[cobirds] Sandhil Cranes

On Tuesday Oct. 9 we had a group of about 15 cranes fly over our house in central Denver - heard them first, then sighted them up very high.Polly ReetzDenver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Black-chinned hummingbird at Barr Lake banding station

While we were visiting the Barr Lake banding station on Sept. 21, Meredith brought in a female/juvenile black-chinned hummingbird that had gotten tangled in the mist nets.What an experience, to see this tiny bird close up! Just wanted to mention it.Polly ReetzDenver -- You received this

[cobirds] American Goldfinch movements

Since late August our yard has been visited regularly by American goldfinches; we usually see 1 male and 4 or 5 females. They come to drink and bathe in the bird bath and feed on thevolunteer sunflowers in our garden. We have not seen goldfinches here in many years (we live in central

[cobirds] Chatfield Water Project

Hi Cobirders - The deadline for comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Chatfield Reallocation Project is coming up on Sept. 6. The project, if carried out, would eliminate someof the richest bird habitat in the State, the riparian forests and wetlands along 0.7 miles of

[cobirds] Comanche NG trip May 6-10

Eight of us spent 4 days on the Comanche, mainly in Carrizo, Cottonwood, Picture and Holt Canyons, as well as the Everett Ranch, where we stayed overnights. We compiled a list of about 68 species, of which the highlights, in the order we saw them, were: Loggerhead shrike - Everett Ranch