Thanks for a great morning, Meredith! And for those of you who have not
visited, Meredith's banding efforts are not only fun to watch, but a great
learning opportunity. Meredith is very generous with her time in demonstrating
how some of these difficult birds are differentiated. Considering
Good morning- I decided to have a look at the migration turnover northeast, and
had time for a fairly thorough look at Prewitt followed by a quick stop at
Jackson. First, for those who haven't made it out to Prewitt, you really
should have a look. The place is jumpin' with many different
This afternoon I made a quick run out to Jackson to try my luck at the various
goodies seen there in the past few days. I had given it a try last Thursday
and struck out. This time I met David Greening, from Minnesota, on my way
along the dam. Together we trekked out to the finger of water
Interesting- I saw the same (presumably) bird this afternoon perched on a line
along the 6th Ave. frontage road in front of Red Rocks College. I had intended
to mention it after divesting myself of grandkids, but hadn't gotten around to
it. I assume it is the same bird (proximity to Doug's
I decided to take another run at Prewitt today, as my last trip out there was
something of a bust. This time of year, a week or so can make a lot of
difference. I started working my way northeast from the outlet canal, and the
Russian olive thicket yielded immediate results. This small grove
I am interested in Mark's hummer post in that on my largely unsuccessful
Prewitt trip last week I also stopped at a couple of farm fields just west of
Prewitt along Highway 6. My intention was to look for dickissel (again, struck
out), but the fields had good numbers of hummers. The birds
To follow up on Brandon's post, I took a spin down to Pueblo Mountain Park
yesterday (Thursday) to look for the above critters. Many thanks to Tom
Wilberding for some valuable suggestions. Anyway, I was sucessful in both
quests. The acorn woodpeckers were not in the usual snag (adjacent to
Just checking to see if the birds at Pueblo Mountain Park have been seen in the
past few days?
Thanks in advance for any info.
Norm Lewis
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...and to continue Cheryl's, I arrived at the nest site about 5:30 this
afternoon. I found the nest with the assistance of the Piratic Pewee,
who was busily and enthusiastically raiding it. I also heard the
plumbeous nearby, but saw and heard no sign of the yellow-throated. I
think it is
I think that goose is actually a domestic graylag. Anyone else check
it out?
Norm Lewis
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From: Dave Cameron davedn...@msn.com
To: Colorado Birds cobirds@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, Mar 17, 2012 4:56 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Kountze Lake / jeffco
At Bel Mar Park today
I am forwarding this on behalf of Marilyn Binkley up at Grand Lake
During today's Christmas bird count in the Granby area, my little group
found a
flock of about 35 Common Redpolls on Grand Country Rd 55 about 3.5-4
miles west
of US 40 (south of Granby). They were foraging in the alders
There seems to be a very tight timewindow for TS's moving down to the
foothills, based on these reports. On Nina Routh's DFO outing to Lair
o' the Bear on Saturday we counted over two dozen on the two-mile loop,
with quite a few in full song mode and others mixing in the winter
toots.
Norm
I made a quick trip up to Boulder Reservoir to take a look for the red
phal. Unlike most such excursions that I make, I was successful. The
bird was seen from the path/road on the dam. It was hanging around in
the general vicinity of the northmost couple of floating (fishing?)
platforms.
Larry was simply one of the best, both as a birder, and more
importantly as a human being. He will be greatly missed.
Sometimes life is not only not fair, but just flat-out sucks.
Norm Lewis
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A quick walk around Welchester Tree Park (8th Ave. West of Simms) this
evening around 6:00 produced very little but the usual suspects, but
there was a broad-winged hawk working the west end of the park. And if
you are fond of the sound of magpies squabbling, this is the place for
you!
Norm
A hearty second to that! I was on the receiving end of one of those
calls (from Ira Sanders) which resulted in my wife and I scooting down
to Chatfield to have a look. Having missed the gull at the sandspit
(and thanks a bunch, Doug, for pointing out that I could get a gadwall
as
It's interesting how fast things can turn over during migration. I
notice that Josh posted Yellow-rumped Warbler- many. By mid-morning
Sunday when we arrived (having birded Norma's Grove early), there
wasn't a single yellow-rump to be found.
Norm
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From: Josh
I made a Weld County run today with Nina Routh and Toni Rautus.
Everywhere we went proved very birdy, with a top-notch warbler day at
Crow Valley. We began at Roads 82/51 (the grasshopper sparrow site)
where a new oil road now facilitates parking (is there anywhere in Weld
County that is not
Refound, 11:00, this time north of the volleyball net where it was
first reported. I had spent almost three hours searching for the bird
Saturday (right after it was refound by Waltman, Kaempfer, and
apparently most of the rest the of Boulder County birder population)
without success. I must
Nah- too big a gape. Has to be a Rufous-sided Rugrat. They don't come
to my feeders, but I get them at my table every couple of weeks. If
you're trying to attract them, they really like mac and cheese.
Norm
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Cc:
I sent a note to Nathan off-list, but I'm just curious- is it just me,
or are the pictures of the wrens on the back cover of Colorado Birds
reversed? Isn't the Pacific labeled Winter and vice versa.
I hope I'm not losing what little remains of my mind.
Norm Lewis
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I have gratefully received all of the feedback on my comments about the
wren photos, and have drawn the following conclusions from same:
1) I know way less about wrens that I thought I did, which was
essentially zero to begin with, and
2) the Editor, Photo Editor and In The Scope provider
We were down at Bosque del Apache a few years ago in November, watching
the cranes there, and there were also the usual huge flocks of snow
geese present. At one point a bald eagle dived on the browsing goose
flock, and as they rose into the air, the eagle smashed one to the
ground and killed
I had a Denver Museum group on an outing today, and we finished our day
at Chatfield SP. It appears that migrants are finally coming in (there
seem to have been few outside of Joey's notable rarities); we had a
couple of sightings of note, particularly shorebirds. Everything in
the area is
I can't speak to the issue from personal experience, but there is a
show called Raptor Force which has run on PBS several times, which
features lots of footage of raptors as well as comparisons with the
technology of jet fighters. In this show there is footage of red-tails
in Texas catching
Cobirders- I am posting on behalf of Marilyn Binkley. She writes:
Every day since October 28, a mixed flock of over 100 Gray-crowned and
Brown-capped Rosy-finches has been coming numerous times a day to a
residential feeder just west of Grand Lake. Only one Black Rosy-finch
has been spotted-
I'm not sure how far north of Evans folks have been seeing the
goldeneye, but by 4:30 Wednesday afternoon the bird had worked its way
north almost to the Florida Ave. overpass. It was hanging out with a
small group of common g. females (that rascal!) and was just south of
the small rapids
This appears to be a great example of the Patagonia Roadside Rest Stop
Effect in action. For those who haven't been around since dirt was
invented, one of the primo birding sites in southeast Arizona is a
rest area south of the town of Patagonia. It's a nice spot with woods,
arid slopes and
I'd like to add a comment to Nancy's observations. In all the up
close encounters I have had with Broad-winged Hawks (as opposed to
seeing distant migrants at altitude), their behavior is much more
reminiscent of accipiters than buteos. They seem to much prefer
woodland habitats to open
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