I have friends in from California who would like to see some new birds! I've
decided to go to Chatfield reservoir but was wondering if anyone would be
interested in going with us on Tuesday morning to help me find some of these
great birds. I'm particularly looking for war of the songbirds
This year is the second year that a pair of RedTailed Hawks have nested in the
trees along the west fence of my property.
Norma Erickson
Greeley, Colorado
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I was birdwatching at Barr Lake Friday morning and saw a gull that I
couldn't identify. During the last couple months, every time I go there, I
have seen something that I haven't seen during the past twenty-two years at
this time of the year. On the railing along the boardwalk to the
COBirders,
Well, this thread is ended. While the belly-band isn't really a classic
Red-tail BAND per se it's within the range, I guess, so I'll have to concede
this youngster is indeed what others have determined. I wonder if the young
bird in question could be a recent fledgling.
June Birds Woodland Park and South Park area
Peregrine Falcon, 2 in Eleven Mile Canyon S of Lake George on 6-8 and 7-5,
1 flying over Hwy. 24 in South Park on 6-24
Osprey, nesting in Eleven Mile Canyon, 1 at Clear Creek Reservoir near
Buena Vista on 6 -27
Clark's Nutcracker, Woodland Park yard
COBirders-I see that Root Sports is televising selected parts of last
night's game at 1:00 this p.m. I'm set to record that 30-minute program
with hopes they will show a close-up of the hawk. You can imagine my red
face if it shows the distinct belly-band of a Red-tail.
Leon Bright, Pueblo
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COBirders-- Thanks to those who responded to my query about the hawk I.D.
at Coors Field. All indicated it was a Red-tailed. That's what I thought,
too, when it was first shown flying around the venue. The head and
scapulars looked right for RTHA. But when it perched and the cameraman
focused
Very young Red-tailed Hawk. Prominent breast-band.
At one point the announcers were gushing about the hawk, which was
"ready for its close-up" by perching on their booth.
They forgot to describe an exciting hit by one of the Rockies.
Those hawks nested on one a light pole at Coors Field.
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: July10, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, July 10, 2016, sponsored by Denver
Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
Barrow's
