[cobirds] Re: Snowy Owl Boulder County

About 20 minutes before sunset the bird was spooked by a dog walker and flew north over Boulder Reservoir. Lost to view so we drove around checking the reservoir and surrounding fields hoping to relocate. No luck but hoping it sticks around so some more people get to see it!

[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose Redux

Greetings all, A quick search of "waterfowl for sale" reveals a Barnacle Goose can be had for 200-500$, with free shipping! for the pricier ones. I thought about buying a Smew, Baikal Teal and Mandarin Duck so I could rock the birding world with a string of incredible finds but alas, they wer

[cobirds] Barnacle Goose Redux

Greetings All I don't enjoy taking down my own bird, but it is good to look thru a broad spectrum of information rather than focusing on the decisions of the IL Bird Records Committee, assuming such is actually final. The Greenland population, distinctly the most proximate to the US and Canad

[cobirds] Least Sandpipers - Mesa County

This morning Eileen Cunningham, Kevin Pape, Dave Price and I birded Horsethief Canyon SWA. At the same location that Hank Schoch found the Least Sandpipers on Jan. 3, 2018, we saw a flock of American Pipits (25) on a gravel bar. As we watched the pipits through our scopes we soon discovered 4 *Le

[cobirds] Snowy Owl Boulder County

Currently looking at an immature or female Snowy Owl. Seen from the ne bound side diagonal highway about a mile west of 63rd st. Wide shoulder so but it's rush hour so lots of traffic. Easy to see from car so no need to get out and risk spooking it. Earl Johnson Boulder County ryanearl...@

[cobirds] Lathrop Birding

Today there was considerable open water on Martin Lake (Huerfano County) and it had some interesting birds. My favorites were male and female Hooded Mergansers. Mountain Bluebirds were plentiful. Other birds included Bewicks Wren, Townsend's Solitaire, RC Kinglet, and Common Goldeneye. John R

[cobirds] Swing and Miss at Standley

On Jan 16th afternoon, I gave the Standley Lake Open Space a good walk and then neighborhood drive to find the Snowy Owl. No luck but wonderful park. This morning, Leon Bright, Bill DeMoss and myself saw the Snowy Owl at the South Marina which made for a fabulous way to start a day. John Rawi

[cobirds] Pueblo Snowy Owl

Being seen by several observers at 130pm. T&K -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send

[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 17

Compiler: Mary Driscoll 1ste-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date:January 17, 2018 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 17 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new infor

[cobirds] Colorado Christmas Bird Count Results

Hi all, Compilers are submitting results of their Christmas Bird Counts to the CBC Website. I'm looking over the results, and asking for details or photos for rare birds. If you photographed any rare bird on any Christmas Bird Count in Colorado this past year (Dec 14-Jan 5), please make sure to