[cobirds] Re: Wood Duck Duckings at Cottonwood Marsh

2018-05-26 Thread Michael Lamson
We saw them again today, 10 ducklings, now with light color on their heads and breasts, apparently twice as big as yesterday. Mother and ducklings were swimming in a tight group at a furious pace. On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 9:44:04 PM UTC-6, Michael Lamson wrote: > > There was a wood duck hen

[cobirds] Elizabeth Mekkelsen, 1914-2018

2018-05-26 Thread R Carol Cushman
Elizabeth Mekkelsen’s loving heart stopped on May 23 as she sat in a chair looking out the window looking at birds. Interested in everything in the natural world, Elizabeth lived a rich life for 104 years and 3 months, and was her usual lucid, cheerful self to the end. Many old-timers in the

[cobirds] N Waterthrush, CSR, EL Paso Co, Sat

2018-05-26 Thread Steven Brown
Hey COBirders, I banded another Northern Waterthrush this morning at Clear Spring Ranch (#20 for the season!). This one was a ratty-looking second-year bird, with shredded rectrices and tertials. Ebird considered it out of normal season, so I guess it is “rare”. Looked like it had arrived

Re: [cobirds] Wood Duck Duckings at Cottonwood Marsh

2018-05-26 Thread Kit Basom
And at 6:15 this morning, there were 17 male wood ducks and one female on the small pond in the NW corner of Sawhill Ponds. --Kit Basom On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Michael Lamson wrote: > There was a wood duck hen with 8 tiny, black ducklings on the west shore

[cobirds] Larimer County Ruddy Turnstone

2018-05-26 Thread John Shenot
Still present 6:15am Saturday. South shore of Rigden Res. John Shenot Fort Collins CO -- 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] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 26 May 2018

2018-05-26 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:May 26, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, May 26 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: