[cobirds] "THE BIG SIT!" at Chatfield State Park - THIS Sunday, October 9th

2016-10-03 Thread Joey Kellner
Hello Fellow COBIRDERS! Looking for something to do this Sunday? How about some leisure birding at a Big Sit? What is a "Big Sit" you ask? Well a Big Sit is similar to the birding event called a "Big Day", in both events participants try to count as many species as possible, the difference

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 10/3/16

2016-10-03 Thread meredith . mcburney
A slow banding day that started nice and turned hot and windy. Only banded 11 new birds: White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 4 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 WE ARE CLOSED TOMORROW, TUESDAY, OCT 4. Next week

Re: [cobirds] Re: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Larimer

2016-10-03 Thread Nick Komar
The ST Flycatcher is hunkered down in a large shrub (maybe a plum, with reddish leaves) on the north side of US287, evading the 50 mph wind gusts. This is across the road from the entrance to Forks Lumber. Other birders showed it to me, so I will hang for a while in case more birders show up.

Re: [cobirds] Re: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Larimer

2016-10-03 Thread Megan Miller
At about 4:15 a few more of us saw the bird. We found it about a mile north of teds place, on the north side of 287 on the other side from the sawmill. This is further up the road from where Dave Wade saw it. The road bends northward at this place and then continues straight north afterwards. The

[cobirds] Continuing: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Larimer

2016-10-03 Thread Sean Walters
Continuing on fence across from lumber yard ~3/4 mile north of Highway 14 on 287. Sean Walters Fort Collins, CO > On Oct 3, 2016, at 3:19 PM, John Shenot wrote: > > FYI this local rarity was originally reported on the Fort Collins Audubon > Society facebook page by

[cobirds] Re: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Larimer

2016-10-03 Thread John Shenot
FYI this local rarity was originally reported on the Fort Collins Audubon Society facebook page by Daniel Stangeland, a birder visiting from Florida who probably hasn't heard of COBIRDS. Thanks to Daniel and congrats to David Wade, who hopefully won't be the last local to find this gem. John

[cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Larimer

2016-10-03 Thread David Wade
Trough a series of texts, email, and Facebook posts I heard of a possible Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in northern Larimer today. I was a little pessimistic about finding it because of my late start but was lucky enough to find it. It's about a half mile north of Ted's Place (hwy 287 and 14 or the

[cobirds] Sabine's Gulls, Boulder Res., 10/3

2016-10-03 Thread Thomas Heinrich
At 12:10 pm today I found 3 juv Sabine's Gull flying near the dam. The Cattle Egret is still amongst the sheep west of 75th about 1/2 mi north of valmont. Good birding, Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO nyc...@aol.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] Northcentral Weld County

2016-10-03 Thread The "Nunn Guy"
Hi all >From yesterday ... - Blue Grosbeak and Ferruginous Hawk [Beebe Draw-area, Weld CR 42/45, Lasalle, Weld] - Wilson's Snipe - 12 and Savannah Sparrow - 2 [Weld CR 59 Marsh, Kersey, Weld] - Wilson's Snipe - 19 and Great-tailed Grackle - 2 [Woods Lake, Severance, Weld]

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 3 October 2016

2016-10-03 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: October 3, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 3 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: The