[cobirds] Williamson's Sapsucker and more migrating White-throated Swifts in Canon City area

Today I found the first of the fall Williamson's Sapsucker, a male, in Canon City. It was feeding in one of the pines at a private residence where I have seen many sapsuckers over the years. Today I also found a latish Warbling Vireo along the Arkansas River and a Black Phoebe nearby. A few days

[cobirds] Sprague's Pipits continue at Bonny SWA (Yuma)

Six of us spent the day out birding today with small number of landbird migrants (VERY small) and almost no shorebirds. We DID however end up at Bonny "Reservoir" SWA and visited "Pipit Hill" (an eBird hotspot). We found at least three Sprague's Pipits in a very short period of time. Below is a

[cobirds] 13 Sandhill Cranes

While walking North Rim Trail south of Niwot Road bordering Boulder Valley Ranch and Boulder Reservoir. At 6:15 this evening. Heard their primeval call first. They were flying fairly low southwardly, then to the east, then to the west, then to the north. I got in my car and drove around for

[cobirds] Ketring Lake and vicinity, Arapahoe

Ketring Lake in Littleton had few waterbirds today, but an adult *Red-naped Sapsucker* in the trees north of the lake seems like a good bird for Arapahoe County. The grounds of the neighboring Carmelite Monastery had one Type 2 *Red Crossbill*, and 2 *Pine Siskins*. Six *Pine Siskins* flew over St.

[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Report, 10/3/14

No changes at Barr today - we got into double digits only because we had the feeder nets open most of the morning (catching House Sparrows and White-crowneds): Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed Junco (Or

RE: [cobirds] Re: 16 Sandhill Cranes Boulder County

I had 50 sandhill cranes flying due south at 3:15 pm in El Paso County (south end of Colorado Springs). Gloria Nikolai El Paso County > From: kstec...@idcomm.com > To: piombino@gmail.com > CC: cobirds@googlegroups.com; nature-...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [cobirds] Re: 16 Sandhill Cranes

[cobirds] Cranes et al at Lower Latham

12 just flew over headed south. Along with murmurations of red winged and yelow headwd blackbirds there are 16 greater yellowlegs here. They called s few times; before they called I was going to record them as greater/lessers. There is also a great blue heron with a broken wing walking around hu

[cobirds] Late afternoon raptor migration, Boulder County

The last 15 minutes, I have watched 1 Golden Eagle, 5 Red-tail hawks and 2 unidentified Buteos moving south. There were also 9 Turkey Vultures. The winds aloft must be perfect. Best, Pam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To un

[cobirds] Anton playas - correction [Washington]

At HH road, one had at least 750 ducks - all dabblers but most too far a way for ID though we tallied 6 dabbling species plus coot. [We did not see 3-4 at each playa.] At JJ, some shorebirds and also some at the next playa: 7 species, the majority Long-billed /Dowitchers (32) (as far as we cou

[cobirds] Re: 16 Sandhill Cranes Boulder County

This is the right week, and the right cooling weather pattern, to have flocks of increasing size high overhead. Karl Stecher Centennial Pam Piombino writes: moving south between St. Vrain Road and Nelson, as of 1:55. Goodness, I love their calls in the fall! Cheers, Pam Piombino --

[cobirds] Last Chance, Anton playas, & Bonny (Washington, Yuma)

On Thursday (Oct. 2), inspired by Bill Kaempfer's enthusiastic post, Urling & I headed north (for us) and east to Last Chance, the Anton playas, & the Bonny Dam cottonwood nursery. Last Chance (7:30 am & 4 p.m.) had as few species as we've ever seen there - 5 species noisy Collared-Doves, 20G

[cobirds] 16 Sandhill Cranes Boulder County

moving south between St. Vrain Road and Nelson, as of 1:55. Goodness, I love their calls in the fall! Cheers, Pam Piombino -- 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, sen

[cobirds] Burrowing Owl/Nunn

We still have two owls hanging out along Weld CR 33 between Weld CR 100 and 98 in Nunn. Crom Lake-Mallard, Geese Woods Angel Lakes-Cormorant (1,000+!); "normal" gulls (100+); Pelis; ducks; grebes Windsor Reservoir--south shore gone; reservoir full (h20) Windsor Lake, Hwy 392 Gravel Pits--not muc

[cobirds] Re: Laughing Gull at Boyd Lake, Larimer

With egg on my face, I'm going to retract my Laughing Gull sighting. I now think it's a 1yr Franklins with a weak hood and dark underwings. I'm reminded of s saying one of my high school coaches used to say; If your not making mistakes, your not trying hard enough. On Thursday, October 2, 2014

[cobirds] Snipe Symposium. Walden Ponds. Boulder

Fun to observe such a gathering of Wilson's Snipe,[32], at the first pond. Also present were 2 Least Sandpiper, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, a Snowy Egret, 120 American Widgeon, and a single Ring necked Duck. Further along I had a dozen White crowned Sparrow and 2 Ruby crowned Kinglets. Good October Bir

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 3 October 2014

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 2, 2014 email: r...@cfobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Friday, October 3 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Broad-winged Hawk