[cobirds] field trip announcement, "Lafayette Birds!"--Lafayette, Boulder Co., Sun., July 3

2022-07-02 Thread Ted Floyd
Hey, everybody, and Happy New Fiscal Year. Welp, it's July already, which can mean only two things: baby birds galore and groovy insects aplenty at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve & environs, Lafayette, Boulder Co. Come celebrate with us by joining in the monthly *"Lafayette Birds!" outing, starting

Re: [cobirds] Re: Do Dark-eyed Juncos Breed in Metro Denver?

2022-07-02 Thread Bill and Suzanne Wuerthele
In the Winter 2022 edition of Colorado Birds, there is a report entitled *Occurrence of a Breeding Population of Gray-headed Juncos in Urban Denver, Including a First Confirmed Breeding Record*. In the report, the authors detail the occurrence of a breeding population of juncos at as many

[cobirds] alpine Brewer's Sparrows map

2022-07-02 Thread Walker - DNR, Brett
Sorry for the extra post today. It was brought to my attention that the Google Earth map from my post two days about sites to search for alpine Brewer's Sparrows did not go through. I have attached it again here. If you plan to visit a specific site and would like a higher-resolution map of points

[cobirds] alpine Brewer's Sparrows, Bristol Head, Mineral Co., San Juan Mountains

2022-07-02 Thread Walker - DNR, Brett
I visited two of the large willow carrs just north of Bristol Head west of Creede in the San Juan Mountains yesterday (June 30). In addition to the expected species, I found two male Brewer's Sparrows singing short songs in patchy alpine willows ~1-2 m tall at ~11,700 ft (37.812777, -107.072592).

[cobirds] Prairie nest ID

2022-07-02 Thread prair...@gmail.com
What or who is the best resource for ID of grassland ground nest with eggs? I was sent Iphone pics with no scale straight down. Thanks. Mindy H. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Trappers Lake-possible Barrow's Goldeneyes

2022-07-02 Thread Robert Righter
Hi Just back from a 4 day trip to Trappers Lake, Garfield Co. On June 28, in the middle of the lake saw a train of small ducks, 4-5 ducks following a leader, as one would expect to see with a family of ducks traveling through the water. My 7X binocs just couldn’t confirm any field marks. The