thanks for all the opinions!
I got about 6 suggestions
I've settled on Rough-legged. Perhaps wishful id'ing because I've had
trouble seeing these over the years. But my revisionist memory has claimed
that the feathers on the legs were pretty low down and thick.
I suggest that more contributors
Morey Wildlife Reserve in Loveland, this is a riparian area next to a golf
course with some rugged hogback terrain nearby.
I just had 5 seconds of view of a very large hawk perched in a tree only 15
feet from me. No time to grab a pic. What struck me was the robust body
size with large wings.
A friend of mine has seen and photographed the female red-bellied
woodpecker at Walden Ponds twice in the past couple days. Other birders
have reported it on ebird as well. He has seen it go into a tree cavity.
I guess I need some education on this finding. One web source said that
they don't
yes!
so would that coloring be considered leucistic?
On Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 5:15:50 PM UTC-6 Jeff Kehoe wrote:
> I posted this last month. Is this what your bird looked like? This one was
> in my yard in a group of 20 turkeys.
>
>
there are a lot of wild turkeys near my home west of Berthoud. Yesterday I
saw one that was beige/tan (not white). I did not get a pic. The tail
feathers still had some rufous coloring. It was the only one in the large
flock like this. It was full size.
With no white would it still be
I can't find a bird pack for Italy! The description for the Western Europe
bird pack does not sound like it includes it.
any help is appreciated
Ron Bolton
Berthoud
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Question about the Sharp-tailed Grouse Lek “known location” in PNG.
I thought it would be one specific space of perhaps 50 yd diameter.
I went to 2 locations of recent eBird checklists.
Instead I found 3 small groups (3 birds each, male and female) of the
birds along a 4 mile stretch of
I’m not home in CO at the moment but I have tried to id Mexican Duck a few
times on the front range so please excuse the general question about a
possible id in AZ.
Would there be any iridescence on the dark mantle of a male Mexican Duck?
It was subtle just in the back of the head. Perhaps that
sorry I mixed up yellow and virginia rail in terms of being possible in
CO... obviously must have been a sora
On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 7:58:07 PM UTC-6 ronbco wrote:
> I'm torn on an id.
> In a ditch at Lon Hagler res.
> I got great looks but not a great pic. Did not know what field
had a flock of many hundred slowly stream high over my house west of
Berthoud yesterday
they perhaps were heading to Dry Creek Res which is just a mile north of me
so, yes they were heading north
they were high enough that I could not pick out any field markings and it
is driving me to
I drove to the places used for a couple recent ebird checklists for the
Sharp-tailed Grouse "known lek" in PNG (Pawnee, east unit, north). I found
no Grouse or anything that looked like it might be a Lek. Certainly I've
never studied Leks and only know that the birds come out pre-dawn. Photos
Thanks to all for the advice!
I'll fearlessly take on the challenge this winter.
On Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 12:24:45 PM UTC-6 Bryan Guarente wrote:
> Ron,
> For any of the longspurs in winter, it is best to learn their calls and
> rattle calls (not their songs). When a flock of Horned
I'm a reasonably passionate birder, but not very patient.
I saw an ebird post for a Lapland Longspur nearby my home and since it
would be a lifer I went to look; no success, but again, I am not patient.
Looking at ebird stats for the area (Loveland/Longmont) it seems that
sitings are not
Inquiring minds...
Yesterday I saw the one that's been hanging around south mesa trail in
Boulder.
A lifer for me.
Fascinating that it flycatches. It certainly does not look agile enough for
that.
I got really good looks for 20 minutes. Later I reviewed the field markings
and don't
Today in my backyard against the foothills west of Berthoud. In a modest sized
locust tree. A group of about 5 sparrow-sized birds arrived and made a ruckus.
I had great looks but can’t determine what they are.
Larger than house sparrow and certainly no male appearances in the group.
Drab
can't quite find a match...
group of 4 in trees between 1st pond and coral
plump sparrow with buff breast, uniform brown wings and striking head
pattern
the most striking feature was the black mustache/throat stripes like a lark
sparrow, also had small central dark spot on breast
however i
I've had cedar waxwings in my yard for the past couple of years. I
generally see them in the spring/early summer and assume they have a nest
in a big spruce.
Just noticed them this morning for this season. I think I've seen them a
few times in the winter but can't recall.
So I looked at the bar
I saw it, with another birder, at 9am from the south side of Sand Creek
down a short trail from Alton and 37th. I posted on ebird.
It was sunning itself and preening in a leafless tree (with red bark) on
the island in the creek.
I had almost given up after searching for 45 min. The heavy
Speaking of nighthawks
I was birding near Crow Valley with my son last week. A few nighthawks we’re
flying, we saw 2 still snoozing in trees and on a post, even just an hour
before sunset. We were hunting for a visual of some singing bird and once we
found it, a mockingbird, we were
First time for me. Quite surprising.
We have had a big flock of cowbirds for a couple weeks.
Of course I did not get a good enough look or know what to look for at the time
to determine if it was albino.
Ron Bolton
Berthoud
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I've looked at the big dry creek location a couple times; working the
stream between the solar panels and Zuni.
Any hints on the specific area it has been scene? Near the creek in the
cottonwoods or away from the stream in the brush?
I've tried to find a way to contact the guys that reported it
I forgot to give the location in more helpful termstrees next to
parking garage at SE corner of 120th and Pecos...though I know they are not
back there this afternoon when I checked.
Ron Bolton
Berthoud
On Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 12:03:30 PM UTC-6, ronbco wrote:
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> a small group in
a small group in trees next to the DigitalGlobe west parking structure,
eating insects (sometimes hanging on the underside) on the tree blossoms
I was stumped on the id because the merlin app did not show it as a
potential match with their id tool.
