[cobirds] Kit Carson County

Hello All, Doing bird surveys in Kit Carson County this week has produced a few interesting sightings. I had a Harris' Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and, last week, a couple of Eastern Phoebes. One of the more amazing things for me has been the number of Sandhill Cranes moving through the

Re: [cobirds] Magnificent Hummingbird Gilpin

Rivoli's is the old name for those who don't know. Steve Larson Northglenn - Original Message - From: "'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds" To: passercu...@gmail.com Cc: "Colorado Birds" Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 4:29:03

[cobirds] nesting Bushtits Adams cnty

Hello all, While out in the back yard this afternoon I found a pair of Bushtits building a nest in one of our pine trees. This will be fun to watch as things develop! Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds"

Re: [cobirds] Christmas Bird Count dates (so far)

Brandon, I have not had time to go to the website yet but I'm planning on doing the Crook CBC on the 31st. Steve Larson - Original Message - From: "Brandon Percival" To: "COBirds" Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 8:13:38 PM

[cobirds] Re: Magnif Hummer

All, I have been back several times since first seeing the bird. I even put up a feeder. I have not seen it again. Hummer numbers are down from since Sunday. Steve Larson Northglenn CO - Original Message - From: "Peggy Gonder" To: "COBirds"

[cobirds] Magnificent Hummingbird Adams County

Hi All, I walk my dog frequently at a small pond called Margaret's Pond Open Space at 104th and Legacy Ridge Parkway. There have been several hummingbirds there off and on and today there was a large number (only had two yesterday). I was playing a screech-owl mob tape and several hummers

[cobirds] NE Colorado

Hi All, Today Glenn Walbek and I did a quick trip around parts of NECO. We started at the Firestone Gravel Pit (Weld Cnty) and saw 2 of the previously reported Caspian Terns. From there we went to Crow Valley (Weld Cnty) and walked as much as we could considering the high water in the area.

[cobirds] Dave Griffiths

Hello All, While looking through several other state list serves I found a post concerning the death of former Colorado Birder Dave Griffiths. He passed away on 13 Dec of cardiac arrest. I remember many days birding with him in various locations in Colorado during the 70s and early 80s. For

Re: [cobirds] JJ Audubon, the benefits of of using bait

Hi Lucky Hummer, he shot most of his other specimens. Steve Larson Northglenn CO - Original Message - From: "ROBERT RIGHTER" To: "COBirds" Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 9:52:56 AM Subject: [cobirds] JJ Audubon, the benefits of

[cobirds] Crook CBC

Hello All, I have set the Crook count date. It will be the 27th of Dec. Hope to see you there! Steve Larson Northglenn, 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,

Re: [cobirds] Last Chance (Washington) on 10/20

Hi All, Along the lines of good CO combos Glenn Walbek and I had Gray-crowned Rosy Finch and American Woodcock on Jan 17th this year! Steve Larson Northglenn CO - Original Message - From: "DAVID A LEATHERMAN" To: "COBirds" Sent:

[cobirds] SW Colorado

Hi All, Spent the last few days birding and fishing in SW Colorado. Birds of note include Summer Tanager and Western Screech-Owl (responded to a WESO mob tape) at Navajo Lk SP Piedra River footbridge (Archuleta County) 11 July. On 12 July I had a nesting pair of Peregrine Falcons with young at

Re: [cobirds] Re: Denver has two new eBird hotspots - Coors Field and Sports Authority Field at Mile High (restricted access)

Hi All, I've only had Orioles, Cardinals and Blue Jays. Steve Larson Northglenn CO - Original Message - From: Ira Sanders zroadrunne...@gmail.com To: tedfloy...@hotmail.com, Joe Roller jroll...@gmail.com Cc: COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:24:41 AM

[cobirds] Crook CBC results

Hi All, Eight participants tallied 66 species on a weather-shortened Crook CBC today. Of interest were a nice male Eastern Towhee at Tamarack Ranch and a Common Grackle on the Condon Ranch. Goose numbers were very low compared to past years as were most other waterfowl. This was due to the

[cobirds] Costa's and scoters

Hello everyone, Sorry for the late post. Yesterday Glenn Walbek Gene Rutherford and I saw the Grand Junction Costa's Hummingbird. Amazing to see any hummer on 22 November! On the way back to Denver we stopped at Rifle Gap SP and saw the 3 Black Scoters and Long-tailed Duck reported previously.

