Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: July 20, 2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, July 20 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
YELLOWCROWNED
I am currently at the intersection of Route and Garfield in Pueblo and there
are seven Mississippi kites here. They are up in the trees surrounding the
intersection.
Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
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The Northern Cardinal was calling part way up Hawthorn Gulch this morning.
This is the same location he has been seen in the past (trail head at west end
of Hawthorn). He has also been seen occasionally in Sanitas Valley this summer.
An Indigo Bunting male has been singing in the morning in
Hello, Birders.
Arizona birder Kurt Radamaker sent me an interesting email. With his
permission I am forwarding along his message to COBirds.
Ted Floyd, Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
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Hi Ted,
I was reading COBIRDS and saw the discussion on
When talking about the Mississippi kites, I realized that I could add more to
the post. I friend of mine lives 3 blocks from this site and, in addition to
the kites that are here, he has kites nesting across the street from his house.
In addition, at the Routt and Garfield intersection ,
Warren's son, Larry Finch, just phoned me to report his father's passing
today. Warren was a grand man in Colorado birding and will be missed by
literally hundreds of birders.
Born on October 27, 1924, in a small town in South Dakota, Warren became a
world-renowned uranium geologist, working for
Have you ever met someone who you are sure has seen way, WAY more birds than
you? God bless you Warren Finch.
Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
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Thank you to Joe Roller for the post regarding the passing of Warren Finch. I
first met Warren back in the 80’s at a DFO meeting. This was back in the day
before cellphones, email and the internet when the DFO was still the grand dame
of the Colorado birding community. Many
I was able to get out to look for the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher found by
Rich Miller south of Florence this morning. I drove past a Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher in the same dead tree previously described a couple of times,
pulling over when safe to take a couple of photos. After reading that Mike