Also, these were much less "fluffy" than most
Just spent an hour looking. Many raptors! But no definitive Harris'. But
did see the Goshawk and Rough-legged!
Good luck!
On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 8:17:48 AM UTC-7, Steven Rash wrote:
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> Headed up to Ft. Collins here shortly. Has anyone seen the Harris's Hawk
> today?
>
> Any help is
Probably wishful thinking.
On my porch west of Berthoud, last week 3 individuals riding thermals and
moving south.
Only reason I noticed was they were all white under and the wings seemed a
different shape and wing angle than the usual red tailed, and no red. Then I
thought I heard a call
Yesterday afternoon I went to look for the warbler as it would be a lifer
for me.
I found the markers noted in the previous postings and I even found one of
it's reported buddy hermit thrushes. But alas the target itself was not
found.
As I was walking away I reflected on how birding can be
I explored SE CO for the first time on Sun-Tuesday. I had a target list of
10 potential lifers. Alas, not a one was found. However I really enjoyed
the exploring and camping. Fortunately the persistent, lovely songs of the
canyon wren soothed the disappointment over nary a Lewis or
I received one reply with some guidance and have gone back and forth on a
final determination.
I have landed (or shall I swooped in) on Coopers.
Final factors were:
- probably can't count on the tail feathers actually being rounded since
they were folded in perched position
- length
The pair landed just off my back porch in my rural home west of Berthoud.
I did not have in my brain the differentiation factors for Sharpies,
Coopers and Merlins for the 20 seconds before they left.
In studying afterwards I am pretty sure they were Sharpies because the tail
feathers, when
I went to Bohn park to look for it. Found a noisy Hairy but it was definitely
not a YB sapsucker.
Not sure I was in the right spot. Drove across the big field to the SW area.
However I studied an intriguing perching hawk which I can't id. Mid-sized,
clean white undersides with small subtle
I went to take a look this afternoon. This would (embarrassingly) be a
lifer for me. So my judgment is probably clouded as one would expect for
someone in the 400's of life list who is lucky to add 10 a year without
selfishly targeting my vacations for birds.
I studied it for 15 minutes as it
I was surprised to see a Prairie Falcon posing quite nicely for me on a
pole along a dirt road I frequently run which is on the east side of Dry
Creek Res.
The road is maybe private, it is unclear, but no one seems to mind people
walking/running/skiing on it. You could park at the corner of Co
The RBW pretty much had the run of Crow Valley Campground.
I spotted the BWH a couple miles north of the campground along one of the
PNG dirt roads.
At least I hope it was that species and not a Harrier. The tail had a
pretty distinctive white part...at least that is what my mind decided after
Sorry I should have been more clear. I was in CA, in the Sierra Nevada.
Just thought some cobirders might be interested of have input.
On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 10:31:51 PM UTC-6, ronbco wrote:
I was shocked to observe a yellowlegs at trail camp pond on the Mt Whitney
trail, at 12,000
Richard Trinkner and I birded a few spots this morning.
I was after a Cordilleran Flycatcher and we were successful while walking
the road of Lefthand Canyon a couple miles west of Hwy 36.
Other notables there were Lazuli Bunting and white-breasted nuthatch.
Then we stopped along St Vrain Rd east
Yes.
Sorry I was not more specific.
On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 3:34:39 PM UTC-6, Roger Linfield wrote:
A web search of Ryssby Church shows it to be at 9000 N 63rd Street, 10
miles NNE of Boulder, but still in Boulder County. Is that where the
flycatcher is?
Roger Linfield
Boulder
Thanks to David Dowell for reporting this on May 11. I refound it in the
north east region of the church grounds. I was silent, but not shy. The eye
ring is very slim, wing bars evident, and the tail dipping was, um,
tell-tale.
Ron Bolton
Berthoud
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I looked for 45min to an hr on each of monday and tuesday morning with no
success.
Ron Bolton
Berthoud
On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 10:53:39 PM UTC-7, fiddlenurs wrote:
I'm thinking about heading up to Fort Collins to try to find the Woodcock.
Has anyone seen him in the last couple of
Yesterday Greg Mulder and I birded Pawnee National Grasslands and Lower
Latham / Beebe Draw.
Crow Valley did not disappoint! 3 Short-eared owls on the far end of the
trail beyond the campground. Many Brown Thrashers, some yellow headed
blackbirds, and a black-crowned night-heron.
The
Greg M and I were happy to spot and hear a red-eyed vireo this morning on
the path between the ponds and the creek.
Greg also sighted wood ducks in the pond west of the western most path.
I was stumped by an all dark-grey breast/belly/head perching bird with
conical bill, all dark eye and black
Some surprises yesterday birding the Ramsay-Shockey Open Space, Shoshone
Trail.
The highlight was a Brown-headed Cowbird posing for a nice long look and a
great look at an Olive-sided Flycatcher.
Otherwise the usuals. Wish I could definitively tell if I had a
black-chinned hummer or if they
Thanks to those who responded!
The verdict is a Hermit Thrush!
Beautiful song!
I think I had not considered it before because I observed it singing from
tall tree tops. Also I had not realized how much smaller and more slender
than other thrushes.
Ron Bolton
Berthoud
On Wednesday, June 11,
sorry to clutter cobirds with an id request of a CA siting...but I am
stuck...and I've tried whatbird and xeno-canto.
See the name of one of our local experts with postings of audio recordings
(you know who you are Ted...) I am going to reach out to this group.
place: sierra nevada mtns
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