[cobirds] KGNU Science Show - Hummingbird Banding

2023-08-29 Thread Scott E. Severs
A truly extraordinary episode of the KGNU Science Show, hummingbirds banding in the foothills of Boulder County. A 27 minute sound escape beautifully produced and edited by Shelley Schlender. Listen here: https://howonearthradio.org/archives/9182 Enjoy, Scott Scott E Severs Longmont

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report 8/29/23

2023-08-29 Thread meredith
Hot and slow today. Finally caught our first Pewees..we've been hearing them daily, and normally start catching them right away; none til today, and then we had four. The other capture of note was a female Chipping Sparrow with a brood patch, still sporting a full rufous crown. This is

[cobirds] Raptor ID Class: The Who's Who of Colorado Raptors at Barr Lake SP

2023-08-29 Thread Anne Price
Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) Senior Volunteer Raptor Monitor Karen Metz and REF President Anne Price are teaming up once again in a brand-new class: The Who's Who of Colorado Raptors. The class will be held at the Barr Lake State Park Nature Center on Saturday, October 14, from 9:30 AM to

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies- Chico Basin Banding Station 8/29/2023

2023-08-29 Thread Chicobander
Today started out slow either due to the storm overnight diverting the birds around the ranch or that it was so cool for the first couple hours this morning kept the birds inactive. We had a nice variety of species and added seven new species for the season. Thirteen species were captured with

Re: [cobirds] Bird ID help request

2023-08-29 Thread Jackson Hill
It is without a doubt a Lesser Goldfinch. The very pointed finch bill is quite unlike the more swollen, paler, larger bill of WETA. I guess I could understand some confusion over a single photo by some people, but these birds are nothing alike in field observation, as far as size, behavior,

[cobirds] Red Crossbills and questions (Boulder)

2023-08-29 Thread 'Richard Trinkner' via Colorado Birds
For the past three days, there has been a flock of at least 75 Red Crossbills chowing down on the seeds of sunflower plants at the Boulder Community Gardens in north central Boulder. I've never seen more than a few crossbills on a handful of occasions at this site over the past 25 years, where

[cobirds] Jaeger at Boyd Lake -Larimer

2023-08-29 Thread Nicholas Komar
A juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger just flew over Boyd Lake swim beach. Seems to be hanging around. Nick Komar Paul Gordy -- -- 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 more