[cobirds] CO eBirders: a request for your help and good reporting practices

Dear CO eBirders, This is a great eBirding state and it is wonderful to see so much participation and growth in eBird. Let's keep it up! A key element in the eBird system are the county and regional filters that are designed to provide an opportunity for quality control, and the review of records

re: [cobirds] Green-tailed Towhee JeffCo

Green-tailed towhee at my feeder this AM. Broad-tailed hummer eating well. Cooper's hawk landed on feeder posts for 60 seconds, left empty-billed. Karl Stecher Centennial/Arapahoe near Colorado Blvd. and Orchard From: Jennifer Hallam

[cobirds] Blue-headed Vireo El Paso County

This morning at around 8:00, I had a Blue-headed Vireo in the Colorado Springs Utilities Xeriscape Gardens. David Tonnessen Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[cobirds] 14 Warbler Species at Chico Basin Ranch

Chico Basin Ranch was very productive this morning, and I came away with 14 warbler species, although I bet there were a few that I missed (Nashville, Chat, etc.) Here are some highlights: Chestnut-sided Warbler (continuing at HQ) Blackpoll Warbler (Rose Pond) Ovenbird (HQ) Northern Parula (Rose

[cobirds] Lucy's Warbler, WELD

COBirds, Leatherman scores another! Caught wind of the Eaton Lucy's Warbler just after 3pm today. Made it to the cemetery at 4:10pm, no cars or birders in sight. Disheartening, as well as the relentless 15mph north wind and chilly temp. Twenty minutes later a small bird, smaller than a

[cobirds] Continuing scissor tailed flycatcher

its about 50 feet off belleview where it turns south into Peoria. That diagonal bit. Look on the cherry creek park side, right where the path from the road hits the loop around the pond, where its flooded. It's been there for a couple hours. Best of luck and thanks to the very nice birders who

[cobirds] Fountain Creek RP Spring Bird Count -- Bear Creek RP count coming Sat., May 16 (El Paso cnty)

COBirders, 16 intrepid birders faced flooding Fountain Creek, hail, and rain for the annual spring bird count at Fountain Creek Regional Park. Despite the weather, total numbers of birds were a bit above average, and 87 species was a bit better than the 25 year average of 84.6 species, yet

[cobirds] Eaton Cemetery on Mother's Day

The LUCY'S WARBLER, first seen this cold, windy, sideways-snow-for-a-time morning about 10:00am was seen by four other people (Cole Wild, Rachel Hopper, Joe Mammoser, and Josh Bruening) in mid-afternoon. There are four entrances into Eaton Cemetery off of CR39 (about 1/2 mile south of CR74

[cobirds] Black-bellied Plover, Colorado Springs

Greetings birders, while searching for Mountain Plovers, Rich and Cheri Phillips and I found a beautiful Black-bellied Plover northeast of the intersection of Book and Hemmingway Drive in Colorado Springs. He was on the east side of the large body of water located at that intersection. A

[cobirds] SE Colorado 5/10

Kara Carragher, Lisa Edwards, and I saw a few things of note today in SE Colorado. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 1 male continues in Walsh, Baca County Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 seen and heard south end of Lamar Community College Grove, Prowers County Northern Parula - 1 female and 2 singing

[cobirds] Warblers in backyard Colorado Springs

I have lived at this house in the middle of Colorado Springs for almost nine years and have only seen one warbler here in the past: a yellow-rumped warbler. Today I had orange crowned, Virginia's, MacGillivray's and yellow-rumped. Nice surprise and upped my yardbird count by three. David

[cobirds] Crow Valley heads-up

After Eaton Cemetery, I was too cold and wet to find my way to Fort Collins and ended up at Crow Valley. That place is even colder and wetter. In fact, it is flooded. Water comes up to the Main Picnic Shelter on the south. Some picnic tables with water beneath them. The south road that

[cobirds] Re: Green-tailed Towhee JeffCo

Brenda and I saw ten Green-tailed Towhees at Barr Lake SP in Adams County this morning. They are coming through the Front Range lowlands in unusually large numbers this Spring. Brewer's Sparrows are also present in above average numbers. Roger Linfield Boulder On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at

[cobirds] SE Colorado 5/10

Today marked the last day of this year’s CFO SE Colorado Spring Field trip. Some parties departed earlier, and one was unfortunately towed away after car problems. For the rest, we started at Lake Hasty Campground where, as with Brandon and his group, we found a White-winged Dove and a family

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 10 May 2015

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 10, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Sunday, May 10 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle) Broad-winged Hawk

[cobirds] Rock wren and Swainson's thrush at Rocky Mt.Arsenal, Adams County

Today at 8 am the birds were warming up on the roads at the Arsenal. At the 90 degree turn of the road inside the bison enclosure was a concrete barrier with a rock wren sitting on/beside it. Just before the tree with the owlets near the exit was a Swainson's thrush. Several Say's phoebes and

[cobirds] scissortail flycatcher still at Cherry Creek Reservoir

 I found the scissor tail this morning as a 1030 on the road that goes to the gun club shooting range loch kilpatrick, parker,Co Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group

[cobirds] LUCY'S WARBLER at Eaton Cem (WELD) on 10May

I just had a Lucy's Warbler at Eaton Cemetery. No photo but very tiny, all white underneath with rusty crown. Lost it. Am thawing out in car and will go back for try at refind. Also Nashville Warbler, empid, Swainson' Thrush and ReVireo. Dave Leatherman Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE

[cobirds] Palm Warbler Cherry Creek state park

I was able to find one palm Warbler this morning at the Smoky Hill picnic area. Loch Kilpatrick, Parker Co  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[cobirds] Lazuli Bunting, Boulder County

Gorgeous male feeding with giant collared doves on patio! Paula Hansley Louisville Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Nashville Warbler

Once the winds subsided, birding was great. At Home Lake Veterans Center in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County) were Nashville Warbler, imm Male Summer Tanager (different than adult male a week ago), Osprey, and Wilson’s Warbler. Check the crabapple trees and the hedgerow behind the main