[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 7 December 2014

2014-12-07 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: December 7, 2014 This is the Coloradodo Rare Bird Alert Sunday, December 7 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Trumpeter Swan (*Boulder, El

[cobirds] Red-necked Grebe North Gateway Park (Prowers County) Colorado

2014-12-07 Thread Janeal Thompson
The Red-necked Grebe continues and is presently at North Gateway Park (formerly Valco Gravel Pit) in Lamar, Colorado. This grebe was first seen on 2014Nov15 and is often in the company of a Western Grebe and an injured Snow Goose. The bird feeds at North Gateway but often flies to one of the

[cobirds] December Dawn in Niwot, Colorado

2014-12-07 Thread Carl Starace
Hi All, 6:15 am.Hearing Great Horned Owls most mornings of late we gazed out our bedroom window towards the large cottonwood centered in the field. At the trees very top were the Owl pair in perfect silhouette with the skies rosy hues behind them. They were both facing our way and

[cobirds] Allenspark and Hygiene (Boulder Co) 12/7

2014-12-07 Thread Mark Miller
Hi Everyone- I took a drive up to Allenspark today 12/7 to look for rosy-finches. It turned out to be an amazing experience. Usually, they're so skittish. With not much wind and lots of sunflower seeds, a flock of 80 birds stayed around the feeders at the Fawn Brook Inn for the entire hour and

[cobirds] 6000 + Cackling/Canada at Fort Logan and 2 oddies, observation is our friend.

2014-12-07 Thread Art Hudak
Hello, 2 snow x cackling as oddies. The oddies have been discussed. Art Hudak Denver County -- 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, send an email to

[cobirds] Loveland area gull update (Larimer)

2014-12-07 Thread quetzal65
Scott Baron and I checked a few lakes in Loveland this morning, including Lake Loveland, Horseshoe Lake and Boyd Lake. Gull variety was good everywhere (all lakes had both Bonaparte's and Lesser Black-backed along with the three common species, i.e. Ring-billed, California and Herring). The