[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 8 December 2014

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: December 8, 2014 This is the Coloradodo Rare Bird Alert Monday, December 8 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Trumpeter Swan (*Boulder) Tundra

[cobirds] Cherry Creek SP highlights

Long-tailed Duck (up to 4) White-winged Scoter Barrow's Goldeneye Mew Gull (adult) Glaucous Gull (adult) Lesser Black-backed Gull (4th cyc) Bonaparte's Gull (45+) Cassin's Finch Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID -- You received this message because you

[cobirds] Snow Goose, prob. Ross's Goose -- Denver City Park

My girlfriend was watching the Broncos game last night and they showed a shot of City Park at sunset. There were many more geese on the lake than I had seen at midday a few days ago, so today I went back about 4:00 and watched flocks of geese slowly trickle in for the evening. In a large flock

[cobirds] Lamar area (Prowers) on 12/8

Willow Creek Park Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (juv) northwest corner, favoring a pine due east of the yard between 1306 and 1305A 1st Street (this is the southernmost pine along the northwest edge of the park) Red-bellied Woodpecker (1m) working on an elm very near the sapsucker location

[cobirds] Trumpeter Swan at Hygiene Rd. today

Hi, The Trumpeter Swan was on station at 12:30 pm today in the shallow pond along Hygiene Rd., Hygiene. It and a close by immature Bald Eagle were both doing nonstop head dips for a few minutes. Although the Eagle was in full rinse mode. Carl Starace, Niwot -- You received this

[cobirds] Waneka Lake freak show

Hello, Birders. This post is mainly about hybrids, domestics, spuhs, and uncountable exotics. If that's not your cup of tea, I'll briefly note that recent unproblematic birds from Waneka Lake and Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, include Swamp Sparrow, Ross's Goose, and Greater White-fronted

[cobirds] White Hawk, Westminster

One pleasure of birding, for me, is getting other people interested in birds so when my friend Ed told me about an albino hawk he saw, I was thrilled for him and me (or is it I?). I can't see enough details in the photos he sent to identify, or describe, the hawk but I assume it's a Red-tailed

[cobirds] southeast Colorado Dec 5-7

Here are a few more reports from southeast Colorado, to complement Dave Leatherman's. A Friday evening (Dec. 5) stop at Rocky Ford State Wildlife area (Otero Co.) turned up a Winter Wren, a Mountain Chickadee, and a Western Screech-Owl. On Saturday (Dec. 6), after birding in the Oklahoma

[cobirds] Re: White Hawk, Westminster

That's a leucistic Red-Tailed Hawk, has been seen in that 104th Sheridan area for a few years now. I've seen him several times while driving by, but not for quite a while. Glad to hear he's back. - Barry Gingrich Broomfield, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 9 December 2014

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: December 9, 2014 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Tuesday, December 9 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Trumpeter Swan (*Boulder) Tundra Swan