[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Station, 5/21/21

Although the wind caused us to close and then reopen various nets over the course of the morning, we finally had a sort of normal day for spring banding, just really late. We had 4 FOS birds (Western Wood-Pewee, 2 species of Empidonax Flycatchers, Swainson's Thrush) all of which would

[cobirds] Boulder county

A somewhat late Broad-winged hawk was present northwest of the South Mesa trailhead this afternoon-5-21-21. Good birding! Bill Fink Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group,

[cobirds] Magnolia Warblers, Matthews-Reeser Bird Scantuary, Estes Park, Larimer Co. 5/21

Enjoying our first visit to Colorado in 18 months, it's been nice to get back to birding in the Estes Park area. I was birding later in the afternon today, May 21, in the Matthews-Reeser Sanctuary at Lake Estes.  It was slow for a while, then, as often happens, a flurry of activity at the place

[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Wheat Ridge - Jeffco

Birders Patty Ecklemeyer called me to say she had a RBGR at her feeder along with several Western Tanagers and birders are welcome to come and visit. Her address is: 2695 Newland, Wheat Ridge. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report 5/21

Today started off very busy, we had ~20 birds in the first hour and were on pace for our busiest day of the season. Well, over the next 4 hours things slowed down considerably and we ended the day with 32 newly banded birds of 18 species. Still a fine day, and it seems there was a lot of

[cobirds] Bobolinks in Cherry Creek State Park

CoBirders, A week ago, several birders recorded Bobolinks in Cherry Creek State Park (via eBird). Unless you had alerts set for Arapahoe County or Colorado, you may not have seen the reports. I went out this morning and found at least one (although some of the prior reports reported more).

[cobirds] Red-Headed Woodpecker in Conifer

Pleased to report a 1st ever sighting in our yard of a red-headed woodpecker - adult. Unknown if male/female - unable to find info on distinguishing between the two? Human husband remarked "that bird looks chubby" which I quickly admonished with "birds don't get fat!!" but then wondered if it

[cobirds] Joe Roller Memorial Green Big Day report

All, The long overdue report on our green big day linked below. Note that Chris Rurik wrote this, which is why it's so good. :) https://jrmemorialgreenbigyear.blogspot.com/2021/05/joe-roller-memorial-green-big-day-report.html I'll note that we missed Canyon Wren (which has become my Green

[cobirds] Banding at CSR, El Paso Co, Fri

Hey COBirders, The last three days have been pretty good for numbers at Clear Spring Ranch banding, at least better than all spring. 31 birds banded Friday, 19 on Thursday, 24 on Wednesday. My best three-day stretch this spring. Lots of bigger birds moving this week, with flocks of W Tanagers,

[cobirds] Little Blue Heron at Walden Ponds Boulder County

There was a lovely Little Blue Heron at the Cottonwood Pond at Walden Ponds this morning. It was on an island and then circled the pond before landing in the far corner by the treatment plant. There was also a lovely male Orchard Oriole near the west side. The warbling vireos, common