I was there this weekend. It is open. I saw mostly pipits, though a few
Brown-capped Rosy Finches as well. Dipped on Ptarmigan. There is a family of
Barrow’s Goldeneyes on Echo Lake. I did not see a male, but a female and 6 or
so young.
Regards
-Greg Pasquariello
Highlands Ranch CO
Has anyone been to Mt. Evans recently? If so, is it open and what has been
seen there?
Gary Ackert
Lakewood
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Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: August 11, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Tuesday, August 11 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Barrow's Goldeneye (Clear Creek)
Red-necked
Nick et al.,
I would just like to point out that there are some stringent standards which
are applied to breeding records. Please refer to the definitions of breeding
codes in the Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas Manual:
Miracles never cease. After 40+ years, and five tries up to CR5 in the last 8
days, I saw Baird's Sparrows in Colorado this morning (8/11) on Larimer CR5.
Following the recipe provided by Nick, David, and Georgia from their most
recent sightings yesterday, I arrived at the spot 1.7 miles
Hello, birders.
If anybody's interested, I'll surely be out and about Thursday morning,
Aug. 13, looking for Perseids and listening for nocturnal birds. Meet me at
3:00 a.m. my undisclosed location in eastern Boulder County. The Perseids
should be brilliant, with no moon and a NASA forecast of
Hi, group—
Thanks to the folks who responded to my request for help in IDing a hummingbird
at Greenwood Wildlife Rehab Center. Kudos to those who said Broad-tailed
Hummingbird! For those who were uncertain, as we were—here's a reply from
Sheri Williamson with some good links and ID tips.
Echo Lake also has a Sora, families of Pine Grosbeaks, Red Crossbills, and
Wilson's Warblers. At Mt. Goliath we had some Ruby-crowned kinglets,
White-crowned Sparrows, White-breasted nuthatches, and a seemingly lost
American Kestrel. Higher up we found a dozen Pipits, some Rosy-finches, a
lone
