[cobirds] Washington county, Akron Golf Course -- 5/13/2018

2018-05-14 Thread 'Mark Peterson' via Colorado Birds
COBirders, Sorry for the late post! Yesterday afternoon I planned on making a quick stop at the Akron Golf course (not technically on the golf course) and my planned 20 minutes turned into about an hour.  I started near the northwest corner or the inlet of the lake and while looking at a

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chatfield Station, 5/14/18

2018-05-14 Thread Meredith . McBurney
Michael Kiessig remarked this morning that days like today are the reason he volunteers.We got a late start because of the rain and a threatening thunderstorm forced a quick close, but from 8 a.m. until noon things were close to perfect. A constant stream of interesting birds! We

[cobirds] Red-eyed Vireo/Larimer

2018-05-14 Thread Rob Sparks
Just had a Red-eyed Vireo at Lee Martinez Park. In the vicinity there was also a Broad-winged Hawk, Western Tanager and Green-tailed Towhee. Here is a map of where I saw the REVI; https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mNCmQf72FTR15IsJQJBaWDqytZh3jUgW=sharing This morning the Northern Waterthrush

[cobirds] Re: yellow-billed cuckoo

2018-05-14 Thread wwillem
Maybe best bet is to park in the lot of Scott Carpenter Park on the w side of 30th St., just S of Arapahoe, and then walk along the creek to the ponds. You're bound to see birds along the creek path as well (last week's reports included plumbeous vireo, wilson's warbler, summer tanager,

[cobirds] Re: SE Colo 5-11, 12, 13

2018-05-14 Thread Jay Pitocchelli
Dear CO Birders, I have noticed several recent reports of Mourning Warblers in Colorado. Any recordings of singing males would be extremely valuable contributions to my study of how different song populations of this species migrates toward their respective regions of the breeding range.

[cobirds] Vermillion Flycatcher - RMA 1st Creek - Adams

2018-05-14 Thread birdingbreitsch
The bird found yesterday is still at the 64th road pond. Park and the 1st Creek at Denver Open Space lot and walk up Buckley Road to the trail. Head West. Or stay home and eat a doughnut. No pressure. John Breitsch Denver ://www.flickr.com/photostream/breitschbirding -- You received this

[cobirds] Re: yellow-billed cuckoo

2018-05-14 Thread Sharon Kay
I am curious to know where one can park to view those ponds. I looked on satellite map and don't see parking. Thanks. On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 8:54:39 PM UTC-6, wwi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > This afternoon around 2 pm there was a yellow-billed cuckoo at Confluence > Ponds in Boulder, near

[cobirds] Re: SE Colo 5-11, 12, 13

2018-05-14 Thread 'Dan Stringer' via Colorado Birds
Understood Joyce, my apology. I've always listed dates when I post, but this weekend I had 15 locations and 156 species, many which I didn't list on COBirds but they were all run together in my hand-written checklists...I ran out of time to better dissect it, but wanted people to know species

Re: [cobirds] Boulder: Yellow-throated Vireo continues.

2018-05-14 Thread 'Aaron' via Colorado Birds
Yellow-throated Vireo continues. It was located by the sidewalk closed ramp along the creek. Aaron Shipe Lakewood Sent from my iPhone > On May 12, 2018, at 12:55 PM, Michael Lester wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just relocated the Yellow-throated Vireo at CU Boulder east

[cobirds] More Boulder Birds on May 14

2018-05-14 Thread William H Kaempfer
Since I missed all the weekend birds because I had to be in SE Arizona (sigh), I tried to cover some lost ground this morning with a visit to the Confluence Ponds area on CU Boulder's East Campus. Lots of bird activity was going on with the best bird for me being the continuing Northern

[cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Near Mosca

2018-05-14 Thread mvjohnski
Did some birding this morning and worked San Luis Lake pretty hard with the scope. Best birds there were Marbled Godwits, Willet, and Snowy Egrets. But the best was on the drive home where I saw and photographed a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (juvenile) on a fence. There may actually have been a

[cobirds] Pella Crossing Update This AM

2018-05-14 Thread Carl Starace
The two male Bobolink now have 5 new buddies. Grasshopper Sparrows have joined that chorus. Good May Birding, Carl in Niwot -- 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

[cobirds] Hooded Warbler in Boulder 5/14

2018-05-14 Thread snowy.owlets
Hi Everyone,  I was on my walk today around Twin Lakes in Boulder today 5/14. It was quite birdy. Best bird was a singing male Hooded Warbler where the Twin Lakes trail intersects Wellington Rd. Mark Miller Longmont, CO Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT 4G LTE smartphone -- You

[cobirds] Re: SE Colo 5-11, 12, 13

2018-05-14 Thread Joyce Takamine
Please give specific dates at each site for RBA. Joyce Takamine On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 8:40:05 AM UTC-6, Dan Stringer wrote: > > I tried to wait until all the good birders and birds had passed through SE > Colo before I visited, but I ran into a few of both this weekend anyway. > Highlights

[cobirds] Re: SE Colo 5-11, 12, 13

2018-05-14 Thread Joyce Takamine
On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 8:40:05 AM UTC-6, Dan Stringer wrote: > > I tried to wait until all the good birders and birds had passed through SE > Colo before I visited, but I ran into a few of both this weekend anyway. > Highlights in the Carrizo and Cottonwood Canyon area (Baca County) were >

[cobirds] Trip Results: Prairie Wonders of the Pawnee

2018-05-14 Thread 'The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds
Hi all Some may have viewed this weekend's weather as "gloomy" for birding. For us it turned out fabulous for birding--it started as cloudy, chilly, was misting throughout the morning and eventually the misting stopped, the temperatures warmed a bit and the cloud cover remained leaving us a

[cobirds] Loggerhead Shrike, w of Lagerman Res, Bldr Cnty on Mother's Day

2018-05-14 Thread Linda Andes-Georges
Seen mid-afternoon before next round of thunderstorms. Excellent look, making sure it was not a late Northern. Linda Andes-Georges Boulder County (W of Lagerman, N of Haystack, E of Table Mtn) [Jean-Pierre says: W of Paris, S of Quebec, E of Tahiti] 8417 Stirrup Ln Longmont CO 80503 Tel. 720

[cobirds] SE Colo 5-11, 12, 13

2018-05-14 Thread 'Dan Stringer' via Colorado Birds
I tried to wait until all the good birders and birds had passed through SE Colo before I visited, but I ran into a few of both this weekend anyway. Highlights in the Carrizo and Cottonwood Canyon area (Baca County) were Long-billed Curlew, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, skylarking Cassin's sparrow,

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 14 May 2018

2018-05-14 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:May 14, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 14 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: