This morning Paul Slingsby and I visited several Morgan County playas that
proved very productive for shorebirds last year. Overall, the playas were drier
this years and less productive for shorebirds. The playa at Morgan CR23 & HH
had very little water, but lots of mud. Nevertheless, the only
Hi COBirders,
Yup, two more NOWA at Clear Spring Ranch today, 13 for the month now. Also an
arrival of 7 more Lazuli Buntings (61 this month), Yellow Warblers, Wilson's
Warblers, Com Yellowthroats, an FOS Dusky Flycatcher, Blue and Black-headed
Grosbeaks, and the expected Chipping Sparrows
Today I went to Barr Lake to see what I could find. The biggest find was
the *White-rumped Sandpiper *that I found at the mudflats along the
boardwalk leading to the gazebo. It was mixed with one Western Sandpiper, a
few Semipalmated Sandipeprs some Least Sandpipers along with a Long Billed
I have been out of town for almost a month and it was good to get back in the
saddle at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, especially with it being under
the influence of a cold/rainy front. The place was quite birdy, with lots of
interesting behaviors going on.
Broad-tailed Hummingbirds
The US national parks service is celebrating its centennial this year. Entrance
to all national parks is free this weekend, August 25, 2016-August 28, 2016.
Enjoy.
For more info: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks.htm
- Barry Gingrich
Broomfield County
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For my part, I'd like to thank the CBRC and all the people who maintain CFO
and its affiliated documentations. The past 12+ years of my birding life
since I moved to Colorado have been so greatly enriched by the presence and
easy availability of birding resources like the county birding webpages,
I agree with the overloaded plate perspective. I think it is too much for a
state review committee to manage county-level lists in a consistent or
timely fashion, most especially because many county-level rarities are
probably never submitted.
David
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Joe Roller
As it states on the totally awesome Colorado County Birding
(coloradocountybirding.org) website:
"The *Colorado Bird Records Committee* is charged with maintaining official
county checklists. Not all county additions, however, are in need of formal
review. Submit your new county species to
Hi Andy & COBirders,
Not sure how the CBRC can be on “vacation” since it is a dedicated hard working
group of volunteers who do not get paid for their time. All of our CBRC members
have lives outside of birding which include family, children, and work, so
anything they do for the CBRC, CFO,
Not sent to CObirds, just you guys.
I am not sure, but I think that the CBRC has a lot on its plate with
reviewing submissions of mega-rarities
for inclusion on the State List, and probably lacks the bandwidth to get up
to date on county records, then
stay up to date.
I'll check with CBRC.
Joe
I think there are a number of birders who have these same questions.
Personally, I have always believed that the Colorado County Birding website
presents the official county checklists based on the decisions of the CBRC.
There will always be local birders who disagree with the "official" county
On the topic of county lists, I'm somewhat at a loss as to where to
encounter definitive totals of species recorded in the various counties
(understanding that for rarities some are awaiting review). There is the
county birding resource offered on the CFO page, but I can't tell how up to
date it
Cobirders,
I thoroughly enjoyed the post by Andy regarding the "official" Larimer
County species list. In this age of "if it isn't in eBird it does not
exist" it is refreshing to see that there is still interest in the rich
ornithological history in Colorado. Hopefully, others will note the
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: August 26, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 26, sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists an
d the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
NOTE: The
If you read this listserv for birds currently being seen, the
Black-throated Gray Warbler and with numerous other regular migrants were
at the Wellington SWA just north of Cobb Lake this afternoon. The songbird
diversity wasn't as high as yesterday, but the numbers were still pretty
good. Later
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