[cobirds] Orange-crowned Warbler. Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Boulder Co

2015-04-24 Thread Laura Steadman
Early this morning at Walden and Sawhill Ponds, in addition to 42 other species, I had great looks at an *orange-crowned warbler* feeding in a flowering bush (I don't know what they're called, but they have white buds all over them and smell nice). That was a FOS for me! Also present were both *myr

[cobirds] Delta County migrants, Friday

2015-04-24 Thread Dick Filby
Hi all Tom McConnell and I birded Delta county today and had a very enjoyable time.. As we headed out the Pinyon Jays invaded our feeders at home, and there was a Swainson's Hawk on roadside poles by Hwy82 near Carbondale at Catherine Store (Garfield) In Hotchkiss there was no sign of t

[cobirds] Glossy Ibis - Larimer

2015-04-24 Thread David Wade
Hello birders, Visited a few spots in northern Larimer County today with Georgia Doyle. A few of the highlights: at North Poudre Res #3 we saw Common Loon, an early Snowy Egret and a late Snow Goose (we thought it was a swan at first glance). On County Road 5 east of Rawhide power plant we foun

[cobirds] NO SPOTS LEFT, SORRY! Behind the Scenes at the Birds of Prey Raptor Rehab Facility

2015-04-24 Thread Pam Piombino
Sponsored by Boulder County Audubon Saturday, May 2, 11: 30 a.m. Behind the Scenes at the Birds of Prey Raptor Rehabilitation Foundation Limited to 15, reservations: piombino@gmail.com Saturday, May 2, 11:30 a.m. What does it take to receive an injured, ill or poisoned bird of prey and re

[cobirds] Clear Springs Ranch, El Paso Co., Friday

2015-04-24 Thread Steve Brown
Hi COBirders, Not too much to report from banding at CSR yet. The last two days just a Song Sparrow, a Lincoln's Sparrow, a Robin, and a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds. What was interesting were the migrants seen that didn't make it into a net, all FOS: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Orange-crowned Wa

[cobirds] Northern Parula -- Pueblo 4/24

2015-04-24 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Around 7am, I saw a Northern Parula in the first group of Yellow-rumped Warblers I looked at, in the eastern part of the Osprey Picnic Area, in Rock Canyon, below Pueblo Reservoir (Pueblo County).  I thought, this might be a start to more rarities, though, I didn't find much else, except for an

[cobirds] 3 SPOTS LEFT AS OF 10:30 A.M.: Saturday, May 2, Behind the Scenes at the Birds of Prey Raptor Rehab Facility

2015-04-24 Thread Pam Piombino
Sponsored by Boulder County Audubon Saturday, May 2, 11: 30 a.m. Behind the Scenes at the Birds of Prey Raptor Rehabilitation Foundation Limited to 15, reservations: piombino@gmail.com Saturday, May 2, 11:30 a.m. What does it take to receive an injured, ill or poisoned bird of prey and re

[cobirds] Morning Commute/North Weld

2015-04-24 Thread The "Nunn Guy"
Hi all - Crom Lake - (*NEW*) *Long-billed Dowitcher* - 2 - Wilson's Phalarope - 12 - American Avocet - 10 - Least Sandpiper - 7 - Greater Yellowlegs - 2 - (*NEW*) *Lesser Yellowlegs* - 2 - Killdeer - 5 - Ducks (teals, mallards, shovelers) -

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 24 April 2014

2015-04-24 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 24, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Friday, April 24 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). BRANT (Rio Grande) Long-tailed Duck (Larimer) R