[cobirds] Re: Mississippi Kites in Denver’s Clayton neighborhood

2021-09-05 Thread Robert Raker
Oops. Forgot my info: Robert Raker. Lakewood, CO On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 9:06:07 PM UTC-6 Robert Raker wrote: > Hey Gregg, thanks for passing on your observations. I'm beginning to think > there may be two juveniles and two adults in the Clayton neighborhood. I > found a nest with a

[cobirds] Re: Mississippi Kites in Denver’s Clayton neighborhood

2021-09-05 Thread Robert Raker
Hey Gregg, thanks for passing on your observations. I'm beginning to think there may be two juveniles and two adults in the Clayton neighborhood. I found a nest with a young bird in it being fed by an adult. Your observations sound like another young bird that has fledged and being fed by

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/5/21

2021-09-05 Thread Meredith McBurney
More of the same - Wilson's Warblers dominating but overall not many birds. Here's the breakdown of today's 26 new birds: House Wren 1 Yellow Warbler 6 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 15 Chipping Sparrow 2 We are open 6 days a week, weather permitting through

Re: [cobirds] Roads at Chico ranch El Paso county

2021-09-05 Thread Diana Beatty
I was there on Saturday and same as Linda said - a few puddles but otherwise fine. I think we saw a road grader out there, too, so they may have worked on some of them on Saturday, not sure. But they were in pretty good condition as far as Rose's Pond - didn't go past that. Diana. Beatty El

[cobirds] Re: Mississippi Kites in Denver’s Clayton neighborhood

2021-09-05 Thread Gregg Goodrich
I got photos and a recording of the juvenile Mississippi Kite being fed by an adult at 33rd and Clayton today 9/5/21. One food item was a cicada but not sure of the other bug. I noticed that the adult would not give the juvenile the bug until it flew to another tree on one occasion. The call of

[cobirds] History - Old bird checklists

2021-09-05 Thread 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
Does anyone know of a place that might have an interest in saving old bird checklists? I have a packet several inches thick of everything from Chatfield to Rock Creek to Durango to Bonny and I'm ready to give them away or to toss them. Hugh Kingery -- -- You received this message because

Re: [cobirds] Roads at Chico ranch El Paso county

2021-09-05 Thread linda hodges
Sorry to be so late with this, Bill. When I was there on Friday, there were a couple of road puddles which made it necessary to veer off the road momentarily, but otherwise it was fine. *Linda Hodges* On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 9:26 AM Bill Kosar wrote: > Does anyone know the current road

[cobirds] Re: Mississippi Kites in Denver’s Clayton neighborhood

2021-09-05 Thread Geoff Stacks
I saw them with a few other birders today. There appears to be a nest in a large tree across the street from 2731 33rd Ave., Denver. Here are my photos from about 11:30 a.m. today: https://ebird.org/checklist/S94228330 Geoff Stacks Aurora, CO On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 3:21:12 PM UTC-6

[cobirds] Re: Mississippi Kites in Denver’s Clayton neighborhood

2021-09-05 Thread Brian Johnson
The Kites were present today at around 1pm. I was driving north on MLK BLVD and Columbine when I saw two, one soaring overhead the other at tree top level. Good birding Brian Johnson, Englewood CO On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 10:07:56 AM UTC-6 pato...@gmail.com wrote: > Not one, not two,