Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: November 11, 2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Tuesday, November 11 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Surf
I am forwarding the note posted on the West Slope Bird Network (WSBN) by
Steve Bouricius, Colorado's master Hummingbird bander and friend of many of
us from when he lived in Boulder County.
Joe Roller, Denver
First, here is a short note Steve sent to me.
There are many useful things to be
Hi All,
This morning with the cold weather, about 2000 Rosy finches landed in my
yard. Mostly brown-caps, but do have a large number of Hepburn's here as
well. No Black's though.
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
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11 November 2014
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A quick trip to the Arsenal this morning produced a Northern Shrike and a
nice flock of American Tree Sparrows among the land birds.
The Great Egret is still hanging around with a Great Blue Heron.
On the water, there were most species of winter birds including all
This morning, I went up to Red Rocks at 730 to throw down lots of millet(no
milo--the red seed found in cheaper mixes that goes uneaten!) and sunflower
seed. It didn't take long for the tons of juncos, American Tree Sparrow(FOS),
jays, Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows and House Finches to find
COBirders,
I was getting ready to stop daily updates on our magnificent vagrant since
she has enough on her plate without celebrity status. (I expected only to
post once, maybe twice, but not for two weeks.) That said, this freezing
weather has come in so fast/hard (from 50+ down to 20s then
COBirders,
A few minutes ago, while out filling backyard feeders, I saw about 150
snow geese fly over at medium altitude, headed south. They were all white
morphs. Their direction would take them west of Lake Minnequa but maybe
right for a stopover at the CFI lakes just south of the city.
The low cloud deck and the winter weather are allowing good observation of
migrating geese/waterfowl moving southward today.
As my office window looks northward many large skeins of geese are moving
over Boulder including a flock of about two dozen Snows.
Scott E. Severs
Longmont, CO
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I tried to bird Pueblo Reservoir a little bit ago. The steam rising off the
lake made it very difficult. I did see three Common Loons, a surprising three
Franklin's Gulls (getting pretty late for them around here), and a few
Bonaparte's Gulls all close to shore. There were a lot of gulls
Did a quick run around the lake around noon. Snow coming down, but as
with other reports, many many geese on the move in and around the lake
and off through the snow to the west they could be seen streaming south...
Cackling Goose300
American Wigeon5
Green-winged Teal2
Great news for Colorado birding!
The brand new Colorado Field Ornithologists website is now live at
http://cobirds.orghttp://cobirds.org/. This site completes the CFO's website
reconstruction project following up on the previously launched Colorado Bird
Records Committee and County Birding
Hello, Birders.
The deed is done. Bill Kaempfer mentioned a moment ago the CFO website
switchover, and it has happened. The plug has been pulled. The CFO website
you're all familiar with, http://CFOBirds.org, is no more. It was wonderful
in its day, but we've moved on. CFO's new online
Hi all,
A most educational posting! Prewitt Reservoir is almost totally encircled by
Washington County, yet appears to be lie entirely within Logan County? I
*think* my Washington Logan county lists are unaffected because virtually all
the birds I’ve ever seen near it were just that—near,
More than 90% of the lake is in Washington County. However, there is one
parking area on the Logan County side (north side of the lake) that birders
(including me today) use to access landbirding areas below the dam plus get
views of the northern side of the lake. Most of the birds I
Thanks, Adam, for sharing the Magnificent Hummer with all of us. It was a
big treat for me since I also live in Coal Creek Canyon. I've enjoyed
hearing the updates, including the banding expedition!!
Janis Robinson
Coal Creek Canyon
On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:36:44 AM UTC-7, Adam Jack
The time has clearly arrived to start feeding at Red Rocks on a regular
schedule. Joe Roller has asked me to coordinate the volunteer effort this
year. Most of us put down sunflower seed or a bit of white millet. This is
especially important during the very cold and/or snowy days. By having a
It was time to go back up to Park County this cold day. I looked at the
large reservoirs, a few others of lesser size, and some upland habitat
along CR 22 (leading to Weston Pass), Pike NF Road 435, and along roads SE
of Eleven Mile SP and CR 77 and adjacent roads. There was only a little
snow in
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