[cobirds] E. Phoebe gathering nest material in Florence River Park and Pygmy Nuthatch excavating nest hole in Beulah

Today I spotting an Eastern Phoebe in Florence River Park. As I watched as it flew back and forth gathering nesting material and I got a couple of photos of it with nesting material in it's beak. I have uploaded those to my Birds and Nature blog as well as 2

Re: [cobirds] Re: Phoebes near Hygiene, Boulder Co

Peter, Your Other guy looks very much like the offspring of the breeding of Black and Eastern Phoebes I have observed for more than a decade in the Canon City area. If you are interested I have photos of a some of them on my Birds and Nature blog.

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (15 Apr 2017) 4 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 15, 2017 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[cobirds] Re: Phoebes near Hygiene, Boulder Co

Cobirders, As Peter Gent described, we had quite the phoebe show up in NE Boulder County, with Say's, Eastern and a third individual. I've posted photos of the two Eastern Phoebes and several shots of the other guy , which may be a light male Black Phoebe,

[cobirds] Re: Rare Southern Raptors in N Colorado 4/15 (correction)

It sounds like the photographer who posted the Harris's Hawk photo today first on the Colorado Bird Photography Facebook Page, took the photo last year, and NOT today. She wrote, "it was at St. Vrain State Park last year". Sorry for the confusion. Hopefully no one spent too much time looking

[cobirds] Re: Crested Caracara in Northern Colorado?

The Colorado Birds Records Committee has accepted three records so far, for Crested Caracara in Colorado according to the CBRC Website. 1. Trinidad, Las Animas County on 29 Sep 1997 2. Chalk Cliffs Fish Hatchery, Chaffee County on 6-7 Oct 2010 3. Bent County on 7-9 July 2011 So, if today's bird

Fwd: Re: [cobirds] Crested Caracara in Northern Colorado?

No. At least 2 previous records​. Ira Sanders Golden, CO On 15 Apr 2017 4:15 pm, wrote: The original post is shared on FB. Will this add another bird to the state tally if confirmed? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado

Re: [cobirds] Crested Caracara in Northern Colorado?

This will be the 3rd CO record, if accepted by the Colorado Birds record committee. There was 4th one at a fish hatchery north of Salida, but apparently it was not documented well enough to be accepted. Joe Roller, Denver On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 11:15 AM, wrote: > The

[cobirds] Crested Caracara in Northern Colorado?

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[cobirds] Migrants

I went around Broomfield this morning, and got some migrants including Snowy Egret, (Plaster Reservoir) American Avocet, (Quail Creek Pond) and Western Grebe (McKay Lake). Also had Brown-headed Cowbirds and Swainson's Hawks at multiple locations. Also, last week, I had Franklin's Gulls at

[cobirds] N. Goshawk - White Ranch Open Space - Jeffco

Birders, Yesterday while we were monitoring an empty Golden Eagle eyrie at White Ranch Open Space, in the span of an hour, from 12:30 to 1:30, we saw an adult Northern Goshawk 2x as it flew by below, at and above eye level. We were just off the Mustang Trail. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind

Re: [cobirds] Rare Southern Raptors in N Colorado 4/15

All, The Caracara was seen at Poudre River Trail, Sheep Draw east of N. 71st Ave, in northwest Greeley around 7am (see ebird report). Information on the location of the Harris's Hawk sighting would be appreciated. Peter Gent, Boulder. On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Brandon

[cobirds] Rare Southern Raptors in N Colorado 4/15

Photographers photographed a *Crested Caracara *in NW Greeley, Weld County this morning and another photographer photographed a *Harris's Hawk *outside Longmont (not sure if it was seen in Weld County or Boulder County). The CFO Facebook page has photos of both birds.

[cobirds] Singing shrike

I used to work at San Diego Zoo's San Clemente Island Loggerhead Shrike captive breeding center and in the late winter early spring the male shrikes are singing almost constantly. They have a huge vocabulary and a wide variety of songs and calls. It's easy to forget that these predatory birds

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 15 April 2017

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: April 15, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, April 15 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new