I thought I'd check Boulder Reservoir for jaegers this evening. There
wasn't much action on the water at all, but flocks of bluebirds were
everywhere. Most were Mountain Bluebirds, but along 51st St., SW of Sixmile
Res. there was a group of 4-5 Western and possibly an Eastern.
Surprisingly, these
I got some lousy photos of the jaeger, when I was alone in the SE Corner of
Pueblo Reservoir. Bill Maynard came down from the Springs, and he and I
saw it pretty well in flight, and Pearle and Clif also saw it.
The lousy photos can be seen at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsbirdphotos/
We believe it the Jaeger is a Parasitic. Seen from Dam NE corner.
Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West, CO
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Our 2-3 resident Broad-tailed Hummingbirds have been gone from our feeder
since September 30, we were thrilled and surprised to have a Broad-tailed
Hummingbird at our feeder this morning. 32 degrees and snowing pretty good
with around 4 inches on the deck rail. It drank and rested under our deck
Just saw a dark Jaeger at Pueblo Reservoir out from South Shore Marina. I
am at Sailboad looking across the lake. It landed on the water, going to go
back over to South marina hoping for closer looks.
Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West, CO
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That is really interesting, because Friday night we experienced what
sounded like a large number of Sandhill Cranes flying over our campsite in
the Rita Blanca National Grasslands in the very northwest corner of the
Texas panhandle. We heard several groups between 9:00 and 10:00 pm. They'd
just
Hey COBirders,
(no CSR banding today - so catching jays at my house).
Last night I did some “hot tub birding” about 9:30, and had several Sandhill
Cranes calling as they flew over high. The wind was just picking up then, and I
lost the calls before I could spot them, to count. I haven’t
Yesterday's DFO sponsored Big Sit! at Chatfield State Park was once again a
great success!
Over fifty people stopped by to participate and/or see what it was all about
including a Cub Scout troop!
70 species were tallied throughout the day with highlights being a
Violet-green Swallow, Lesser
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: October 9, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 9 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new
