[cobirds] Littleton and Ken Caryl Valley 5/13

A belated report... on 5/12 Ridgeview Park and adjacent private pond in Littleton (off S. Prince St) in ARA had a *Blackpoll Warbler*, *Northern Waterthrush* and *Green-tailed Towhee*. After sunset I had my first local *Common Nighthawk* calling over my home in Ken Caryl Valley, JEF. This was

[cobirds] Continuing Elder Big Day

Like all of the young Turks, I continued my "big day" today, but it was an protracted "big weekend". Along with John Vanderpoel, I lead a group of 8 friends over a Friday-Sunday weekend of intense birding in the SE quadrant of the state. We ended up with 160 species (I think) for our F-SA-SU

[cobirds] Dillon, Summit County - Western Kingbirds

Saturday May 13 - late afternoon 3 Western Kingbirds discovered at a Mt Bluebird nest site *A first for me * Belly bright lemon yellow Throat and breast pale gray the gray on back tinged with olive just like the books describe - a beautiful bird indeed Thanks again, Kevin Corwin The BB's were a

[cobirds] Gray Flycatcher Skunk Canyon Boulder County

Hi all, Sorry for the late report but during the Boulder Audubon Teen Naturalist bird and butterfly survey at Skunk Canyon today at about 10:30am, Aidan Coohill spotted, and I identified a GRAY FLYCATCHER about 1.5 miles up the trail. The bird was flicking its' tail and vocalizing about 20 feet

[cobirds] Birding Pal this Sunday 5-14

Kendall, Hi! Welcome to Denver. We have lots of fun birding here and so will you! I am a local birder, but do not live near you, so getting together might be difficult. I strongly recommend that you check out Denver Field Ornitholgists at dfo.org. Sign up for some of their many trips that

[cobirds] Lemonade 4 Sale (Big Day Report)

You know what they say to do when life gives you lemons. That is what Mike McCloy, Matt Daw, and I felt was going to happen to us at the start of our big day yesterday when some roads we planned to travel were either flooded or completely washed out, the forecast was calling for wind and hot

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chatfield Station, 5/14/17

Children of all ages brought their mothers to the banding station as part of the annual Mother's Day event sponsored by Audubon Society of Greater Denver. They were treated to a nice array of our usual mid-May birds: Downy Woodpecker (FOS) 1 Least Flycatcher 1, banded in 2016 House Wren 1 new,

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding at Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso Co.

Highlights of bird banding at CBR since my last post: A Northern Parula banded on Sat. 5/13 - only the second banded in the history of the station. Also on the same day, an American Redstart, a gorgeous adult male Blue Grosbeak, and seven feisty Bullock's Orioles. The second Veery of the

Re: [cobirds] Warbler need id Boulder County north shore Gross Reservoir 7600 feet

Many thanks, all! On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 2:40 PM David Suddjian wrote: > It is an Orange-crowned Warbler. Somewhat faint dark eyeline splitting off > white eye arcs. The faint streaking you mention on the sides is typical. > > David Suddjian > Ken Caryl Valley > Littleton,

[cobirds] Black-throated Sparrow in Bent County

Birders, I made a brief hiking stop in Setchfield SWA in SW Bent County today. I parked on the west side of the broken Muddy Creek Dam, and hiked about 200 vertical feet up to the wooded juniper mesa north and west of my parking spot on Bent County Road J. Where the mesa takes a southward

Re: [cobirds] Warbler need id Boulder County north shore Gross Reservoir 7600 feet

It is an Orange-crowned Warbler. Somewhat faint dark eyeline splitting off white eye arcs. The faint streaking you mention on the sides is typical. David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, CO On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Pieter Strauss wrote: > >

[cobirds] White faced ibis at Big Johnson in El Paso county

Their is a group of white-faced (?) ibis at the east end of the remaining water in Big Johnson Reservoir as of about 2 PM Sunday. I could not get a very good picture of them due to the distance and heat waves but they are definitely ibis. Bill Kosar Colorado Springs -- You received this

Re: [cobirds] Warbler need id Boulder County north shore Gross Reservoir 7600 feet

Female MacGillivray's? Ira Sanders Golden, CO On 14 May 2017 1:33 pm, "Pieter Strauss" wrote: You've helped me distinguish Audubon's

[cobirds] Warbler need id Boulder County north shore Gross Reservoir 7600 feet

You've helped me distinguish Audubon's from Myrtle Yellow Rumped Warblers. How about this one? Taken around 6:30 a.m. in early morning light, color is more

[cobirds] Eastern Warbling Vireos, Boulder County, May 14, incl. thoughts on field ID

Hey, everybody. Earlier this sunny Mother's Day morning, May 14, I heard and saw at least four *eastern warbling-vireos (Vireo g. gilvus)* at the Walden-Sawhill ponds complex, Boulder County. Here is a sound spectrogram of one of the birds:

[cobirds] Re: Big Day Adventure 5/13 2017

Love your write-up of your big day! --Denise Gonzalez-Walker Broomfield, CO On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 6:38:13 PM UTC-6, Luke Pheneger wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > So today my mom and I decided to participate in the Global Big Day. > > Team Name:Gobbling Grosbeaks > > Starting off with

[cobirds] Check out this List of Instructors & Field Trip Leaders for the Audubon Master Birder Program! BAM

Instructors and Field Trip Leaders for the 2017/2018 Master Birder Class may include: Dave Leatherman, Christy Payne, Nathan Pieplow, Gloria Nikolai, Bill Maynard, Steve Jones, Meredith Bierney, Brad Andres, Amy Morton, Ken Strom, Urling Kingery, Nick Komar, Jeff Stephenson, George Mayfield,

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 14 May 2017

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date:May 14, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 14 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new

[cobirds] Baca and Bent Birding

Saturday was day two of SE Colorado Birding for the indefatigable Rock Dove Tour birders. Our small group started by heading out from Lamar on a direct route to Picture Canyon in Baca County to beat the heat and wind, but we couldn't beat other birders as upon arrival we encountered Dean Shoup