[cobirds] Pueblo Reservoir Nov 19

2022-11-19 Thread Brandon
Chris Knight and I scoped Pueblo Reservoir this afternoon, hoping for lost eiders. Duck numbers on the Reservoir seemed pretty low, because of hunting, the smarter ducks know it is more safe to hang out on the various ponds or along the river instead of the Reservoir. Today's highlights, adult

[cobirds] Cheery Crk Res--Highlites

2022-11-19 Thread Robert Righter
Hi: Swan, south part of res. suggestive for a Tundra Swan Pacific Loons: two adults north-central part of the reservior. Possible adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. At a distanced next to the northern shore line, a very dark-backed gull with a noticeable yellow bill. Bob Righter Denver, CO --

Re: [cobirds] Yard day

2022-11-19 Thread Libby Edwards
I love posts like this! Thanks you. Along with all of these birds, we also had some bush tits, three spotted towhees, three scrub jays, all vying for a place either at the suet or the sunflower seeds. Oh, and throw in the white crowned sparrows and we had a colorful morning! And everyone is

[cobirds] Snow Geese and Ross’ Geese, Larimer County

2022-11-19 Thread Libby Edwards
This morning about 10 am, in the 20 degree crystal air, we heard above us and then saw about 60-65 snow geese migrating, all in a perfect V. We were surprised to see that the first 12-15 were much smaller but they were leading the perfect V! We are thinking these are the smaller Ross’ geese.

[cobirds] Yard day

2022-11-19 Thread charles...@gmail.com
13 degrees and snow brought a lot of new and old visitors today. The solitaire was in watering and snagging Russian olive berries. A big flock of robins and starlings were intermixed and working over the wall of Virginia creeper berries that was warming up in the sun as was the hermit thrush

[cobirds] Winging It Collection

2022-11-19 Thread Rachel Hopper
Hi COBirders, Steve Martin has asked me to let everyone know that he has a complete collection of Winging It, from 1989 through 1997, and wants to know if anyone might want to add them to their collection of birding material. Please respond to me directly. Thanks.

Re: [cobirds] Re: Eiders

2022-11-19 Thread Nathan Pieplow
There is a NEGATIVE report of the King Eiders this morning from Lake Hattie in Wyoming (https://ebird.org/checklist/S122649167). So let's get out there and check Colorado's water today! Nathan Pieplow Boulder On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 4:16 PM Nathan Pieplow wrote: > Elaine Wagner and Doug Kibbe