Fwd: [cobirds] Can someone help ID this bird?

Juvenile male Blue Grossbeaks are much more tan or brown on their bellies and backs. 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 emails from it, send an

[cobirds] Unknown bird

Hybrid Lazuli x Indigo bunting. I've seen birds just like this one near the Mesa Trail SW of Boulder where there are hybrid buntings every summer. Paula Hansley Louisville Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds"

Fwd: [cobirds] Can someone help ID this bird?

I still lean towards immature male Blue Grosbeak, but of course I will defer to the experts! Susan R. Thornton, Adams County. -- 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,

Fwd: [cobirds] Can someone help ID this bird?

-- Forwarded message -- From: David Suddjian Date: Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [cobirds] Can someone help ID this bird? To: margo...@gmail.com It looks like a hybrid Lazuli x Indigo Bunting to me. Blue Grosbeak has a larger bill that falls more

[cobirds] Can someone help ID this bird?

Blue Grosbeak -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Re: Boulder Co, Golden Ponds, Cooper's Hawk wearing a wire?

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 9:00:36 AM UTC-6, Gregg Goodrich wrote: > > Stan, > > I compared your photo with a photo in iBird Pro of a Cooper's Hawk tail > feather. It looks a feather shaft as opposed to an antenna. Cooper's are > rarely used in flight programs or by falconers to my knowledge.

[cobirds] Cowbird parasitism of Lazuli Bunting

Birders, Today I saw a juv Cowbird following an adult male Lazuli Bunting and feeding with it in my backyard. Have others seen this before? -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this

[cobirds] Hummers - Golden - Jeffco

Birders, After this last front moved thru the hummer circus has slowed down at our house. I do agree with the recent postings about Calliope's as it seems there are more and staying longer this year but I haven't seen an adult male for at least several days. There are still several at our feeders.

RE: [cobirds] New AOU order

I agree! Thanks Mark, Joyce, and all! Printed out a 2-sided version for my computer desk to look spp up when needed. Compared the lists quickly and figure I will have a tough time finding some of them! No finches at the end. Hummers are way up front. No way are guide books going to be

[cobirds] Re: Ptarmigan and Chicks/Larimer

Chick photo - http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/s-img-7628 Error above in link. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn Follow Me | Colorado Birder | Pix | Mobile Version

[cobirds] Ptarmigan and Chicks/Larimer

Hi all Pat G posted some nice photos of White-tailed Ptarmigan family along Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park. - http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/s-img-7876 - http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/s-img-7852 - http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/s-img-7852

[cobirds] New AOU order

COBirders, Thanks to Joyce T. for the alert, and thanks for those who constructed the posting of the new CFO checklist. After glancing over it I became dizzy. For example, I found House Sparrow between Phainopepla and American Pipit. Where is Wood Stork? Not that I expect to see one in our

[cobirds] Field Trip Announcement: Perseids, Singing Crickets, & Nocturnal Migrants, Aug. 12

Hello, Everybody. You don't want to miss it: The 2016 Perseids meteor shower is forecast to be one of the best in recent memory. Astronomers are forecasting a meteor "outburst," maybe even a rare meteor "storm." After the moon sets at around 1am, the skies will go dark, and the Perseids will

[cobirds] New AOU Checklist

The AOU recently updated their checklist and changed the taxonomic order around. Thanks to Mark Peterson the Colorado Checklist on the Colorado County Birding website has been updated to follow the lasted AOU checklist. Families have been shuffled around a lot. Hummingbirds are before Hawks.

RE: [cobirds] Hummingbird report, NW Custer County

Leon’s report on the increase of Calliope Hummingbirds is reflected at my yard in Niwot. Fifteen minutes ago there were four Calliopes at my flowers in the front yard and two more at feeders in the back yard. It’s been this way for the last two weeks. John Vanderpoel From:

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 9 August 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: August 9, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, August 9, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: The