastern edge of the mountains right
now.
If you live near pondarosa pine forests -- espe
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: June 10, 2014
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
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