[cobirds] Logan County today

Hi All, I spent the day at Tamarack, Red Lion and Jumbo in Logan county. Nothing rare but interesting none the less. At Tamarack there were tons of birds. The most interesting were 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, a Gray Catbird, 3 Harris's Sparrows and a Swamp Sparrow. Red Lion had 31 Great-tailed

Re: [cobirds] Blue Jay predating hummingbird nest in Canon City

Hi All, It is a bummer when nature takes it's natural course. Steve Larson - Original Message - From: SeEttaM . seet...@gmail.com To: COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 12:46:51 AM Subject: [cobirds] Blue Jay predating hummingbird nest in Canon City

Re: [cobirds] 499 500 [or 503] ?

Hi All, Based on the supreme court we have today, I'd say the bird could have easily been a Pygmy Nuthatch. Steve Larson - Original Message - From: COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com To: COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 3:30:05 PM Subject: [cobirds] 499

Re: [cobirds] Two missing birds for CO.

Hi All, I'll throw in my two birds worth, Tropical Kingbird and Chuck-will's-widow. Steve Larson - Original Message - From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN daleather...@msn.com To: garybro...@comcast.net, COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:59:11 PM Subject: RE:

Re: [cobirds] Holiday Colorado birds

Very Nice!! Steve Larson Northglenn CO - Original Message - From: Wilberding, Tom twilberd...@comcast.net To: COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 5:48:22 PM Subject: [cobirds] Holiday Colorado birds Red white blue—2:40 minutes: http://bit.ly/1vz2wdp

[cobirds] Grace's Warbler, Black Phoebe Boulder County

Hi All, The Grace's Warbler was seen this AM near the previously described concrete flume and the Black Phoebe was seen East of the 75th St. bridge at Boulder Creek. Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] More sparrow fallout

Hi All, My yard as well was inundated with sparrows. Many Chipping, Brewer's, Clay-colored, Field and Lark. The Field Sparrow and the Lark Sparrows are yard birds for me in Northglenn (Adams cnty). Great fun! It would be nice to get another front to set down equal numbers of Spring warblers!

Re: [cobirds] Boyd Pond Swans, Morgan

Folks, I photographed a swan on the same pond 12/21/07 on the Ft Morgan CBC that was originally called Trumpeter and submitted as such. The argument made then by the CO CBC regional editors that the bird was a Tundra because of the lack of brown on the bird ie Tundra molting to white

[cobirds] Crook CBC

Hi All, The Crook CBC was held on Saturday the 28th. 16 observers in six parties  totaled 76 species, with three new to the count, and 45440 individuals. The new ones were a Gray Catbird, Bufflehead and American Coot! We totaled over 19000 Snow Geese and 2300 Ross's Geese both highs for

[cobirds] Crook CBC

Hi Everyone, I have set the date for the Crook CBC on Saturday 28 Dec 2013 weather permitting. Steve Larson Northglenn, 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

[cobirds] Bay-breasted Warbler

Hi All, The Boulder Bay-breasted Warbler is still present. Steve Larson Northglenn, 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 to

[cobirds] Encampment WY

Hi All, I was in the Saratoga/Encampment WY area fishing this past weekend and just wanted to let everyone know there are still things to the North of us that are coming through. I had 40-50 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Orange-crowned and a female Black-throated Blue along the Encampment River

Re: [cobirds] Two Days Two Buttes

You forgot Palm Warbler and Yellow-throated Warbler Northglenn, CO - Original Message - From: Walbek, Glenn and Laurie jun...@comcast.net To: COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:45:43 PM Subject: [cobirds] Two Days Two Buttes Cape May Warbler

