Re: [cobirds] Re: Purple Finch - Jeffco - Golden

2021-03-06 Thread Ira Sanders
Josh, Thanks for the post and picture. The bird shown looks the same as the birds at my feeder. Ira On Sat, Mar 6, 2021, 3:38 PM Josh Bruening <87211...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > To piggy-back on Ira's post, there are at least 4 different Purple Finches > that have been seen in Larimer

[cobirds] BBS on for 2021 !!

2021-03-06 Thread 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
BBS office just announced that the BBS field work will resume this year. It also said, "Safety has always been a top priority for the BBS program and remains so. Much of this upcoming season will operate as in years past but there will be additional guidelines for observers to follow that will

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (06 Mar 2021) 12 Raptors

2021-03-06 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 06, 2021 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[cobirds] Re: Purple Finch - Jeffco - Golden

2021-03-06 Thread Josh Bruening
All, To piggy-back on Ira's post, there are at least 4 different Purple Finches that have been seen in Larimer County today. One male at a feeder in Loveland, a female type at a residence near Horsetooth Mountain Park, another female type at a residence in west Fort Collins as well as a

Re: [cobirds] Purple Finch

2021-03-06 Thread Steve Brown
You might not want to exclude Cassin’s Finch by season yet - I saw one this morning in my yard in NW COS, and others all week. But I can almost always see their distinctive “crest”. Not many males this winter, maybe only a handful, and not in the last six weeks, but “female” types are still

[cobirds] Purple Finch - Jeffco - Golden

2021-03-06 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, This morning at 9 am when I was putting out the feeders and refilling, I had 3 female birds that at 1st struck me as Cassin's Finches but this isn't the weather that I normally get any Cassin's. I didn't want to flush them as they were in the seed tray and then went to the water so I