Wow. If I read correctly the report that Michael linked, this work at Barr
Lake is being funded by you and me (state taxpayers) for $278,000.
And who gets the water? Says the report:"Barr Lake provides water to
industrial water users such as Anadarko Petroleum Corp and Nobel Energy for
their
Yay Jack Bushong. One of the young brothers who found that wowza purple
sandpiper a few years ago at Dillon Reservoir in Summit County, he explains in
this cool story how he became king of eBird in Grand County. Lots of wisdom and
fun here -- wish birders did more stories like this for general
This is a great report, Dan. Thanks so much for posting.
Several Cobirds posts have noted the low level of reservoirs in the lower
Arkansas River basin. Is SE CO in drought? Yes.
But there is one other issue at play: Farmers violated the Arkansas River
Compact for years by taking too much
While chasing the pine warbler (yes) and northern parula (no) today at the
beaver pond on the side channel below Chatfield Dam, I couldn't figure out why
so much water was flowing down such a small and a seemingly dry wash in
December. A few minutes on Google Maps tonight explained why.
The
Dave Cameron's post got me thinking: "Granted, this is the first spring I've
been home every day, and the yard has been good for birds all along, but this
year is so crazy, I have to pinch myself."
I agree! This spring is the best I can remember along the populated Front Range
for unusual
So sad to hear this. A few years back, Robert brought his dad in a wheelchair
to see the tropical kingbird at South Platte Reservoir.
On the roll back from the bird stakeout site to the car, it was hard to say who
wore the bigger grin -- the son or the father, who, if I remember correctly,
Hey Chris:
Thanks for coming to the talk.
I found your email on an old cobirds post.
Silver Star is the third-highest Army medal behind the Congressional Medal of
Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross.
Sorry to have blanked on that, and I hope this helps.
Mark o.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017
After circling the Audubon Nature Center for 90 minutes, I saw the painted
bunting at 4:30 pm and learned two lessons:
1. The bird showed up only after I threatened aloud to leave in five minutes.
Pretty sure I could have saved a lot of time if I'd issued my threat earlier.
What a glorious
Awesome, Ted. This means the Baikal teal that Bill Brockner showed me in 1993
behind the Baskin Robbins in Evergreen is good for my list?
(Pause here to wait for heads to explode on Colorado Bird Records Commitee.)
Good birding,
Mark ObmascikDenver, CO
On Monday, February 4, 2019, 11:02:21
Upon our arrival this morning at Carbonate Lane, Peter Gent had the best
birding line ever.
"Have you seen the bird? Where is the bird?" I asked.
"In the scope," he replied.
And it was.
Good birding (though it doesn't get any easier than that),
Mark ObmascikDenver, CO
On Tuesday, October
Pretty amazing that a company doesn't want to show off actual wild creatures
living on its property after the same company twice killed almost all fish
(tens of thousands) on seven miles of Clear Creek with its industrial spills;
pleaded guilty to two criminal violations of state environmental
If a Baikal teal shows up behind a Baskin Robbins in Evergreen, would it be a
first Colorado record? (Picking scab off festering wound.)
Mark Obmascik Denver CO
On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Ted Floyd<tedfloy...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Okay, so he found Colorado's first Tr
In an age of Ebird, CObirds, and even Facebook bird ID groups, why do Colorado
and other states still have state bird record committees?
After John Ealy found the hooded oriole in his Douglas County backyard, many
excellent birders asked to have documentation submitted to the Colorado Bird
In most of its home range, the American woodcock is considered a game species
and is legally hunted. The Larimer County bird may be lucky to be visiting
Colorado.
Good birding,
Mark ObmascikDenver, CO
From: 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds cobirds@googlegroups.com
To:
A sneaky, last-minute rider added to the federal government's 1,603-page
spending bill blocks federal endangered species protections to the Gunnison
sage-grouse and the greater sage-grouse. I know COBIRDS isn't for politics, but
it's not for putting our heads in the sand, either.
Colorado is
is not one.
Mark Obmascik
Denver, CO
On Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:38 PM, drchartier drchart...@msn.com wrote:
A pair of monk parakeets built a nest in a Colorado Springs neighborhood in the
mid 90s. Escapees, I'm sure. I believe they were captured and incarcerated at
the Cheyenne Mountain
...
Every spring, bird lovers gather in the American West to watch the Greater sage
grouse puff his chest in a unique, comical mating dance that ornitholo...
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Good birding,
Mark Obmascik
Denver, CO
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a 1/32 crop, a pic is linked below. This bird is so magical
that it displays a vivid blue halo.
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Good birding,
Mark Obmascik
Denver, CO
homes west of Durango. Thanks to Joe Roller
for directions.
Good birding.
Mark Obmascik
Denver, CO
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the bird had
been seen, and was shooed out by a park ranger at 5:30 p.m., when the reservoir
closes to the public. The ranger told me the bird hadn't been seen there in two
days.
By the way, a bike is a fun way to cover a lot of ground out there on a good
path.
Mark Obmascik
Denver, CO
, but I found a
lot more birds in the the western outpost of Saguaro National Park than the
eastern facility.
Have fun!
Mark Obmascik
Denver, CO
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Of Connie Kogler
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 10
The Arctic tern was hanging out with ring-billed gulls this morning on the
mud flats along the cove at the NW corner of Boulder Reservoir. At 10:15
a.m., though, it flew south and left the reservoir.
Good birding.
Mark Obmascik
Denver, CO
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Several visitors have asked lately on COBIRDS about ptarmigan. We had three
almost walk across our boots today about 100 feet short of the top of Mount
Edwards, which we hiked via the Waldorf Mine/Argentine Pass road. The birds
were on the eastern slopes, and still in summer plumage.
Mark
Hadn't seen this posted yet, so I thought I'd pass along this e-mail
saying the Campo lek in SE Colorado for lesser prairie-chicken is in
trouble and will remain closed during this year's mating season.
Here's the message:
The Campo viewing area is closed again this year due to low numbers
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