[cobirds] Tripod

Hello everyone, I broke my tripod the other day. If anyone out there has an inexpensive old one they would like to part with please contact me. Thanks, Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To

[cobirds] Teller Lake Gulls

Went by Teller Lake #5 (Boulder County) at 1:15 today and there were 0 gulls. Is it getting too rancid even for gulls?! Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [cobirds] Gullapalooza recap

Hi All, I beg to differ, Norm. I think there are really two species. White-headed Gulls and Black-headed Gulls. Steve Larson Northglenn, CO - Original Message - From: Norm Lewis migran...@aol.com To: tedfloy...@hotmail.com, cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 3,

[cobirds] Redpolls

Hi All, Just a note of interest, 1978 was also a very good redpoll year. We had flocks of 100 at Tamarack Ranch, 97 on Pawnee and several lesser sized flocks (25 or fewer) scattered around the state. I looked back at my old American Birds and there were very few on CBCs that winter

[cobirds] Crook CBC

Hi All, Ten hearty souls participated in the Crook CBC on the 29th. We had 74 species (third highest) and 55,323 individuals (2nd highest). The most uncommon were two Common Grackles in the town of Crook. Interesting high numbers include Cackling Goose: 13,510, Turkey: 95, Ferruginous Hawk:

Re: [cobirds] Boulder raven antics

Hi All, Anyone interested in Raven and other corvid behaviors should read Gifts of the Crow by John Marzluff and Tony Angell. Apparently Ravens teaming up to drive other birds into windows etc. is not uncommon. The research being done with these birds is very revealing and quite

[cobirds] Crook CBC

Hi Folks, For anyone interested I have scheduled the Crook CBC for Saturday 29 Dec. You can register on line or contact me directly. Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group,

Re: [cobirds] Resolving the feeding the birds with the Brambling problem

Thank You Nicolle! Steve Larson Northglenn, CO - Original Message - From: Nicolle Martin nicolle.h.mar...@gmail.com To: urra...@comcast.net Cc: COBIRDS cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:06:02 AM Subject: Re: [cobirds] Resolving the feeding the birds

Re: [cobirds] No bird seed allowed at BCLP? No fair! How dare they! COMMENT.

I've never seen a Mountain Lion. Would it be ethical to stake out the neighbor's small dog to try and attract one? Steve Larson Northglenn, CO - Original Message - From: Alison Kondler birdingby...@msn.com To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 12:30:07 PM

[cobirds] Brambling

Happy Thanksgiving! While watching the Brambling , a park ranger drove up and posted a Do NOT feed the birds sign. Any seed deposits will now have to be made clandestinely . As one of the group observed, you could fill your pockets and let it trickle down your pant legs as you walk over the

[cobirds] Ovenbird Adams cnty

Hi Everyone, Just had a singing Ovenbird in my yard in Northglenn. If he sticks around I'll have a good excuse to not mow the lawn today. Here's hoping. Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To

Re: [cobirds] Magpies ( Corvids) - cunning birds of prey?

Hi All, Many years ago in Wyoming I observed Gray Jays using a similar technique as the crows attacking Red-winged nests. Their target was a Yellow-rumped Warbler nest. One bird flew near the nest and was chased by the parent warblers. The other waited and when the coast was clear snatched

[cobirds] Crook CBC

Hi Folks, The Crook CBC had a great turnout yesterday and as a consequence we had one of the best counts yet! So far we have 84 species, a new count high. We had 10 species new to the count. Some of the highlights are 1 Snowy Owl and a Rusty Blackbird at Jumbo and a Double-crested

[cobirds] Common Ground Dove

Hi All, Dick Schottler and I saw the Common Ground Dove at about 7:35 this morning. It was in the previously described area. Several other birders present also saw the bird. Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] Crook CBC

Hi All, For anyone who is interested in participating, the Crook CBC it will be on 1 Jan 2012. Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com.

