Hi,
I paid a brief visit to Equalizer Lake this morning and found that the
water has been drawn down, exposing mudflats at the south end of the lake.
Birds like to roost here during these conditions. Today's highlights were
an immature Plegadis ibis, which appeared out of nowhere, hung out for a
Things continue to be slow. On Monday, 9/29, we got more or less drizzled
out; the weather cleared long enough for us to open the Nature Center nets
and catch some White-crowned Sparrows for the school group, and that was
about it.
Today, Tuesday, 9/30, we banded 12 birds:
Black-capped Chick
I visited a handful of sites in my home area this morning, 9/30. A HY *Harris's
Sparrow* along Massey Draw upstream of Valley Parkway was early (I think)
and delightful. A *Brown Thrasher* was in an open space area near Bradford
Elementary. An adult *Broad-winged Hawk* was flying south along the Da
I walked Sondermann Park in Colorado Springs this morning, and found a few
birds of note. There were a few Wilson's Warblers left, though numbers seem
to be dropping. In the northern section of the park, in a large russian
olive, I found a Cassin's Vireo. Also here was an unexpected Marsh Wren.
Hello, Birders.
Late yesterday afternoon, Monday, Sept. 29, in the rain, Hannah and Andrew
and I saw a Common Loon at Baseline Reservoir, Boulder County. A bit early.
Distant, cell-phone-through-raindrops-and-a-scope photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/CoLo-2014-09-29
But the really cool thing we
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: September 30, 2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Tuesday, September 30 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
YELLOW-CRO
