[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chatfield Station, 6/1/16

2016-06-01 Thread meredith . mcburney
Second-to-last-day of the season! Added one new bird species - a Western Flycatcher - and our first frog species - Michael Kiessig caught a Bullfrog (not in the net). Here's a breakdown of the 18 new birds caught: Western Wood-pewee 6 Western Flycatcher 1 House Wren 2 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar

[cobirds] Logan County highlights, 6/1/16

2016-06-01 Thread Eric DeFonso
Hi folks, I've been scheming to head back up to Tamarack Ranch for several weeks now to do some sound recording, and today I finally had time to do it. I hadn't been up there in almost 7 years! I also tacked on a fairly short visit to Red Lion SWA and Julesberg Reservoir before heading back. I

[cobirds] Crow valley correction

2016-06-01 Thread zblueheron
Forgot to fix the list. We had a "Krider's" Red-tailed Hawk, not a Rough-legged. Connie Shenandoah on Smoky Hill 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

[cobirds] Picture Canyon Highlights, Baca County

2016-06-01 Thread zblueheron
My husband and I camped in Picture Canyon over the weekend. Rose-breasted Grosbeak male, American Redstart male, Painted Bunting male and female. Not sure how much these birds range, but I saw a single female at our camp, the pair about 3/4 mile down the trail near the cliffs with the gated

[cobirds] Crow Valley, Saturday May 28.

2016-06-01 Thread zblueheron
Sorry for the late report but I want camping right after this trip. My sis Lauren Burke and I and our daughters and two other gals birded the area Saturday. Trip list provided by my daughter, Anna. We also drove out on the birding tour a bit. We also had a hummer that I didn't get a pic of and

[cobirds] Arvada Bobolinks YES -Jeffco

2016-06-01 Thread Joey Angstman
Still had 2 males singing and flying around at 2:15 behind the rec center. They are closer to the bike path than they are the rec center. Joey Angstman Fort Collins, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from

[cobirds] Arvada Bobolinks YES -Jeffco

2016-06-01 Thread Joey Angstman
Still had 1 male singing at 2:10 behind the rec center about half way between the rec center and the bike path. Joey Angstman Fort Collins, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[cobirds] Roadrunner, Jeffco

2016-06-01 Thread 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
Tom Ryon reports: "Last Thursday, 5/26, at the National Renewal Energy Lab, in Golden, I saw a Greater Roadrunner. I was with another gentleman and it couldn’t have been anything else! I do not have a photo. It was at an elevation of 5,870 ft on the Tertiary Trail in South Table Mountain

[cobirds] Caching Magpie + Common Nighthawks - Centennial (Arapahoe)

2016-06-01 Thread Jared Del Rosso
This afternoon, I noticed a Black-billed Magpie picking away at something on the bare ground in my west Centennial yard. A view through my binoculars revealed it was some part of a mammal -- probably a rabbit. Eventually, the bird took the whole thing in its bill, flew to a nearby area of the

[cobirds] Pueblo birds 6/1/2016 (Red-eyed Vireo/American Redstart) etc.

2016-06-01 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Hi all, Van Truan said "there were two singing Red-eyed Vireos around the Mineral Palace Park area, of downtown Pueblo, this morning, plus another singing warbler, that he hadn't seen".  I went to Mineral Palace Park around 8:10am.  I was able to find one of the signing Red-eyed Vireos in the

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 1 June 2016

2016-06-01 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: June 1, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 1, 2016, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Note /