[cobirds] Western Gull

Hi Folks, Just got back from viewing the Western Gull. It was at the swim beach around 3:15 this afternoon. The wind was horrendous, putting up so much sand at one point that I could not see the gull from the parking area with my scope! It was eventually forced off of the beach by some kids

[cobirds] Boulder county goodies

Hi All, I had a couple of hours to wander this afternoon so I walked Boulder Creek from 55th to Skunk Creek. I did not find any of the yellow-throateds but there was a stunning male Hooded Warbler along the edge of the large wood lot between Foothills and 55th. We used to call this the Ball

[cobirds] Eastern Screech-Owl Denver

Hi folks, Walking back to my car after the DU hockey game about 11 PM there was an Eastern Screech-Owl calling just North of the intersection of Corona and Warren. This is about 1 block South of Evans. Steve Larson  Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Adams County Bushtits

Hi Folks, This morning I had a flock of about 30 Bushtits move through my yard in Northglenn. This is only the third time in 20 years I've had them here. Later, Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] Arapahoe County Purple Martins

Hi Folks, At 10:30 this morning I was outside of work and had two male Purple Martins fly over. This was at 6169 S Quentin St. near Centennial Airport. They were heading East. Good birds anywhere on the front range! Steve Larson Northglenn, CO -- You received this message because you

[cobirds] Northglenn Grasshopper Sparrow

Hi Folks, I took a walk around Croke Res. in Northglenn this morning. This is a Northglenn natural area that is located one block North 104th Ave on Huron St. It is a fun place for a quick walk and at times can be very birdy. It is also only two blocks from my house. In the very NE corner

[cobirds] El Paso Snowy Owl

Hi Folks, Took my 84 year old Mother and my sister down to see the Snowy Owl. It was it's typical cooperative self again today. He must be eating quite well as he waddled around on the roof top like a fat penguin. Both my Mom and sister were appropriately impressed. Steve Larson 

[cobirds] El Paso Snowy Owl

Hi Folks, Went and saw the Snowy Owl this morning. It was sitting on one of the residential roofs looking quite contented. There were several photographers and birders there. I was there for about an hour and everyone behaved quite nicely. As for the Owl, people were walking up and down the

[cobirds] Crook CBC Logan/Sedgwick Counties

Hi All, Some of the highlights from the Crook CBC held yesterday were 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, a White-throated Sparrow, 11 Harris's Sparrows, 9 Short-eared Owls, 13 Long-eared Owls and 2 Mountain Chickadees. We tallied 71 species with 12 observers. Later Steve Larson Northglenn, CO

Re: [cobirds] Cliff Swallows Squawfish -- Moffat

Hi All, Many years ago out at Sawhill ponds I saw a Red-winged Blackbird land on a cattail that was too weak to support his weight. As the cattail bent toward the surface of the pond a huge Largemouth Bass came up under it and engulfed the blackbird! Another interesting fish tale was

[cobirds] Boulder county McCown's Longspurs

Hi All, This morning at about 9:30 David Waltman, Alan Bell and I observed the small flock of McCown's Longspurs found by Christian yesterday. They were just North of the Coalton Trail parking area as previously described. We counted seven of them. Steve Larson Northglenn, CO

[cobirds] Neotropic Cormorant at Timnath

Hi Folks, Spent a good part of the afternoon searching for the NECO. I got to the area about 12:30 and at that time there were very few cormorants on the res and none on the sand spit on the West side of the lake. About 1:45 cormorants started streaming into the lake in small groups from

[cobirds] Reddish Egret

Hi All, The Reddish Egret was still present at DeWeese Lake, Custer County this AM.  Steve Larson Northglenn, CO --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to

[cobirds] CU and Boulder Creek Boulder Cnty

Hi Folks, Birded the CU campus again this AM. There was a female Tennessee Warbler along the creek below the stadium. The Great Blue was replaced by a Kingfisher at Varsity Pond taking advantage of the post-school year goldfish release. At the wood lot east of 55th St., in addition to

[cobirds] NE Boulder County

Hi Folks, I took a short drive through NE Boulder County on my way to my Mom's house yesterday. The gull flock at Prince Lake #2 had four species including 1Thayer's, 6 Herring, 2 California and 250 Ring-billed. All birds on the lake were adult birds which I found interesting. I left after