[cobirds] Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Adams

Hi, I spent most of yesterday, 1-22, at Rocky Mountain Arsenal. I found Lake Ladora to the partly open in the middle and towards the south east. It hosted the usual winter ducks, nothing out of the ordinary. Lake Mary was frozen over as usual. Rode and Gun Club Pond was dry and so was Lower

Re: [cobirds] Re: Identification for these adorable birds

Caleb et al, I agree with your general statement about the seasonal occurrence of shrikes in CO, but only for the northern plains. I have spent four weeks in southeastern CO (Prowers, Bent, Baca, Las Animas) since early December and my tally is as follows: loggerhead shrike 6, northern shrike

[cobirds] Re: Identification for these adorable birds

Hi Brian! The first photo looks to be a female American Goldfinch. Note that it's pale yellow-ish, has a small, dark "finch" bill, the clean, pale underparts, and the "tipped" tail with black and white. The second photo is a Northern Shrike. We get two shrike species in Colorado: Northern and

[cobirds] Identification for these adorable birds

I took a photo this morning at the Denver Audubon Nature Center this morning of these adorable birds but I have not figured out what it is. Any help would be appreciated![image: MAL00611.jpg] This next one could be a Northern or a Loggerhead Shrike. I'm not sure. Something in that direction

RE: [cobirds] Sparrow i.d., Larimer Cty.

Thanks to Nick Komar for confirming this as a Brewer’s sparrow - Dave Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Nicholas Komar Sent: Friday, January 22, 2021 12:38 PM To: Dave Hyde Subject: Re: