[cobirds] Boulder County Audubon program tonight! (2/27) Three billion birds lost, and counting...

2024-02-27 Thread Sandra Laursen
after the event. For details and Zoom link: https://www.boulderaudubon.org/all-events/ bird-conservation-feb-2024 Sandra Laursen, for BCAS programs committee -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group,

[cobirds] Re: birds along the US-287 corridor in eastern Boulder Co., Oct. 26–28

2023-11-01 Thread Sandra Laursen
to look, so that was fun. Moral, take your binocs to the docs! Sandra Laursen On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 11:45:06 PM UTC-6 Ted Floyd wrote: > Hey, all. > > Some odds and ends from these past few days in eastern Boulder Co. All > reports from within a proverbial stone's thr

[cobirds] Re: Question about song of Colorado white-throated sparrows

2020-07-04 Thread Sandra Laursen
I don't know the answer, but can recommend the piece by Sarah Zhang in the Atlantic Monthly, with recordings and sonograms https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/07/bird-song-sparrows/613768/ On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 6:59:33 PM UTC-6, Willem van Vliet wrote: > > > A study, just

[cobirds] Re: Boulder County last night: owls & nightjars; bats, anurans, & fireflies; nocturnal marsh wrens & grasshopper sparrows; etc.

2020-06-09 Thread Sandra Laursen
Just a note that you, Ted, reported fireflies on June 9-10, 2017, according to the search function on this august list. So they are early but have been early before! - Sandra Laursen On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 4:27:12 PM UTC-6, Ted Floyd wrote: > > Hey, folks. > > Andrew

[cobirds] Re: Cautions on Gull Identification

2020-02-04 Thread Sandra Laursen
In other words, we shouldn't be so gullible... On Monday, February 3, 2020 at 6:07:19 PM UTC-7, David Tønnessen wrote: > > The last several days have seen my eBird rare bird alerts blown up by > reports of "Slaty-backed Gull" with photos of anything from Iceland > Thayer's Gull to the

[cobirds] Re: Gray Catbird, Denver County

2019-10-31 Thread Sandra Laursen
We spotted a Catbird on the CBC last year in a count area on the north side of Boulder - in shrubs, can't recall what kind. It was a surprise for us on that date (12/15/18) to be sure! - Sandra Laursen On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 11:34:32 AM UTC-6, paddyo'bird wrote: > > I have

[cobirds] Re: if you are still at all curious about my Boulder phoebe saga...

2019-07-29 Thread Sandra Laursen
ring work the last couple of years suggest a promising uptick in BUOW breeding success in Boulder County, but I haven't heard how things stand for this year. Meanwhile, I faithfully document zeroes in the name of science and enjoy the other species I see on the prairie. - Sandra Laursen On Tue

[cobirds] Re: Says Phoebe, Louisville

2019-03-27 Thread Sandra Laursen
I had one this weekend in south Boulder too! Sandra Laursen On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 8:45:56 AM UTC-6, redstar...@gmail.com wrote: > > A Say’s phoebe is calling and fly-catching from the tops of trees > by my house. > > Paula Hansley > Boulder County > Sent fr

[cobirds] more than one? Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose

2019-02-04 Thread Sandra Laursen
As far as I can tell, the discussions on this list have been talking about repeated sightings of *one* of each species. So I am curious if anyone has seen larger numbers of either goose, or if these sightings got magnified in the re-telling. There are lies, damn lies, and bird lists Sandra Laursen Bould

Re: [cobirds] Yesterday's golden-plover event--and a question for Bryan Guarente

2018-10-17 Thread Sandra Laursen
Bryan, thanks for this analysis. One lesson I have absorbed from you in the past is that it's not the surface-level winds that are important, but the wind up a bit higher where the birds are migrating. Why do you focus on surface winds this time? thanks - Sandra Laursen On Monday, October

[cobirds] Re: Birds on Quandary Peak

2018-08-13 Thread Sandra Laursen
ions about Colorado birding. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cobirds - Sandra Laursen On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 5:44:08 PM UTC-6, mvjo...@gmail.com wrote: > > Did Quandary Peak today and noted a few birds along the way. Two Rock > Wrens at 13,000 ft were a surprise. Hea

[cobirds] Re: Mt Evans 7-2 (Clear Creek County)

2018-07-04 Thread Sandra Laursen
In addition to some of David's spottings, we saw American Pipits at Summit Lake on 7/1. - Sandra Laursen On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 5:02:13 PM UTC-6, David Suddjian wrote: > > For those who may be heading up high to Mt Evans, here are a few > highlights from a drive I made up there

[cobirds] Re: UI warbler, Larimer County - calling it a Blue-Winged Warbler

2018-05-25 Thread Sandra Laursen
- particularly if the reason the individual is out of its usual range, or at the ragged edge, is that it is less fit to begin with. - Sandra Laursen On Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 10:24:40 PM UTC-6, Sandra Laursen wrote: > > Yesterday we saw a warbler that puzzled us in the Endovalley picni

[cobirds] UI warbler, Larimer County

2018-05-17 Thread Sandra Laursen
the Ring-Necked Ducks on Lily Lake and the Clark's Nutcrackers at Rainbow Curve on Trail Ridge Road. My Australian friend was quite delighted with the Stellers Jays. - Sandra Laursen Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds&q

[cobirds] Re: Grandview Cemetery (Fort Collins, Larimer) on 24July2017

2017-07-23 Thread Sandra Laursen
hird brood. At the time, he was working on a method for marking individuals with sharpie markers - the birds would peck paint off but seemed to tolerate the markers. Perhaps someone else in this community is more up-to-date on this work than I am. thanks for sharing this, Dave - Sandra Lau

[cobirds] buckets of evening grosbeaks - Rio Grande County

2017-05-25 Thread Sandra Laursen
valley bottom. Also saw some Lesser Goldfinch and Killdeer along the way. - Sandra Laursen Boulder, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email

[cobirds] Re: Walden Ponds (Boulder C.) 4/25 afternoon

2017-04-26 Thread Sandra Laursen
oops, forgot ~ 30 American white pelicans On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 10:24:21 AM UTC-6, Sandra Laursen wrote: > > We had a good haul of birds at Walden Ponds yesterday late afternoon > between showers. > > On the pond we enjoyed: 1 marbled godwit, 1 willet, 1 white-face

[cobirds] Walden Ponds (Boulder C.) 4/25 afternoon

2017-04-26 Thread Sandra Laursen
. Of note in the shrubbery: a pair of American goldfinches, yellow-rumped and yellow warblers, white-crowned sparrow. We were at Heil Ranch on Monday where we heard and saw wild turkeys but surprisingly few other birds. Sandra Laursen Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[cobirds] Re: ecosymposium on Citizen Science, March 18, Boulder

2017-02-27 Thread Sandra Laursen
the original post for more details, or visit the website: http://bcna.org/ecosymposium.html - Sandra Laursen On Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 9:36:03 AM UTC-7, Sandra Laursen wrote: > > This year Boulder County Nature Association’s (BCNA) annual spring > ecosymposium focuses on citize

[cobirds] ecosymposium on Citizen Science, March 18, Boulder

2017-02-19 Thread Sandra Laursen
This year Boulder County Nature Association’s (BCNA) annual spring ecosymposium focuses on citizen science. Birders are invited to join us on Saturday, March 18, 2017. *Finding the Science in Citizen Science: Front Range Environments* This year's ecosystem symposium will address the potential

[cobirds] Re: Crow Valley update

2015-05-12 Thread Sandra Laursen
thanks a bunch for this update on Crow Valley, Dave - had been hoping to head out there for some birding this weekend. I'll be glad for updates throughout this week from anyone who is in the area. Sandra Laursen Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[cobirds] leucistic robin, Boulder County

2014-05-15 Thread Sandra Laursen
mostly white, with a bit of rufous on the front. A bird of the same description was reported on this list last spring by Beth Partin (6/1/13) as well as Gary Baxley (3/13/13). --Sandra Laursen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group

[cobirds] Boulder County: leucistic Sandhill Crane and Franklin's Gull

2013-04-30 Thread Sandra Laursen
sightings were more typical prairie species: Horned Lark, Say's Phoebe, and abundant Western Meadowlarks among the highlights. - Sandra Laursen, Boulder County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group

[cobirds] Re: Gunnison (Gunnison) lek and feeder on 10April2013

2013-04-14 Thread Sandra Laursen
on the lek for another 20 minutes. So don't give up too soon ! - Sandra Laursen, Boulder On Friday, April 12, 2013 12:10:02 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: After visiting the Gunnison Sage-Grouse lek in the early morning of 10April2013, David Ely, Davis Noble, and myself visited a feeder