Re: [cobirds] Re: Dickcissel plant associations

Thanks, Mindy. I forgot about yellow sweet clover but now that you and Zach mention it, yes, a favored plant (the place where I remember them being in it was east of Kim many years ago). Dave From: cobirds@googlegroups.com on

[cobirds] CFO Convention summary posted; COBirds.org update

Hey, everybody. Just a quick note to let you know that a recap of the 2017 CFO Convention in Steamboat Springs has been posted to the CFO website. Here ya go: https://cobirds.org/CFO/Conventions/Report.aspx?y=2017 Thanks to the 200+ conventioneers + small army of volunteers who made our 2017

[cobirds] Dickcissel plant associations

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[cobirds] Dickcissel plant associations

I was talking to our former biologist at work (she retired earlier this year and now comes in on a volunteer basis) the other day about this since she brought up that I ought to keep my eyes and ears out for them in the coming weeks. Similar to the alfalfa habitat you mentioned, she had said

[cobirds] Re: Dickcissel plant associations

On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 12:08:12 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: > I would be interested in hearing from COBIRDS folks about their observations > of the dominant plant(s) in the areas where Dickcissels seem to be > territorial (lots of singing on multiple days).  Of course, alfalfa has >

[cobirds] Latest San Luis Valley Dickcissels

I led a group of 9 of us to the CC Road south of Alamosa this morning. Our goal was to see and possibly count the number of Dickcissels in this area. I can assure you there are more birds in that area than what we counted but we tallied 14 individuals...both male and female, in our morning

[cobirds] Re: Binoculars repair

If you have Vortex Binoculars Vortex will repair them for free but you have to ship them to them and it takes a a couple of weeks to get them back. Just Google Vortex to find there website and the mail instructions. If you don't have Vortex I think other brands maybe have the same life time

[cobirds] Bird walks, Telluride, San Miguel County, July 1 & 2

Hey, everybody. Looking to get the heck out of the Denver metro region over the 4th of July weekend? Then please consider sojourning out to Telluride in scenic San Miguel County, for a series of bird walks Saturday & Sunday, July 1 & 2. The bird walks (and butterfly walks), sponsored by The

[cobirds] Yellow-billed Loon - inland records in summer.

Congratulations to Jim Beatty for discovering and documenting the mega-rare Yellow-billed Loon at Groundhog Reservoir in Dolores County on June 25! Intrigued by the rarity of that far northern breeder, a rarity in CO even in winter, I looked for similar eBird records meeting these criteria:

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 28 June 2017

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date:June 28, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 28 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new

Re: [cobirds] Binoculars repair

Hi Chuck et al, I believe that is true. Mary Keithler Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 27, 2017, at 7:49 PM, Charles Hundertmark > wrote: > > Do I recall correctly that S Optika, unfortunately, closed a couple of > years back? (I’d be delighted to learn otherwise.)