[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (30 Apr 2022) 24 Raptors

2022-04-30 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 30, 2022 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Report, 4/30/22

2022-04-30 Thread Meredith McBurney
Finished off April with a mostly Wren and Sparrow day. Blue skies and no wind made it a great day to be out. Here's the breakdown of today's 11 new birds: House Wren 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler, intergrade 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 3 We are open 6

[cobirds] Zang's Spur, Colorado, bird list for April

2022-04-30 Thread John Tumasonis
To: Colorado Birds: Zang's Spur, is more commonly know as Broomfield CO;:) Broomfield Bird list: 4/23/22 thru 4/30/22 Notes: waterfowl migrant species rapidly decreasing; hotspots are Plaster Reservoir and Alex's Pond. All sightings are within Broomfield unless otherwise noted.

[cobirds] 3 short bird song focused DFO field trips added May 19-21

2022-04-30 Thread David Suddjian
Three new short (3 hour) early morning trips have been added to the DFO registration page for May 19-21, now open for sign-ups. All will focus on learning bird song with a small group. Early starts get us out as things are beginning. These should be great learning and study opportunities, with

Re: [cobirds] Wishful breeding by RCKI at Arapahoe Co

2022-04-30 Thread Diana Beatty
I heard one singing today in Monument Valley Park in downtown Colorado Springs as well. Diana Beatty El Paso County On Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 3:08 PM David Suddjian wrote: > Ruby-crowned Kinglets don’t nest in Arapahoe County, but it seems they > want to, or at least a crazy few have sought to

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow at Barr Lake 04/30/22

2022-04-30 Thread Guillaume Stordeur
Hi all, I thought some of you might like to know there's a White-throated Sparrow hanging around with a group of White-Crowned Sparrows at Barr Lake. I found them on one of the big white logs on the side of the trail, not far north from the visitor center bridge, around 1pm today. -- -- You

[cobirds] Wishful breeding by RCKI at Arapahoe Co

2022-04-30 Thread David Suddjian
Ruby-crowned Kinglets don’t nest in Arapahoe County, but it seems they want to, or at least a crazy few have sought to try. This tiny montane forest nesting species is usually above 8500 feet in various conifer forests, reaching their peak up high in the spruce fir forests. But for three years now

[cobirds] Lazuli Bunting - Dougla

2022-04-30 Thread 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
We just saw our first of season Lazuli Bunting -- sparkling blue, white, and tan in the bright sunlight. Hugh & Urling -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chico Basin Ranch banding 4/30/22

2022-04-30 Thread Chicobander
Today picked up a bit with light winds off and on during the morning. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and the Mountain race of White-crowned Sparrow were the new species captured this season. No sign of the Black-throated Gray this morning at the station. 2010 was the last time Chico Basin banded a

[cobirds] Glossy Ibis, Chatfield SP (JeffCo)

2022-04-30 Thread Evan Wilder
Today at around 10:00 we spotted a group of four ibis west of the kingfisher parking lot on the south side of Chatfield. A group of more experienced birders helped confirm that one was a Glossy due to the lack of white face, dark eye (instead of red), and dark facial skin (instead of pink).

[cobirds] Migration weather: next two days (5/1 - 5/2)

2022-04-30 Thread Bryan Guarente
COBirders, An astute weather-watcher asked what it was going to look like for birds with the next system coming in. They were ahead of my thinking for sure (darn work getting in the way of fun). *5/1 SE CO will see a connection from the Yucatan*

[cobirds] Fwd: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (14): Americas (USA) H5N1

2022-04-30 Thread Nicholas Komar
I received this from a listserve for the Project for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED). It contains useful information related to the epidemic of avian flu in wild birds and poultry and the low risk of infection in humans in Colorado. I’ve observed several dead pelicans and gulls in Larimer