[cobirds] South Western Longmont Birds ( and a bit more )

Over the past week or so I've mostly been hanging around the Lagerman Reservoir/Golden Ponds area in SW longmont. Over the course of the week at Lagerman I have mainly seen a large spike in Bairds Sandpipers as I'm sure the rest of Colorado has, Least Sandpipers seem to be pretty stable at 1 or

[cobirds] Yard birds - Douglas

We have some anomalies this summer among the birds that come to our feeders. Today 4 surprise birds showed up. We see many more Black-headed Grosbeaks than in any of the past 3 years. Compared with 5 or so in daily in summers of 2014-2016, this month we see 10-15 , and probably more. Many,

[cobirds] Little Gull Lower Queens Kiowa Co CO

Saw and photographed 7 Little Gulls at Lower Queens 14Aug2017. Thanks to Dr. Steve and David Dowell for showing me these birds, yesterday, at Upper Queens. Photos to follow this evening. Thanks. Janeal Thompson Lamar, CO

[cobirds] Solitary Sandpiper - Mesa County

The *Solitary Sandpiper (cinnamomea) *continues at the Grand Junction Wildlife Area (GJWA) in Grand Junction. Carol Ortenzio took some photos this morning while we were observing the bird. The beige spots (rather than white spots) on the upperwing are evident in some of the photos. Mike Henwood

[cobirds] Oh well, bye bye Brown-crested Fly

>From Steve Cardiff: It's a very interesting bird for sure. It's a fresh HY individual based on the extent of rusty color on the wings. I would agree that it's definitely not an Ash-throated- bill way too large, plumage too bright, tail wrong. It does seem superficially similar to

[cobirds] Sharp-shinned hawk, Louisville

I had an early migrant adult Sharp-shinned hawk last Friday! It sat on my wooden fence in the open and dove at the doves. Virtually all of my accipiters are Cooper's hawks. An immature crashed into my front window on Saturday! It was fine after a few minutes. Paula Hansley Louisville,

[cobirds] Shorebird Hotspot in Weld

Hi all Yesterday ... Weld CR 122 and 124 ponds (now a large mud flat-both sides). Weld CR 124 Pond White-faced Ibis - 3 Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Baird's Sandpiper - 7 Stilt Sandpiper - 3 Wilson's Phalarope - 3 Least Sandpiper - 20+ Marbled Godwit - 1 Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 Greater Yellowlegs -

[cobirds] Kiowa County Brown-crested Fly (likely) and Little Gull pics

Greetings All Pics of 2 Little Gulls and the probable Brown-crested Flycatcher (though the broad white inner tertial is worrisome for this bird being a most peculiar GCFL -- not the concern Dave and I had at first, which was ATFL) can be seen at

[cobirds] Sharp-shinned Hawk, Ken Caryl Valley, JeffCo

An adult male *Sharp-shinned Hawk* was hunting (unsuccessfully) in my yard yesterday afternoon, 8/13. This was only my second summer record in my home area; perhaps it was an early fall migrant. *Western Tanagers* are among the very few migrants near home this morning. Adult male *Rufous *and

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 14 August 2017

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