Re: [cobirds] GARAGNEY Larimer County

2022-05-08 Thread 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds
Eric et al., The 1996 Boulder County occurrence of Garganey was at Sombrero Marsh (as was the March 1992 male Garganey).I saw the PAIR of Garganeys on 1996 April 24 -- they had been reported on the Rare Bird Alert and were seen by many people. By that time I was thinking these were not that unu

Re: [cobirds] Mute swans Boulder County

2021-02-10 Thread 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds
The Lagerman Mute swans are ornamental birds placed on that pond by humans.   They both have fairly obvious metal bands on their legs. Alex BrownBoulder On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 06:44:57 PM MST, 'William Fink' via Colorado Birds wrote: I just want to ask the same question as Ira

Re: [cobirds] Re: Broad-winged Hawk adult & juvenile, Boulder

2020-07-29 Thread 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds
Both the adult and immature Broad-winged Hawks were seen this morning (July 29) at the mouth of Sunshine Canyon, Boulder.At 11:05 both birds were flying low over the riparian area between the Centennial Trailhead parking lot and the start of the Mount Sanitas trail system to the east. The immat

Re: [cobirds] Re: Owl ID Help Requested [Weld]

2019-04-24 Thread 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds
match the long-eared in Sibley.Ira SandersGolden On Wed, 24 Apr 2019, 2:29 pm 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds, wrote: All, Surely, the bird is a Short-eared owl.  Long-eared should have a rusty facial disk and the big "wrist" comma is typical of Short-eared.  Long-eare

Re: [cobirds] Re: Owl ID Help Requested [Weld]

2019-04-24 Thread 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds
All, Surely, the bird is a Short-eared owl.  Long-eared should have a rusty facial disk and the big "wrist" comma is typical of Short-eared.  Long-eared should look darker on the body. Alex BrownBoulder On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 2:13:33 PM MDT, willcbi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gar

[cobirds] Unusual Goos -- Stearn's Lake (Boulder County) -- additional photos

2018-01-29 Thread 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds
Sorry -- regarding the hybrid goose I forgot to say that more photos are available on eBird at https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S42352414 Alex BrownBoulder, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this g